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LIFE & ARTS

Innovative dance troupe blends art forms

Group set to perform in May combines dance, drama 
and multi-media into show

COUGAR LIFE & ARTS SERVICES 

A New York-based dance troupe that blends different expressions of art will make its Houston debut in May. 

The internationally acclaimed Big Dance Theater is known for unorthodox methods of entertaining a crowd, putting on a show that combines dance, literary narratives, dramas, multi-media effects and music. 

The Japan Society commissioned Big Dance Theater to create The Other Here, a lively story that possesses Eastern and Western influences. 

The show combines contemporary Okinawan pop music with classical Okinawan music sprinkled with Japanese short stories. 

On stage, the narrative shifts from a good-humored sales meeting, a conflict between a master and his servant and a story about a man and his most prized possession: a carp. 

Big Dance Theater was founded in 1991 and has been praised for its innovative performances. 

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