Mission Statement:
Founded in 2003, the Big Range Dance Festival (BRDF)
seeks to foster quality dance theatre that explores diverse ideas and the fusion of theatrical arts. The Festival encourages
choreographers to experiment in movement invention and the creation of a uniquely personal dance language, invoking the spirit
of the modern and postmodern dance pioneers. BRDF seeks to engage the audience through new works that break boundaries, with
a strong emphasis on the unique individual vision of the choreographer.
BRDF is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through the Houston
Arts Alliance, Houston Endowment, Inc., and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
With the original Houston Big Range Dance Festival now in its seventh year,
2009 marks the second year of a simultaneous sister festival, Big Range Austin, in our state capital, organized and produced
by Spank Dance Company. Visit the Big Range Austin website for more details.
