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Improviser & movement researcher.
Adjunct at Sam Houston State University.
MFA in Dance - SHSU.
BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography - ECU.

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The crew that makes it all happen: your TDIF Advisory Committee ✨

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#TDIF2026 Performing Artist Feature!

Jacob Regan @flyingfloorward presents “Ego Eimi (Ho On)” in TDIF’s lineup of performances.

Jacob Regan is a movement improviser, performance artist, and dance researcher currently on faculty at Sam Houston State University. His ongoing fascinations revolve around the phenomenological and biological accounts of movement improvisation and wondering what it means to improvise without free will. Jacob views dance as a synthesis between artistry and athleticism, values harmony between erudition and elation, and believes in the facilitation of creative environments conducive to fostering autonomous artists. His summer reading list includes East of Eden, Fahrenheit 451, and the next installment of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.

Join us Oct 15-17 for dance classes, guest artist workshops, a live concert, and jams.

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@flyingfloorward is your go-to guy for encouragement and care. He’ll spin you in circles until you’re dizzy about whether or not cereal is a soup. His love language is the question — What is dance? On his best days he’ll love you and on his worst days he’ll love you too; I’ve never met someone who exudes that quality so thoroughly. He can teach you how to walk on your hands and he makes a kick ass breakfast potato. He’s also freakishly good at rescuing kittens. If you see him today, kindly sing him a sea shanty—full-out, with feeling. 🎂 🎉

Happy Birthday J ❤️ It’s a treasure to be in your orbit 🪐

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Happy National Dance Day, y’all! 🤍🌵

At BOOT, we believe dance is about more than what happens on stage. It’s about the people we meet, the stories we share, and the community we build along the way.

Looking back on Break-In Dance Fest, we’re reminded of exactly why BOOT exists: to create opportunities for Texas dance artists to grow, connect, and share their work with the world.

Here’s to the artists who keep showing up, the audiences who show up for them, and the community that makes it all possible!! ✨

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National Dance Day!

Missing this solo from @flyingfloorward
Choreo: @flyingfloorward

I do not own rights to the music

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Missing this beautiful world we created with @badiekhaleghian @be.lightdesign @karifrancis__ @german.cardenas76 @sbogard342 @barrydossdesign @sparkmannoble @andymnoble @lynnlanephotography. CHANT, August 2026, MATCH, Houston

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Emmy x Macy, Apply Pressure and Wait

This is the first time we’ve set one of our duets on another pair and man oh man did these two deliver.

It feels so good to see a work change hands. Choreography lives in its doing. Hopefully, many generations and iterations of the things we love get to be danced. We’re stoked to help direct the pathways by which others can come to dance more. We get to make things, and pass them on, and isn’t that what our physical history is really about? The moving is never done. And what a glorious thing that is.

Ems and Mace— We adore you and are so thrilled you said yes to performing Apply Pressure. Thank you for your work ethic, artistry, and commitment.

J— Thank you for setting this entire dance and running rehearsals and managing tech and taking care of a neonatal cat at the same time. You are next level ❤️

Jessie and the BOOT Squad — Congratulations on a successful second year of Break-In. We loved working with you. The communication and organizational aspects of this engagement were particularly spot on.

Apply Pressure and Wait
Break-In Dance Fest 2026
Performance: @emersyn__hansen + @macywattss
Produced by: @bootdanceproject / @jessiegferguson
Venue: @matchouston
Choreography: @nonjenue + @flyingfloorward
Staging: @flyingfloorward
Sound: Ben Salisbur
Photography: @allisoncanales
Originally created for: Limitless Dance Festival, 2024
Additional Performances: @artistsforhopehouston @radfest_dance

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CHANT premieres tonight and it’s a beautiful production! Come join us.

Photo by Lynn Lane

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This is Robert.

Jacob Regan is Robert. @flyingfloorward
And also that purple guy.

Robert is an everyman. He is content to go through the motions of life in the world of iTMRW until his companion robot, Jenny, awakens in him a sudden longing for “human” connection.

Watch iTMRW: The Film on 8/17 @2220arts
Jacob was an essential building block for iTMRW.

Jacob was an essential building block for iTMRW. He brought fun and over-the-top energy to the the team spirit, but when in character, he was fined-tuned and virtuosic, expressing Robert’s inner potential and growth through motion

Since iTMRW…
Jacob earned his MFA in Dance from Sam Houston State University, where he is now on the Department of Dance faculty. His work explores movement improvisation, the illusion of free will, and the ways philosophy can inform dance.
Jacob is also a committee member of the Texas Dance Improvisation Festival. He continues to choreograph new work, including a series of improvisational solos that he performs himself, as well as a repertoire of duets with his partner, Jen Passios.
He is also training to run the Rocky Raccoon 50-mile ultramarathon in February 2027.

Photos by @boneydiego

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What is CHANT?

A meditation. A ritual. An offering.
A protest, a battle cry, a healing, a celebration.

Come be moved!

🎟️ SHOWTIMES
August 15 | August 21 | August 22
8:00 PM

🔗 Tickets & Details: Tap link in bio.

#NobleMotion #CHANT #ContemporaryDance #HoustonArts

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TONIGHT!!!!!

Enjoy our throwback as well as pictures from Boot’s tech rehearsal!

Thank you @bootdanceproject for allowing us to play around and capture greatness! 📸
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It’s Opening Night! 🤎⭐️

After months of planning, rehearsals, late nights, and a whole lot of heart, Break-In Dance Fest officially opens tonight! 🎟️

What started as an idea to create more opportunities for Texas dance artists has grown into a festival featuring 9 original works, 12 choreographers, 26 performers, 2 incredible volunteers, and a rockstar stage manager, all working together to bring this performance to life!

Whether you are joining us tonight, tomorrow or cheering on from afar, thank you for being part of this. See y’all at 7PM at The MATCH. Texas dance is ready!

Tickets are going quick, be sure to get them today or purchase at will call! Doors open @ 6:30PM🤠

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