Wednesday, July 30, 2008

DSH makes DANCE MAGAZINE

The humble little Dance Source Houston (DSH) table holding the city's news on upcoming dance events made the August issue of Dance Magazine in Wendy Perron's "Curtain Up" letter. Here's an excerpt; read the whole piece here.

Way to go DSH!

Curtain Up

By Wendy Perron


Natalia Alonso, relaxing between takes.
During a recent visit to the Houston Ballet, I saw a wonderful thing at intermission. In the red-carpeted grand foyer of the Wortham Center, alongside the gourmet items and elegant photo display, there was a table laden with brochures and flyers. These materials included information on the many groups that make up Dance Source Houston. A local service organization, DSH has members in modern dance, jazz, tap, and flamenco, as well as in Houston’s Black Dance Festival and the international Dance Salad Festival. Any patron of Houston Ballet could meander over and learn about the other types of dance happening in their city. It’s the same philosophy that Pacific Northwest Ballet showed last year when it invited local modern dance companies (Spectrum Dance Theater and Molly Scott/Powell Performance) to be part of its Celebrate Seattle Festival—plus they had Portland’s Ten Tiny Dances performing during intermission. I hope to be seeing more of this kind of sharing and generosity in the future.