Dance Source Houston

Dance Source Houston is excited to present the 39th edition of Mind The Gap on May 19, 2026. This program features works from a range of dance forms by local choreographers, including Brittany Bass, Shelby Craze, Jessie Ferguson (BOOT Dance Project), Deontay Gray, Adele Nickel, and Kyle Rucker. Join Dance Source Houston after the performance for an onstage reception to connect with the choreographers and performers of Mind The Gap 39. Tickets are currently available on the MATCH website. 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @brittanybass_ @bootdanceproject @deontay_gray @jessiegferguson @kingdellers @kyyleeeeeeeeeee @shelby.craze.art

This is your reminder to grab your ticket for Mind The Gap 39. Next Tuesday, we look forward to gathering at Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston to celebrate and support local artists as we close out the season. We can’t wait to share this evening of dance, community, and connection with you. Tickets available now at MATCH Houston with a pay what you can sliding scale starting at $15. Click the link below or head to our website to grab your tickets now! 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix

Join us on May 19 for the final Mind The Gap of the season! This program will feature local artists and DSH members, including Adele Nickel and Kyle Rucker presenting Exit Stage Left. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience and support Houston’s vibrant dance community. Tickets are available now at MATCH Houston with a pay what you can sliding scale starting at $15. Secure your seat today and celebrate the Mind The Gap 39 of the with us in Matchbox 2! Click the link below or head to our website to grab your tickets now! 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @kingdellers @kyyleeeeeeeeeee “This work is the first iteration of a new collaboration between dancer/choreographer Adele Nickel and lighting/production designer Kyle Rucker. It marries live performance and video projection to prompt such questions as: When does “movement,” a fundamentally defining feature of life, become something we start to call “dance”? Who decides where and when this boundary is prescribed? And what might this line of questioning reveal about our collective assumptions about what constitutes dance, or beauty, or art?”

Join us next week for our final Mind The Gap of the season! DSH member, Lori Yuill, of The TerraForm(ed) Collective, is presenting Nature Stories. We hope to see you next Tuesday, May 19, in Matchbox 2 supporting local artist. 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 website to grab your tickets now! 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @terraformed_collective @loriyuilldance @houstonmetdance “Nature Stories uses dance and individual stories as a way to understand the value of protecting local ecology. Dancers in this work share moments of joy and connection to nature. These stories are woven together through improvisational scores and a shared movement practice.”

Join us for another exciting evening of dance at the MATCH! May 19, Brittany, presents their work, ˈef-ərt-fəl at Mind the Gap 39. Come to Matchbox 2 to enjoy the last mind the gap of the season! Don’t miss this opportunity to support local talent. Click the link below or head to our website to grab your tickets now! Sliding scale starting at $15 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @brittanybass_ “This choreographic work centers the body as a site of lived experience, memory, and relationship. I am interested in how effort, adaptation, and care emerge over time, and how what once felt easy becomes something we must renegotiate. I draw from personal narrative while creating space for performers to bring their own histories into the work. Ultimately, my work invites presence, reflection, and an honest witnessing of the body as it is now.”

Houston’s arts community is working together to build a shared cultural identity, and we need to hear from you. Take a few minutes to share your perspective in this short survey and help us craft the story we all tell about arts and culture in our city. Please respond by May 19th. Survey link can be found in bio.

Mind The Gap 39 will be here before you know it. DSH member Shelby Craze, presents their work, Continuum: What Remains. We hope to see you on May 19 in Matchbox 2 and then afterwards for an onstage reception! Get your tickets at matchouston.org Sliding scale starting at $15 Click the link below or head to our website to grab your tickets now! 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @shelby.craze.art “My work imagines the body as a vessel and the vessel as a body. The line between internal and external is blurred, perhaps erased, and bodies emerge, converge, resist, and persist onward. This piece combines movement, fiber sculpture, and physically expressed emotion to create a beautifully visceral work.”

Our final PT Clinic of the season is coming up on May 26. The appointment form is now live on the DSH website. Reserve your spot today for a complimentary 30 minute session with the Memorial Hermann Rockets Sports Medicine Institute team. These monthly clinics are offered at no cost and are open to the entire Houston dance community. Spots are limited, so we encourage you to book early. Date: May 26 Time: 4-6pm To register, visit our website! To register, click the link in our bio.

You have a little less than 3 weeks to buy your tickets for Mind The Gap 39. DSH member Deontay Gray, presents their work on May 19. Come to Matchbox 2 to enjoy the last mind the gap of the season! Tickets are available now at matchouston.org, with a pay-what-you-can sliding scale starting at just $15. Don’t miss this opportunity to support local talent! Click the link below or head to our bio to grab your tickets now! 🎟️: /events/2026/mind-gap-xxxix @deontay_gray “This work is an exploration of how we self-censor. It is an embodiment of true honesty. The piece allows us to be grounded in how we see ourselves and each other.”

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.”

From opening night to closing night, one of our favorite things about Barnstorm Dance Fest is creating opportunities for artists and audiences to connect. Thank you to all the choreographers, performers, and patrons who made this year's festival rich with community! What was your favorite moment from Barnstorm Dance Fest 2026? 📸 by @lynnlanephotography

Need to kill time before Barnstorm? Not into sitting in traffic? Stay close and make it part of the night. Grab a bite, sip something good, and head right back in. Here are a few nearby spots and DSH favorites to check out: SHOP My Flaming Heart | @myflamingheart SIP Double Trouble | @doubletroublehtx Un Caffe | @un.caffe.roastery SNACK Mai’s Restaurant | @maisrestauranthtx Spicy Girl | @spicygirlhtx Tacos A Go Go | @tacosagogo The Breakfast Klub | @katfishandgrits Winnie’s | @winnieshouston @midtownhou Make a night of it and see you at Barnstorm 🌩️