BOOT Camp: Break-In Dance Fest is BACK!!! and registration opens in 1 WEEK! Friday, May 1!
Classes will be taught by the choreographers of Break-In Dance Fest ✨
JULY 31-AUGUST 2
Dance du Couer, Sugar Land, TX
Open to Ages 9+
Early bird registration opens May 1!! 🌵
If you are a performer of Break-In Dance Fest or in college you will receive a 50% off discount! Please email us for the code.
More information on our website!
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Today on National Nonprofit Day, we’re reminded why BOOT Dance Project exists: to build opportunities for outstanding Texas dancers and create spaces where artists and audiences come together. 🌵
✨ This mission came to life last week at the very first Break-In Dance Fest! We are beyond grateful to every choreographer, dancer, and audience member who made this festival such a bold, community-driven celebration of Texas dance.
A special thank you to our photographer & videographer, Allison Canales, for capturing these incredible moments! @twotwentytwomedia 📸🎞️
As a nonprofit, everything we do is made possible by community support. If you believe in amplifying Texas dance, consider making a donation to BOOT Dance Project today. Together, we can keep creating space for artists and audiences to connect through movement. 🤎đź¤
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2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Alec Marianek!
Alec will be sharing his work OASIS at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome @alecmek & his cast to this year’s program! 🤎
2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Jen Passios & Jacob Regan!
Jen & Jacob will be sharing their work Apply Pressure and Wait at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome @nonjenue & @flyingfloorward to this year’s program! 🤎
2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Karina González!
Karina will be sharing her work Unlearned at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome Houston Ballet principal dancer & founder of Voices of Arts Central @karinagonzalezedwards & her cast to this year’s program! 🤎
2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Dillon Bell!
Dillon will be sharing his work “Calibur” at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome @dillonmbell & his cast to this year’s program! 🤎
so excited to be a part of @bootdanceproject ’s “Break In Dance Fest” again for year 2 this summer 💞
nothing brings me more joy than capturing artists in their element and being part of an event that amplifies texas choreographers and connects creatives and audiences through movement! last year left me so so so inspired, and i can’t wait to experience this year’s works. 📷 ✨ 🎥
thank you @jessiegferguson for making it all possible! 🤍
#houstonphotographer #houstonvideographer #houstondance #bootdance #breakindancefest
2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Faith Magee & Hannah Staton / Loam Dance Co.
Loam Dance Co. will be sharing their work “Lune” at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome the Dallas-based company @loamdanceco to Houston!! 🤎
2026 Break-In Dance Fest Choreographers✨
Meet Evelyn Joy Hoelscher / Spaces of Fontana!
Spaces of Fontana will be sharing their work “Masculus” at Break-In Dance Fest this August 6th + 7th! 🌵
We are beyond excited to welcome the Austin based company @spacesoffontana to Houston!! 🤎
Three days. Four classes a day. The choreographers of Break-In Dance Fest 2026, in the studio with you!!
BOOT Camp: Break-In Dance Fest is back — July 31 to August 2 at Dance du Coeur in Sugar Land, TX.
Train with the artists who’ll take the festival stage the following week at The MATCH, then watch the work you’ve been training inside come to life! 🤎
Junior BOOT Camp (ages 8–12) and Senior BOOT Camp (ages 13+).
🎟️ Early bird is open TODAY — full weekend $275, day pass $100. Through June 15 only.
🎓 College students & Break-In Performers: 50% off. Email [email protected] for your code.
Spots are limited. Link in bio to register. 🤎
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Happy International Dance Day!!🤎
Never heard of BOOT? Welcome! We are a Houston based nonprofit profit creating opportunities for Texas based dance artists to make and share their work.
For the next 24 hours, we’re raising $1,000 to support Texas dance artists and our two upcoming performances in May & August!
Here is where your support goes:
$30 — 1 hour of rehearsal space
$75 — 1 costume for a dancer
$450 — 1 choreographer stipend (one of the highest festival stipends in Texas — and we’re proud of it 🤠)
$1,000 — 1 day of performance venue rental
Give back Texas sized. Any amount is a gift to our BOOT Community. All donations are tax-deductible.
Link in bio or visit:
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Kicking off our Mind The Gap 39 artist spotlights with DSH member, Jessie Ferguson, founder of BOOT Dance Project, presenting Before It Falls. We hope to see you in a little less than a month in Matchbox 2 supporting our Houston dance community. Secure your seat today. Tickets are available now at matchouston.org, with a pay-what-you-can sliding scale starting at just $15.
Click the link below or head to our bio to grab your tickets now!
🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix
@bootdanceproject@jessiegferguson
“This trio explores the invisible labor of carrying responsibility before it is asked, inspired by the experience of being the one who holds things together. Through shifting weight, interruption, and near-collapse, the dancers navigate the space between care and obligation. The work lingers in moments of hesitation, when support is expected but not acknowledged.”
