Youth Dance Festival 2013

Fidelity
Elite Dance Company
Director: Lanette Cook
Choreographer: Terrill D. Mitchell
Composers: Regina Spektor
Dancers:  Courtney Dervay, Shelby Donnow, Ellie Drotts, Kirby Jane Landry, Ashton Teichman

A Russian Winter Dance, Russian Spring Dance
Sunrise International Dance Company
Director: Oksana Chernuk
Choreographer: Oksana Chernyuk
Composer: folk music
Dancers: Nicole Arustamov, Sasha Busa, Victoria Bychkova, Daniel Bogomolnay, Sasha Bruk, Artem Ermishin, Vlada Fatkullina, Maria Koulikova, Alice Korkin, Sergey Kudravtcev, Lucy Makogon, Alexandra Nadvoretskaya, Victoriya Nadvoretskaya, Julia Marsha, Oksana Arevalo, Alexander Osypov, Andrey Osypov, David Parshal, Mila Russum, Anna Volkov, Elizabeth Rubin

River
eMOTION Dance Company
Director: Sanja Korman
Composer: Emeli Sande
Choreographer: Kelly Ann Vitacca
Dancers: Linnea Schuessler, Jennifer Hannying Li, Vicky Yizhen Weng, Mayline Zhong, Paulina Ho, Jamie Lin, Rose Li

A Sinner’s Prayer
Urban Souls Dance Company 2
Director: Leonard Price
Choreographer: Leonard Price
Composer: Dana Elaine Owens
Dancer: Atrianna Dearmon

I’m Different
LunchBox Dance Crew
Choreographer: Aaron Medina
Composer: Halima Harding
Dancers: Trevon Anderson, Nicole Campa, Jacob Enerio, Joshua Enerio, Justin Guntalilib, Halima Hardin, Anna Hernandez, Rebecca Molina, Mariel Zubire

Caught. Held. Trapped.
Houston Dance Theatre
Director: Angela Jackson
Choreographer: Jesus Acosta
Composers: Cliff Martinez, Gordon, Todd Reynolds, Windy Sutter
Dancers: Ambree Cote’, Kamille Cote’, Emily Guerrero, Julia Guerrero, Serena Martin, Aaron Misley, Jennifer Norman, Sarah Rutherford

Anjali Dance Company
Director: Rathna Kumar
Choreographer: Rathna Kumar
Composer: Rajesh Vaidya
Dancers: Amulya Peri, Anjali Chikkula, Meghana Nutalapati, Pratyusha Pilla, Ramya Bhavarju, Rohini Kambhampati, Shravya Arra, Sneha Peri

Break of Dawn
Jana Brown’s Centerstage Pre-professional Company
Director: Jana Brown
Choreographer: Kelly Ann Vitacca
Composer: Break of Reality, Takenobu
Dancers: Madison Araiza, Lauren Henrichsen, Erin Hollamon, Katie Jenson, Kelsey Johnson, Peyton Kotch, Isabelle Mancha, Lindsey Treadwall

R U There?
Uptown Dance Company II
Director: Beth Gulledge-Brown
Choreographer: Marcelo de sa Martins
Composer: Ratatat
Dancers: Isabel Amador, Emily Anderson, Francis Chae, Robin Kate Davis, Emily Healey, Katie Mae Kennedy, Gelina Le, Sydney Spier, Adele Stevenson, Nicole Young and Professional Artists in Residence: Jorge Cardozo, Erik Sampson

Mixteco Ballet Folklorico
Directors: Jose Sada, Rosalia Chapa
Choreographer: Jose Sada, Rosalia Chapa
Dancers: Adrian Aguirre, Samuel Blanco, Giovanni Martinez, Raul Palomo, Saulo Refugio, Fernando Sanchez,  Ariana Aguirre, Kassandra Aldava, Mia Arreguin, Andrea Blanco, Katelynn Guerra, Iris Gonzalez, Cathy Ramos

Sincerely, Yours
Vitacca Dance Project
Director: Kelly Ann Vitacca
Choreographer: Kelly Ann Vitacca
Sign Language Translator: Tiffani Harris
Composer: Philip Glass
Dancers: Alana Jones, Livia Lavender, Morgan Mikes, Kendall Palmer, Evan Leigh Thornton, Simone Trevas, Juliette Wooden

Celebration
Mitsi Dancing School
Director: Janie Yao
Choreographer: Yifan Zheng
Composer: Traditional Chinese
Dancers: Rachel Reid, Maya Tsai, Alice Yi

Childhood Dreams
Cypress Dance Project
Choreographers: Antoine Olds, Danielle Pingel
Composer: Nelly Furtado
Dancers: Madison Bradley, Natalie Chung, Lola Coghill, Paige Gerhardt, Peyton Gerhardt, Jenna Laughlin

Chaos in Theory
Cloud 9
Director: Rhonda Valencia
Choreographer: Jarell Rochelle
Composer: Passion Pit
Dancers: Francesca Arellano, Adriana Dearza, Aaliyah Gutierrez, Edna Herrera, Trey Pettis, Morgan Robidoux, Ana Rodriguez

Bho Shambo (Dance of Shiva)
Nritya School of Dance
Director: Padmini Chari
Choreographer: Padmini Chari
Composer: Dayananda Saraswathi
Dancers: Abinaya Chandrasekar, Varenya Hariharan, Maya Iyer, Sungita Kumar, Roopa Nagarajan, Akila Raman, Jahnavi Shriram, Shubha Soman

Sleeping Beauty
Ballet Jete-Kennedy Dance Theatre
Director: Milena Leben
Choreographer: Milena Leben
Composer: Tchaikovsky
Dancers: Erica Carmona, Cherilene Guzman, Emi Houghton, Rohini Kambhampati, Michelle McKay, Abbey Menard, Melanie Mills, Sarah Neisler, Caroline Senter

Contagious Light
Houston Met Too Youth Company
Director: Marlana Doyle, Kiki Lucas
Choreographer: James Washington
Composers:  Emeli Sande & Naughty Boy; Ledisi
Dancers: Sydney Ballou, Curtis Cagle, Morgan Clay, Karsen Galatas, Hannah Hafley, Anna Ingram, Rissa Medlenka, Shelby Nunn, Michaela Serpas, Tori Walker

Feud
Amy Blake’s Academy of Dance Company
Director: Amy Blake
Choreographer: Kelly Ann Vitacca
Composer: Rodrigo y Gabriela
Dancers: Hannah Bickham, Lara Biddy, Lexi Blake, Laura Blank, Katie Coker, Ashley Eng, Kaitlyn Golden, Hannah Herrera, Shalom Johnson, Molly Kneeshaw, Lauren Leighton, Christina Madsen, Lexie Olson, Katie Sleeper, Kaitlin Soltis, Alyson Stromer, Gabriela Swan, Ruth Varner, Elyssa Vega