When Houston’s beloved METdance lost its lease in 2019, artistic director Marlana Doyle struck out on her own to open the Institute of Contemporary Dance Houston. With a new building, school and performing company, Doyle had carefully set the stage for an April 2020 grand opening. “I wanted to create a space for everyone, from […]
“I still learn something every time I go to the Summit,” says Dance Teacher Summit ambassador Bonnie Schuetz, who has operated Boni’s Dance & Performing Arts Studio in the Houston, Texas, area for more than 30 years. “I think my favorite thing is just to sit around that roundtable and talk.” At last year’s, she […]
When Jane Weiner and her team walk into Browning Elementary School in Houston, the kids yell, “Hope Stone is in the house.” Weiner, founder and director of Hope Stone, Inc., jokes that the school teachers wish they received that kind of treatment. “They call it Hope Stone Day,” she says, proud of the learning environment […]