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

Monica Hand Ocular Expressions	Reetu Jain Samudra Fusion Dance Company	Barbara King Barbara King’s Dance Company	Andrea Maskos Dance Houston	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
Amber Thornton Bay Area Ballet & Theatre
Amber Thornton has studied and performed with Delia Stewart Jazz Dance Company, Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company, Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre, Euroasia Ballet, The Houston Met, and Dorrell Martin's Dance Fusion to name a few. She has also studied with Houston Ballet Academy, Hubbard Street of Chicago, Broadway Dance Center and Steps in NYC amongst others. Amber performed in the 1988 Sammy Awards with Jaime Rogers and Ben Vereen and has appeared as a guest artist for various companies, including "Dance Explosion" in Vail, Colorado. She has appeared in local commercials and has done promotional work for Macy's, Capezio, and Matuszewski fashion productions, as well as starring in the promotional film, Bonhomme with Zircon pictures. Amber’s “home” is at The Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre where she is the Contemporary Director and is on staff with the Royal Academy of Fine Arts under the direction and support of Lynette Mason Gregg. However, she also teaches various workshops and master classes throughout the Houston area, as well as a teaching technique class at Shawn Wellings’ Planet Funk. Amber was the 1998 recipient of the Monticello Scholarship for her choreographed work, "Unzipped Entropy", at the Regional Dance America Festival where her works have been performed many times, including the 2001 National Gala. Amber's 2002 piece, "Portraying Picasso", as well as her 2004 piece, "Twenty-Nine" was selected for the National Choreography Plan, "which is a National Endowment for the Arts program to recognize and support artistic and choreographic excellence. Ms. Thornton was a selected commissioned choreographer for JCC's 2004 Choreographers x 6, and participated in their Summer Texas Tanz concert. In addition, Ms. Thornton's choreography has been performed in various venues including Dance Houston 2003-2004, Big Range Dance Festival's "Late Night at the Cabaret" and at the Kirov Academy's gala in Washington D.C. Her choreography has also been seen at many benefits, fund-raising events, and local festivals throughout the Clear Lake and Houston area. In addition to creating the art of movement, Amber's true love are her wonderful children, Hudson and Savannah Amber would like to thank the dancers and understudies in Eyes Wide Shut for their fearless and positive approach throughout the rehearsal process.