Company
Booking Information
Marlana Doyle, Artistic Director
PO Box 980457
Houston, TX 77098
Tel: 713.522.6375
info@houstonmetdance.orgPlace
Houston Metropolitan Dance Center
2808 Caroline
Houston, TX 77004
713.522.6375
Or email us at: info@houstonmetdance.org
repertory
Our professional company takes pride in commissioning works by nationally renowned choreographers, innovative emerging artists, as well as our resident talent. Below is a list of pieces that have been set for the Houston Met.
The Vessel
Choreography : Kiki Lucas
Original Composed Music by Ben Doyle
Set Design by Warren Cochran
Video Art by Ben Doyle
Premiere 2013
Hidden in Plain Sight
Choreography: Peter Chu
Original Composed Music by DJeff
Premiere 2013
There are Things we don’t know we Share
Choreography: Erin Reck/ Recked Productions
Music: Seven Mile Journey
Premiere 2012
Squared Dancer
Choreography: Jane Weiner
*in collaboration with Hope Stone Dance
Original Composed Music by Marc Hennessy
Premiere 2012
To Escape the Weight of Darkness
Choreography: Suzi Taylor
Music: Balmorhea, Keating, Amalds
Premiere 2012
Stand Back
Choreography: Kate Skarpetowska
Music: Nandor Weisz
Costumes by Mia McSwain
Originally Commissioned by Hubbard Street 2
Premiere 2012
Before all this
Choreography: Joe Celej
Music: Booka Shade, Mu-ziq
Set by Warren Cochran
Premiere 2012
This Expression of Surprise
Choreography: Robbie Moore
Houston Met 2012 Emerging Choreographer
Music: Cette Expression De Surprise (Simon), Poème électronique
Premiere 2012
Air
Choreography: Larry Keigwin
Music: Time Webb, L Pockriss and P. Vance, Philip Glass
Premiere on the Houston Met Dance Company 2011
Rebound
Choreography: Kiki Lucas
Music: Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Drehz
Premiere 2011
Revisited
Choreography: Kiki Lucas
Music: Four Tet
Premiere 2011
Revamped
Choreography: Kiki Lucas
Music: Drehz
Premiere 2011
Returned
Choreography: Kiki Lucas
Music: Lil Miss Higgins
Premiere 2011
To the Line… a Red Carpet Dance
Choreography: Julie Fox
Original Composition by Terrence Karn
Premiere 2011
Together alone
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music: St. Germaine
Premiere 2011
Hyperbola
Choreographer: Spencer Gaving Hering
Music: Autechre, Moby, Stravinsky
Premiere 2011
light before sound
Choreographer: Jason Parsons
Music: Nathan Fake, Alva Noto, Glenn Branca, Pan Sonic
Premiere 2011
Stranded in the Dragon’s Keep; swinging blank in the dark
Choreographer: jhon r stronks
Music: Concerto Grosso for Cello and Electronics by Jeremiah DiMatteo, featuring Melisa Rose
Premiere 2010
Cinco-Sin Nombre
Choreographer: Paola Georgudis
Music: Astor Piazzola & Fourtet
Premiere 2010
Conscious
Choreographer: Jason McDole
Music: Wojciech Kilar
Premiere 2010
Bound
Choreographer: Joe Celej
Music: Starts of Lid
Premiere 2010
Unsung Moment
Choreographer: Kiesha Lalama White
Projection Design: Michael Dickens
Music: Goldmund
Premiere 2010
Passada
Choreographer: Pattie Obey
Music: Kenny G
Premiere 2010
Semi Detached
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music: Groove Armada,Orbital, Chemical Brothers
Premiere 2010
Consumed
Choreographer: Kate Skarpetowska
Music: Meredith Monk, Richie Hawtin
Premiere 2010
Elevated
Choreographer: Salim Gauwloos
Music: David Lang, Pergolesi, Philip Glass
Premiere 2009
Imbalanced, Detrimental, Overbearing Thoughts
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music: Vitamin String Quartet, Kiki Lucas, Black Violin
Premiere 2009
Not Yet Soaring….Still Confronting the Ground
Choreographer: jhon r stronks
Music: M.I.A, DJ Shadow, The Roots, Issac Hayes, Daft Punk, Duke Ellington and Marvin Solveig
Text: Essex Hemphil, jhon r. stronks
Premiere 2009
Chambre Noire
Choreographer: Nina Buisson
Music: Dead can Dance, Rene Aurbry, Lisa Gerrad, Cirque de Soliel
Premiere 2009
Stirring Simple Gifts in Shades of Blue
Choreographer: Caleb Mitchell
Music: Karsh Kale
Premiere 2008
ForeverFleeting
Choreographer: Joe Celej
Music: Heights of Abraham, Jouni Alkio, Moby
Premiere 2008
11:11
Choreographer: Salim Gauwloos
Music: Maya Besier, John Cage, Bruno Coulais
Premiere 2007
The Hunt
Choreographer: Robert Battle
Music: Les Tambours Du Bronx
Houston Met Premiere: 2007
No Expectations
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music: Go Tan Project
Premiere 2007
Fosse’s World
Choreographer: Christine Carlson
Music: “Fosse”
Premiere 2007
Jolt
Choreographer: Keisha Lalama- White
Music: Head Full of Drums
Premiere 2006
Folk Tales
Choreographer: Kate Skarpetowska
Music: Warsaw Village Band
Premiere 2006
Thom Clock
Choreographer: Jason Parsons
Music: Radiohead
Premiere 2006
Expulsion From Paradise
Choreographer: Kevin Wynn
Music: David Lewitt
Premiere 2006
Pts in Space for 7
Choreographer: Peter Chu
Music: Mum
Premiere 2006
Zoom
Choreographer: Pattie Obey
Music: Original Composers Big Noise from Winneetica
Premiere 2006
Faun
Choreographer: Doug Bentz
Music: Claude DeBussy
Premiere 2005
Tequila Shots for a Fool
Choreographer: Charlotte Griffin
Music: Patsy Cline
Premiere 2005
What More
Choreographer: Joe Celej
Music: Sam Beam
Premiere 2005
Tidal Intersections
Choreographer: Kate Skarpetowska
Music: Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar
Premiere 2005
Inbalanced
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music: A String Quartet tribute to Nine Inch Nails
Premiere 2005
Eyes Not Shut
Choreographer: Steven Boyd
Music: Eastmoutiansouth, Alicia Keyes
Premiere 2004
A Polite Social Gesture
Choreographer: Peter Chu
Music: Matmos
Premiere 2004
Slip of the Tongue
Choreographer: Mario Zambrano
Music: Triana Pura, Ojos de Brujo, Estrella Morente
Premiere 2004
Benevloence
Choreographer: Kiki Lucas
Music Bajofondo Tango Club
Premiere 2004
Whatever Lola Wants
Choreographer: Joe Celej
Music: Damm Yankees
Premiere 2004
Hysterical Silence
Choreographer: Eddy Ocampo
Music: DJ Food
Premiere 2003
Strange Humors
Choreographer: Robert Battle
Music: John Mackey
Houston Met Premiere: 2003
Dark Kalpa- excerpt
Choreographer: Eddy Ocampo
Music: Andy Mitran, Andrea Parker
Premiere 2003
Altruistic Planes
Choreographer: Jane Wenier
Music: Art of Noise, Iva Bittova
Premiere 2003