DSH Member Directory
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Loren
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Holmes
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Short Description
Loren Holmes is multidisciplinary artist that takes in pride in the work she does with and for many different communities in Houston. Including but not limited to the youth, single mothers and other dance artists in the city. Her form as movement can best be described as storytelling, as she believes that everything she creates should tell a story that will hopefully evoke emotion and change in her audience.
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Lori
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Yuill
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Dance Genre(s)
Modern
Short Description
Choreographer, Lori Yuill, has been engaged in making dances for the past two decades. Her work includes ongoing research into the in-between spaces: the space between narrative and abstraction, choreography and improvisation, and between performance and rehearsal.
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Gabriela
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Estrada
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Dance Genre(s)
Multidisciplinary
Short Description
Multicultural dance artist, educator, choreographer, journalist, and filmmaker committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Maggie
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Lasher
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Dance Professor at HCC
Artistic Director of SpaceTribe
Artistic Director of SpaceTribe
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Carolina
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Salomon
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
I am an independent choreographer who dives deep into the emotional process of my body during both challenging and joyful times. I am driven by a profound curiosity to understand the human experience and translate it into expressive movement.
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Mark
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Aguilar
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Mark Aguilar graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a bachelor’s in Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Spanish. While attending NYU, he had the pleasure of choreographing multiple pieces on his peers, including Masculine vs. Feminine, T.M.R & N.O.A, In Red Ctrl, and F2A/F2B. Additionally, he was able to work with Rafael Cañals, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Mark is a Kinder HSPVA graduate of the class of 2020 where he had the opportunity to work with Zack Tang, Hope Stone, and Michael Foley.
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Persi
Primary Contact Last Name
Mey
Member Category
Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Persi is a choreographer, performer, and movement explorer. Growing up in the metro Detroit area, they began their dance training at a young age, and later furthered their movement vocabulary with martial arts. They received their BFA in contemporary dance from Indiana University (‘20), during which time they also studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel.
Their work focuses on physical intensity, and pushes the boundaries of the human form while playing with contrasts in theme and presentation.
Their work focuses on physical intensity, and pushes the boundaries of the human form while playing with contrasts in theme and presentation.
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Sara
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Draper
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Sarah
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Chavez
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Dance Genre(s)
Ballet, Contemporary, Heels, Hip hop, Jazz, Modern, Musical Theatre, Theatre Jazz
Short Description
Dancer, Dance Teacher, and Choreographer, BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Tarika
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Nath
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Dance Genre(s)
Indian
Short Description
Kathak is a North-Indian classical dance style of traditional storytelling. The art form utilizes intricate footwork patterns, emotive hand gestures and facial expressions to showcase traditional and modern stories.
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Teresa
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Chapman
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Teresa Chapman is a choreographer, researcher, and educator. She is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Dance Program at the University of Houston where she teaches dance technique, kinesiology, and pedagogy.
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Toni Leago
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Valle
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Dance Genre(s)
Contemporary
Short Description
Toni Leago Valle is the Artistic Director of 6 Degrees, a contemporary dance / aerial dance company that promotes within dance the central theme of human connection and relationships as the healing component of human adversity.
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