VON USSAR danceworks presents the Fifth Annual Dance Gallery Festival: Texas Experience, featuring original works from emerging and renowned choreographers in the Houston area and around the world. The Texas venue of Dance Gallery Festival cultivates relationships between students and professionals and provides exposure for participating companies in the Houston area.

Choreographers/companies featured in the Texas festival include Abarukas (New York), Adriane Fang and Colleen Thomas (Maryland), Amy Diane Morrow (Austin/Tel Aviv, Isreal), Astrid von Ussar (New York), Dark Circles Contemporary Dance (Dallas), Erin Cardinal (Seattle), Jacksonville Dance Theatre (Florida), Mike Esperanza (California), NobleMotion Dance (Houston), Revolve Dance Company (Houston) and Robert J. Priore (Washington, D.C.).