Members

Social Movement Contemporary Dance (SMCD) promotes social consciousness through creative arts and community engagement. SMCD focuses on presenting work to diverse audiences that reflects the historical ramifications of social injustices against all peoples and their impact on contemporary social ideas and values. Social Movement Contemporary Dance was founded under the artistic directorship [...]

Toni Leago Valle is trained in contemporary, modern, and aerial dance, and is the Artistic Director and choreographer for 6’.  Valle is a certified level 1 aerial teacher from Vault Houston under Amy Ell, and is currently in training for her Level 1 Gyrotonic(R) Method Certification.  Valle is also an adjunct faculty [...]

Abby Flowers is a Houston based aerial/dance performance artist who seeks to break the boundary between ground and air by fusing the two through aerial dance. Using a variety of apparatus and movement styles her work is both intimate and life-giving. Before venturing out on her own, Abby spent 3 years dancing with [...]

Abijan Johnson is dance/movement therapist and counselor with an M.A. in Dance/Movement Therapy from Columbia College (Chicago, IL). She received dance training in New York (Ailey School) and in Houston (Discovery and City Dance). She has been a frequent collaborator with visual artists, musicians, and dancers in Houston.

Ad Deum Dance Company was founded by Randall Flinn as a project based company in 1991. In 2000, the company began thier full time organization which included the professional company and a trainee/mentoring program. The company is now comprised of amazingly talented dancers that have relocated to Houston, Texas from all across [...]

Allen LaPoint is a Senior at University of Houston, pursuing a BFA in Dance, planning to graduate in spring of 2020. LaPoint has trained in ballet, modern, jazz, African, colorguard, drill and contemporary dance. LaPoint has danced under the direction of many choreographers including Holly Davenport, Teresa Chapman, Becky Valls, and Toni [...]

Ascend Dance Collective's mission is to cultivate and promote a modern dance presence in the North Houston area by providing diverse works and performances to the community at large that are spiritually uplifting, inspiring, entertaining and accessible to all ages. www.ascenddance.org ascenddancecollective@gmail.com

Ashley Horn is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, costume designer, and artist from the Houston area. She has shown choreography and films at ACDF, The University of Houston, Big Range Dance Festival, The Texas Weekend of Contemporary Dance, Third Coast Dance on Film Festival, The Houston Fringe Festival, and Dance Month at the [...]

With 12 locations throughout the world, Asia Society is the leading educational organization promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among the peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the West. Asia Society Texas Center executes the global mission with a local focus, enriching and engaging the vast diversity of Houston through innovative, [...]

Ayan Felix (Gulf Coast) is a movement artist who uses contemporary methods to evaluate intricate social environments. She graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 2016 with a neuroscience B.A., and has since used various movement forms to produce her artistic work evaluating emotional intelligence, social media, futurism, and women’s health. Upon [...]