DANCE

The Houston Metropolitan Dance Company and Miller Outdoor Theatre present Swing, Jive and Pop Into Dance, a free show with a side of dance education!  At Miller Outdoor Theatre, Tuesday, September 14, 11am.

Watch dance of all styles and eras explode onto the stage to engage, entertain and enlighten students of all ages. Swing in to the 30s, tap to “Singin’ in the Rain,” Hand Jive through the 50s and Electric Slide into today! Students participate in an energy filled hour of dance, music, costumes and learn fun historical tidbits of information on fashion, games, and toys.

Founded in 1995, the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center grew out of the ashes of the Delia Stewart Dance Center. The studio, at 1202 Calumet, has been rented continuously for the last 20 years as the current home of the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company and the former home of the Delia Stewart Dance Company. Michelle Smith has been in the building the entire time, first as the studio and company manager of the Delia Stewart Dance Company and currently as the Executive Director of the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center.

The Center is the home of the Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, The Houston Met Too Youth Training Company and The Houston Metropolitan Dance School. It has also housed One True Voice Studios, Heartmoves, The Steven Boyd Dance Ensemble, Uptown Dance Production, Psophonia, Hope Stone, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Chrysalis Dance Company, Dance Ad Deum and many other companies and dance organizations.

The Houston Metropolitan Dance Center teaches classes for ages 3 – 12, teens and adults in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, and hip hop with over 300 students per week walking through the front doors. The Educational Outreach Program “Swing, Jive, Pop” reaches thousands of children each year with in-school performances and field trip events. The Houston Met Too is a youth training program created out of the growth of the studio and a need to produce our own dancers in the Houston Met style. The company currently has 13 members ranging in age from 13 – 18 and performs its own concert at the Wortham Center/Cullen Theater each year, plus Curtain Warmers for the SPA and many community performances.