Dance Houston


Alex & Victoria Arizpe Uptown Productions	Patricia Astorga Sabor Mexico	Robin Rettig Carlson Dance Force Productions	Gary Connor Wyld Styl	Kenneth Epting Exclamation Dance Company	Harrison Guy Urban Souls Dance Company
Patricia Astorga Sabor Mexico
Ms. Astorga began her intense folklorico dance training at the Escuela de Ballet Folklorico in Bellas Artes under the direction of Amalia Hernandez at the early age of 7. She studied under Folklorico masters such as Rafael Zamarripa Castaneda and La Escuela de Danza Mizoc for five consecutive summers. An accomplished dancer in her own right, Ms. Astorga has performed with a variety of dance companies throughout Los Angeles. She has studied classical ballet, tap, modern dance as well as theatrical Mexican Folklorico and Flamenco. Most notably she was one of the founding members of Pacifico Dance Company. Anxious to learn new dance techniques, she continues her dance training focusing on Flamenco having traveled to Spain to study with masters such as Antonio Granjero, Juana Amaya and Alicia Marquez. Ms. Astorga recently performed at the Grand Opening of the Disney Concert Hall Cerritos Performing Arts Center (Cerritos, Ca.). Ms. Astorga brings to the Houston area her passion for dance to form her dance company “Sabor Mexico” and to teach at the “Spanish Institute of Dance”.

Monica Hand Ocular Expressions	Reetu Jain Samudra Fusion Dance Company	Barbara King Barbara King’s Dance Company	Shakira Massood-Ali (Debbie Scheel) Solange	Anjaly Thakkar Urban Indian Beat	Amber Thornton Bay Area Ballet & Theatre

Tesia Truitt Planet Funk	Sophia Torres Psophonia Dance Company	Adrian Walter Tartanic	Shawn Welling Planet Funk	Janie Yao Dance of Asian America