DANCE

In collaboration with Talento Bilingue de Houston, Sandra Organ Dance Company will present a full-length dance inspired by the legacy of Cesar Chavez and the history of the migrant farm worker movement.

Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can) opens with A Prayer for the Farm Worker, written by Cesar Chavez, and also includes Tata Dios, a dance about a couple and their struggles as migrant farmers. Sí Se Puede offers students of all ages a creative and unique perspective on this important issue. Students attending the student matinees will have an opportunity for discussion with the dancers after the performance.

Talento Bilingüe de Houston (TBH) is proud to present this unique opportunity for children to learn about Cesar Chavez, a leading voice for the rights of migrant workers. Cesar Chavez has been recognized as one of the great leaders of the 20th century.

ABOUT SANDRA ORGAN SOLIS

Sandra Organ Solis was a soloist with Houston Ballet and its first African-American female ballerina, leaving the company after fifteen seasons to work as a guest artist, independent choreographer, and become Artistic Director of Sandra Organ Dance Company (SODC), a contemporary ballet ensemble in Houston, Texas, founded in 1997.

Her international career with the Houston Ballet encompassed a diverse range of roles in the classical and contemporary realm, from choreographers Ben Stevenson, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and Sir Kenneth MacMillian to Christopher Bruce, James Kudelka and Paul Taylor.

She is on the faculty of Houston Ballet Academy, Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, and at the St. Johns School. For her choreography, she has been awarded an Individual Artist’s Grant from the Cultural Arts Council Houston/Harris County as well as the Monticello scholarship and National Choreography award in the Southwest by Regional Dance America, having choreographed nearly 60 ballets in the last 10 years.

Ms. Organ also has an extensive solo sacred dance repertoire, and also offers church communities meditations and creative movement workshops in retreat settings.