Lauren Anderson HBDF 1999
Dallas Black Dance Theatre HBDF 2002
Toni Lombre Taps & Co. 1999HOUSTON BLACK DANCE FESTIVAL
July 15-20,2008
Festival Overview
HBDF was created in July 1995 for the purpose of creating a vehicle of support for talented small to mid-size dance companies. This biennial festival provides performance opportunities to several companies in a number of venues. Since its inceptions HBDF has presented over 350 small to mid-size companies, and individuals from across the United States
The purpose of Houston Black Dance Festival is to:
highlight the contributions of the African Diaspora to Dance
to provide an opportunity for talented small to mid-sized dance companies to be presented
to become a training ground for young people
to provide mentorship between pre-professional and professional dancers
become an archival repository for dance artists
to provide support, and assistance for the dance professional (teacher, choreographer, dancer, etc.)
Some of our former performers include:
Lauren Anderson
Dallas Black Dance Company
Bre Dance Theater
Toni Lombre's Taps & Co.
Zen One
Lula Elzy Dance Theater
Monique Moss and Friends
N'Kafu Traditional African Dance Company
Second Generation Dance Company
Kuumba House Dance Theater
Houston Metropolitan Dance Company
Fly Dance Company
City Dance Company
Urban Souls Dance Compay
Urgeworks
Exclamation Dance Company
HOUSTON BLACK DANCE FESTIVAL PRESENTS
EDGEWORKS DANCE THEATER (EDT) PERFORMING
COLD CASE
July 19,2008 at 8:00pm
Heinen Theater
3517 Austin
“Movement contrast and counterpoint are deployed with confidence and clarity. Simpler motion is rich and resonant…” George Jackson, Dance View Time
Two time Metro DC Dance Award winner EDGE
WORKS Dance Theater’s (EDT) founded by Helanius J. Wilkins and Company will perform Cold Case, the hard-hitting critically-acclaimed, award-winning premiere component of the Company’s Negro Dance Theatre Project. “Race, generation, religion and AIDS form the complex that is Wilkins’s world,” says noted dance critic George Jackson in the Dance View Times about Cold Case.
Negro Dance Theatre Project has been performed twice at the Kennedy Center, at the Virginia Dance Festival, and at Jacob’s Pillow. We are lucky to be able to bring this treasure to Houston..