Texas Dance Improvisation Festival

Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2011

The third annual Texas Dance Improvisation Dance Festival 2011 takes place October 6-8 in San Antonio, TX at the Northwest Vista College Dance Program. Facilitated by Jayne King, the festival features two days of classes, jams, panels, a Saturday evening performance and guest artist Kirstie Simson. For more information and to register by the September 19 deadline, visit  http://www.alamo.edu/nvc/programs/dance/tdif/default.htm.

Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2010

The Texas Dance Improvisation Dance Festival 2010 was October 7-9 in Houston, TX hosted by Leslie Scates and Rosie Trump of the Rice University Dance Program. The festival featured two days of classes, three jams, panel discussions, a Saturday evening performance at Barnevelder Movement Art Complex in downtown Houston and guest artist Los Angeles-based choreographer/performer and dance community activist, Meg Wolfe.

 

 

Texas Dance Improvisation Festival 2009

Texas Woman’s University Department of Dance hosted the first Texas Dance Improvisation Festival on October 9-11, 2009. The festival, facilitated by Profs. Jordan Fuchs and Sarah Gamblin, was an opportunity to celebrate improvisational dance in Texas and beyond, by coming together as a community of dance artists to share, inspire and challenge. 

More than a 115 students, faculty and professionals attended the festival from Austin, Northwest Vista College - San Antonio, Rice University - Houston, Richland College - Dallas, Texas Christian University, Texas State University – San Marcos, Texas Woman's University, University of North Texas, and the University of Texas - El Paso.

Classes were taught by guest artist K.J. Holmes from New York City and by Texas- based dance artists Nina Martin, Jordan Fuchs, Sarah Gamblin, Ellie Leonhardt, Emily Morgan, Leslie Scates and Lauren Tietz.

The festival included three wonderful jams bringing together 60-70 dancers each night with improvisational musicians from the TWU Department of Dance, UNT and the Denton community.

Saturday night featured a performance of improvisational dances by Pat Stone, Claudia Queen, K.J. Holmes, Leslie Scates, and Brandon Gonzalez, and concluded with a scored dance by Nina Martin for the festival faculty titled And Go.

The festival was a great success with many wonderful memories, images, insights, new friends and colleagues, as well as an expanded and strengthened network of dance improvisers.