Installation View of The Family Manta by Victoria Nguyen, 2022.

CAMHLAB

Frame Dance | The Family Mantra

March 30, 2022 - May 22, 2022
Montrose Collective

About

CAMHLAB artists-in-residence Frame Dance present The Family Mantra, an installation-based participatory performance that explores generational psychological shifts in the Houston community. The dance group will create an interactive environment with marbles, toy tops, pathways on the floor, pipe cleaner dolls to manipulate, and puppets within the space at Montrose Collective. The Frame Dance MultiGen Ensemble—an all ages/all abilities group—will activate the space as well as their professional dance company.

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Location

Montrose Collective
888 Westheimer Rd #159
Houston, Texas 77006

CAMHLAB Hours

Mon
Tue
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Sat
Sun

Closed
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12:45–2:45PM
10AM–12:30PM
1-5PM

Open Rehearsal | Practice

Rehearsals for Frame Dance’s professional dance company and MultiGen Ensemble are open for observation on Fridays from 12:30–2:45PM and Saturdays from 11AM–12:30PM. Visitors can enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at dance in the making.

Workshop | Family Dance Party

Family Dance Parties are held on Saturday mornings from 10–11AM. These structured dance classes are free to the public and open to people of all ages and generations. Through open-ended movement prompts that build bonds and promote creativity, visitors can create healthy habits and treasured memories at these dance parties.

Open Studio | Motion Play

Open studios are held on Sundays from 1–5PM. During open studio hours, visitors have hands-on movement explorations using tops, marbles, pathways, an adult sit-n-spin, and a sky full of pipe cleaner dancers.

Performance | The Family Mantra

Frame Dance’s rehearsals, workshops, and open studios culminate in performances of Founder and Creative Director Lydia Hance’s The Family Mantra, a site-specific “dance for all” that explores generational psychological shifts in the Houston community. Guests may choose to attend the performance on either date. Limited tickets are available for both performances.