About

Founded in 1998, PDC Works creates and presents performances that entertain, intrigue, educate and inspire learning through collaboration with local artists. Over its 20-year history, PDC Works has built a reputation of excellence in narrative storytelling through dance. Under the direction of Sophia Torres, PDC Works strives to create meaningful connections through multidisciplinary collaborations. PDC Works has produced 40 full concerts featuring over 50 original works and has performed in venues throughout Houston and Texas including Latino Cultural Center (Dallas), the Moody Gardens (Galveston), Chicago Dance Festival(Chicago, IL), Cincy Fringe Festival (Cincinnati, OH), 254 Dance Festival (Waco, TX), Brazos Contemporary Dance Festival (College Station, TX), Alma Thomas Theater, Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX), St. David's Episcopal Church (Austin, TX), Texas A&M (Corpus Christi, TX). PDC Works has collaborated with local artists and art organizations including Doctor’s Orchestra of Houston, Houston Met, musical ensemble Chaski, and AURA Contemporary Ensemble. In Spring 2016, PDC began collaborating with AURA Contemporary Ensemble producing Danza, followed by Memory Web and COLONY both evening length, interdisciplinary works funded from grants received from Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at University of Houston. During Coronavirus, PDC Works shifted to virtual platforms participating in 2020 Cincy Fringe Primary Digital Line-up, C4 Ensemble’s Restricted Movement 5, and Morning Star Media’s 25 Days of Christmas.

PDC Works is committed to providing in-school residencies and performances centered on arts integration and has presented a number of programs aimed at improving education, fostering children's creativity, encouraging lifelong participation in the arts, and increasing appreciation for the community's diverse cultural heritage.  In 2021, PDC Works partnered with Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts (MECA) to create a STEAM based residency for MECA’s Sunburst Summer Camp and performed in the 21 Annual Dia De Los Muetos Festival.

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Willing to be contacted for: Commissions, Performances, Residencies, Panel Member, PD training, Collaborations