Houston International Dance Coalition's DANCE SALAD FESTIVAL April 21, 22, & 23, 2011 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm Wortham Center, Cullen Theater 501 Texas Ave. Houston, Texas

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The much anticipated, 16th Dance Salad Festival season in Houston starts off with the annual film program Touring Taste of Dance Salad Festival: Film Screening and Discussion, premiering the highlights of the DSF 2010 performances. The event will take place on December 2, 2010 at 6:30pm, in the Brown Auditorium of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with a reception following.

Dance Salad Festival week of April 20 to 23, 2011 begins with the Choreographers’ Forum, on April 20, 6:30pm, in the Brown Auditorium of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston with a reception following. Details on the participants will follow soon.

Three Evening Performances are scheduled on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 21, 22 and 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM in the Wortham Center’s Cullen Theater. Each curated performance presents a roster of outstanding dancers and choreography from around the world. Some of the companies that are coming to Houston exclusively for Dance Salad Festival are Ballet National de Marseille, France; Staatsballett Berlin, Germany; Beijing Dance/LDTX, China; Jasmin Vardimon Company (JVC), London, England; and many others. The most updated information on the program will be available as soon as possible. Please, check the site regularly.

Throughout the week of the Festival there will also be master classes, from intermediate to advanced level, taught by Festival participants at diverse locations throughout the city.

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Press Response to Dance Salad Festival 2010:

Review from Dance International (PDF).

Houston Accueil's interviews with Eric Gauthier, Gauthier Dance, Stuttgart, Germany; Raphael Coumes-Marquet Dresden SemperOper Ballet, Germany; dancers from Ballet de Lorraine, Nancy, France. (PDF article in French w/ English translation)

KUHF's The Front Row radio interview with choreographer Eric Gauthier, choreographer Eva Duda, and Dance Salad Artistic Director Nancy Henderek. Click here.

Review from Dance Magazine (PDF).

Review from Dance Europe (PDF).

Review from The Houston Chronicle.

Review from the University of Houston's Daily Cougar (PDF).

Review from San Diego News Network.

Interview with Drew Jacoby from Culturemap.com.

Interview with Nancy Henderek in Prime Living magazine (PDF).