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Dance Houston in the Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall
DECEMBER 2006
FLYworks Concerts
The focus of FLYworks' performing groups, FLY KiDS and FLY Crew, is on learning and growing by performing. Through our own concerts and participating in other arts organizations' productions, our dancers get the benefit of the full theatrical experience—formal stage, lights, full sound, and performing with and learning from other artists.
FLY Crew and FLY KiDS perform an average of once per month in concerts, at festivals, and other exciting venues in Houston and Texas. Performances in 2006 and 2007 have included Dance Houston in the Hobby Center's Zilkha Hall both in August and December (2006), the Bayou City Arts Festival, The Children's Museum, Kemah Board Walk, the HYPE Showcase in Plano, Dance Houston (August 2007) in the Wortham Theatre's Cullen Auditorium, and Bayou Theater at U of H Clearlake.
FLYworks produces its own fall and spring concerts featuring FLY KiDS and FLY Crew in newly choreographed pieces and as well as our old favorites.
Dance fans, friends, and relatives of FLY KiDS and FLY Crew dancers: We invite you to come see what these kids are accomplishing.
Dance and physical education teachers and school administrators: Come see the entertaining, clean-cut style of dance FLYworks advocates for PE and afterschool programs. (If you like what you see, you may want to consider our Teacher Workshops and Training Videos.)
Dancers considering auditioning for FLY KiDS or FLY Crew and their parents: We suggest that you attend a concert performance and a rehearsal to find out if these groups are right for you.
Tourists, booking agents, event planers, and Houstonians looking for entertainment: These kids are performers! Pure family entertainment. High-energy fun. (FLY KiDS and FLY Crew can be booked locally and regionally.)
Potential board members, potential donors, and foundations supporting the arts and social programs for youth: These concerts are a good opportunity to evaluate our program before making a commitment to FLYworks.
City, county, state, and national government officials and staff: Assess FLY KiDS and FLY Crew as entertainment representing Houston, Harris County, Texas, and the USA. Our dancers are ready to serve.
EVERYONE: Seeing FLY KiDS and FLY Crew perform is an uplifting experience and, if you are worried about today's youth, it may re-confirm your faith in our next generation.
"Dance Around the World " 11:00AM September 22nd
Miller Outdoor Theatre
100 Concert Drive
Houston Herman Park
Photography by James Wildman
FLY KiDS and FLY Crew will perform on "Dance Around the World" at 11:00AM Saturday, September 22, 2007 at Miller Outdoor Theatre (100 Concert Blvd., Houston Hermann Park). They were chosen to perform on this concert by Dance Source Houston along with the Houston Ballet 2 and Anjali dance companies.
This concert is funded in part by a grant to Dance Source Houston from
from Harris County and the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Houston Arts Alliance.
"SIX: Insects Gone Wild" December 8th
Barnevlder Movement/Arts Complex
Downtown Houston 3 Blocks from Minute Maid Park
Photography by Alex Wild
FLY KiDS and FLY Crew will be cast with other Houston artists in a new concert by artistic director, Kathy Wood. In the concert called "SIX: Insects Gone Wild", Ms. Wood plans to depict in abstract the natural movements and unusual colors and shapes of insects by using props, sets, projections, and creative costumes. Extraordinary insect photography by Alex Wild will be featured. This concert is scheduled for performances at 2:00PM and 7:30PM Saturday, December 8, 2007 at The Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex (2201 Preston, Houston, TX 77003).
This concert is funded in part by an Individual Artist Grant to choreographer Kathy Wood
from Harris County and the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Houston Arts Alliance.
Dancers Against Cancer in "DANCECARD"
7:30PM Saturday, September 8th
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Bayou Theater
2700 Bay Area Blvd.
Houston, TX 77058
Tickets $10
Contact: ladancepro@yahoo.com
832-246-3854
FLY KiDS and FLY Crew joined other Houston-area dance companies in a benefit concert called "DANCECARD" on Saturday, September 8, 2007 at the University of Houston-Clear Lake's Bayou Theater.
They performed a piece called "Sticks," new choreography for the December 8th concert, "SIX: Insects Gone Wild."
— Benefiting —
Deke Slayton Cancer Treatment Center
Texas Childrens A.R.T.S.
Jorie Zemel Foundation
— Other Groups Performing—
Dancers Against Cancer
Houston Met
Ad Deum
Houston Flyboys
"Dance Houston" August 10 & 11
Wortham Theater's Cullen Auditorium
Houston, Texas
FLY KiDS Win "Audience Pick Award"
In its third appearance on Dance Houston's semi-annual concerts and in a little over a year since its inception, FLY KiDS won the "Audience Pick Award" and its accompanying $500 prize. The winner of this award is determined by audience members indicating their favorite dance group immediately after the concert. FLY KiDS and FLYworks is extremely proud of this honor.
Dance Houston is a city-wide dance festival now in its 5th year. It has grown each year such that this concert featured twelve Houston-area dance companies representing a Houston dance community that provided an action-packed, clever, colorful evening of entertainment at a level seldom produced in Houston. All dance companies contributed significantly to the evenings' success by providing a wide variety of high-quality art and entertainment.
Special thanks and congratulations go to Dance Houston's Executive Director, Andrea Cody, and her staff for producing this concert. Our thanks also go to Jeremy Choate whose lighting design elevated and enhanced the impact of each act.
The word should be out by now: Dance Houston is a concert that dance lovers should not miss.
"Hype Showcase" June 2nd
Plano Courtyard Theater
Plano, Texas
On June 2, 2007, FLY KiDS traveled to Plano, Texas to perform on the "Hype" concert. It was billed as a choreographer's showcase and an opportunity to show new work. FLY KiDS performed along with nine other dance companies including four Dallas-area hip hip groups and a ballet dance company. Responses from audience and other dance groups led us to believe that FLY KiDS was the hit of the concert. The organizer immediately invited FLY KiDS back for next year's concert.
FLY KiDS in "Echo" at the HYPE Showcase
Photo by Jason Huang
Houston-based FLY KiDS is available for booking at events locally and regionally.
Our goal is simply for FLY KiDS is to be one of the most entertaining dance companies in Houston.
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