VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston presents Dance Performance: FLIP/SWITCH/REEL, Thursday, August 19 at 6:30PM.

Watch the original comedic skit by Flip Wilson, Tim Conway, and Richard Pryor morph into dance, social commentary, and circus. Conceived, arranged, and costumed by Sandra Organ Solis, Founding Artistic Director, Earthen Vessels/Sandra Organ Dance Company .

ABOUT SANDRA ORGAN DANCE COMPANY
In 1997, Sandra Organ ended her 15-year career with Houston Ballet to found the Sandra Organ Dance Company. Her mission was to promote contemporary dance, educate the public, and attract a diverse audience. Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, Sandra Organ Dance Company (SODC) choreographs and performs works that tell the stories of past and present. SODC themes have explored the complexity of race relations in American history, the tragedy and redemption of organ donation, the contributions of African Americans, and the lives of historical figures. Blending the vocabulary of dance with music and the spoken word is a hallmark, as is the incorporation of community voices, ideas, and experiences.

Sandra Organ Solis, Founder and Artistic Director of SODC, is a former soloist with the Houston Ballet and was its first African-American ballerina. Her international career with the Houston Ballet encompassed a diverse range of classical and contemporary roles in works from choreographers Ben Stevenson, Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, and Sir Kenneth MacMillian to Christopher Bruce, James Kudelka, and Paul Taylor. She is a master teacher serving on the faculty of Houston Ballet Academy.

Pictured:  Kelly Nipper, interval, 2000. Four framed chromogenic process color prints, each 39 3/4 x 50 5/8 inches. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Gift of the Disaronno Originale Photography Collection.