HOUSTON Contemporary: OCTANE

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OCTANE is a relentless exploration of momentum, control, and collapse. It delves into the cycles we live in—how tension builds, breaks, and rebuilds, how power shifts, and how movement becomes both survival and inevitability. Communication fractures, bodies push forward, energy combusts, and still, the pattern repeats. At its core, OCTANE examines the forces that drive us—the ones we fight, the ones we surrender to, and the ones that refuse to stop.

The piece is an ensemble stage work for 9 Dancers.

Premiere Houston 2025

Company Houston Contemporary

Choreography Natasha Adorlee

Videography: Courtesy of Houston Contemporary Dance Company and BEND Productions

Lighting: Natasha Adorlee, Hudson Davis

Costumes: Natasha Adorlee, Allison Miller

Rehearsal Director: Andrea Dawn Shelley

AD: Marlana Doyle