ROCO’s Connections Series returns to Asia Society Texas to present 'Rise Up' an evening of thought-provoking new chamber works and dialogue spotlighting the ongoing fight for women’s rights and equality.
chutis. and Houston Contemporary Dance Company present 'Liminal Traces,' choreographed by Peter Chu as a collaborative performance by both dance companies to honor lineage, movement and community.
Red Rock Dance Festival
Dance has had to take on a wide variety of forms during the pandemic, and has inspired artists in different ways. This weekend, St. George Dance hosts the Red Rocks Dance Festival, incorporating both invigorating live performance and the creativity that has been made possible by filmed dance.
Thursday, June 10 kicks off the three-day schedule with the Screen Dance Film Festival, featuring three blocks of short works at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Dixie State University Electric Theater. Tickets are $8 for individual 50-minute groups, or $20 for the full slate of offerings.
Optimism is high regarding a return to something that might resemble our pre-pandemic normal, so feel free to celebrate with a tentative high five – it is National High Five Day, after all – or by checking out one of this week’s live, in-person events. This is still mostly a list of the best
virtual bets, but as the city continues to baby step closer to more safe, in-person art experiences we’re all for it too.
Apollo Chamber Players will close their digital season on Thursday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. with
Music of Exile, a virtual concert featuring new commissions from Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali and Israel-born composer Gilad Cohen, and a world premiere from Rice faculty composer Richard Lavenda. The performance, presented in partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston and Rice University’s Jewish Studies program and Bonuik Institute for Religious Tolerance, also marks Apollo’s return to in-person activities since the beginning of the pandemic. Though limi