Mise en Scéne (Presented Annually)

Mise en Scéne is a highly-conceived choreographic performance series in which artists are brought together to interpret tasks, environment, and sound collaboratively in real time before an audience. Over 3 performances, different artists from different pockets of the Houston dance, theater, and music community will come together to create new combinations…without ever having spoken to one another or the creators of the show.

Mise en Scéne is a culmination of over a decade of creative research by dancemakers and long-time collaborators Lydia Hance and Ashley Horn. This highly experimental work allows performers to navigate a series of tasks without prior information, guided only by physical items received in the mail in the weeks leading up to their performance and an immersive visual art installation that will continue to inform their movement and creative choices for the evening. This project redefines artistic boundaries by creating a space where spontaneity and structure coexist, fostering a unique, dynamic interaction between performers and their environment.

You can read a recent review published in The Dance Dish, here: THE MOST NON-TRADITIONAL REVIEW