Urban Souls Dance Company presents "Re/Written In Stone"

02.23.13

Urban Souls Dance Company celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with guest artists from Hope Stone Dance Company. This project will allow the public to honor this turnin

Rhapsody in bleu

Wild young professionals dance fête rings in Menil's silver anniversary — Gangnam style

By Joel Luks

12.02.12 | 12:30 pm

The "Bleu Electrique" soirée may have started as a proper, well mannered meet-and-greet social Saturday evening. Picture an impeccably dressed throng sashaying down a covered runwa ...

The Arthropologist

Does anyone stay in Houston for the summer? Performers plan "dancecations" in faraway places

By Nancy Wozny

06.21.12 | 4:40 pm

Bring on the dancecations. Houston dance folk are on the move, taking off to parts East, West, to the mountains and across oceans. Getting out of town is not just a break from Houston's swe ...

For the Love of Art

The Super Bowl of Young Professionals: Culture Collision VII draws hot social butterflies

By Joel Luks

05.27.12 | 12:58 pm

What to do? Where to go? Who to see? Such is the conundrum of A-list young professionals/social butterflies with a penchant for all things artsy. For the chi-chi throng of 250 that meandered to ...

The Arthropologist

Houston dancers celebrate Black History Month with works that nod to the past and look to the future

By Nancy Wozny

02.10.12 | 3:06 pm

A wedding in Mali, the Buffalo Soldiers and Rosa Parks all find their way into motion as Houston explodes with dance in celebration of Black History Month. Urban Souls Dance Company, Eart ...

The Arthropologist

Dance as diplomacy: Inspired by Rwanda, Urban Souls' Walter Hull fuses African motifs and hip hop

By Nancy Wozny

06.16.11 | 9:00 am

Dance is a form of diplomacy. In fact, it's happening right now in Houston. When the Urban Souls dancers take the stage on Saturday for Walter Hull's Women of Ishyo, they will ...

The Arthropologist

African dance takes hold deep in the heart of Texas

By Nancy Wozny

02.11.11 | 6:00 am

Dance is one way of making history a living, breathing and sometimes undulating phenomenon. Watching a room full of students practice the Kakilambe from the Baga ethnic group in Guinea, I was ...

Urban Souls Dance Company presents: "Whispers from the Colored Section"

02.12.11

"Whispers from the Colored Section" is a celebration of Black History through dance. The program features the world premiere of A Mile In Their Shoes choreograph and directed by

Unafraid Of Controversy

A dance company on the move: Urban Souls tests the boundaries of a season

By Nancy Wozny

10.30.10 | 9:17 am

Five is the magic number for dance companies. Urban Souls Dance Company may be celebrating their fifth anniversary, but this year they present their very first season. For artistic director and fou ...