An amazing feature of the new Suchu Dance space is that it formerly housed the Swayze School of Dance and the Houston Jazz Ballet Company, both founded and directed by Patsy Swayze. We are delighted to be restoring this space to be a multi-purpose home for creativity and hope to honor its history by making dance there and making a space for the public to learn and enjoy dance and other arts. For so many of Patsy Swayze's former students this location is a place that has a lot of meaning, having spent, as all dancers must, countless hours there in class and rehearsal.
This new interdisciplinary project space is located in Garden Oaks/Oak Forest (affectionately known as "The Goof" by its inhabitants) in a commercial strip center dating from the 1970's, at 3480 Ella Blvd., near the intersection of Ella and 34th Street. The facility features a triple sprung floor in the dance space and a gallery space in the entry. With this new home, Suchu Dance will be expanding its scope of services to the community by offering classes, artist opportunities and performances.
The new facility is in walking distance to several restaurants including La Casa de Frida Mexican Kitchen, El Rey Taqueria, and Shipley Donuts (in what must be one of their original locations judging by the architecture of the building, and in great detriment to one's dancer thighs.) Around the corner are the bars Petrol Station and Wakefield Crowbar. A few blocks in the other direction is the Hare Krishna Temple-Guaranga Hall, and Waltrip High School is across the street. Suchu Dance's proximity to these restaurants, bars and cultural centers should enhance the enjoyment and convenience of our patrons and increase awareness and visibility of the organization.
Suchu Dance is a 501(c)3 Tax Exempt Organization and is funded in part by a grant from the
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