DANCE
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Hope Stone Dance Company’s hourlong, site-specific work responding to the art installation “Crêpe Paper Carpet.” 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Thursday-Aug. 19; $25; Moody Center for the Arts, Rice University, entrance 8; moody.rice.edu.
“Green Zebras”
Pilot Dance Project performs Lori Yuill’s site-specific work inspired by Barbara Kingsolver’s book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” and the East End’s Finca Tres Robles urban farm. With music by Anthony Barilla and costumes by Ashley Horn. A potluck dinner follows. 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. $16-$20; Morales Funeral Home, 2901 Canal; 281-979-4982, pilotdanceproject.org.
“Mind the Gap”
Dance Source Houston presents new works by Brittany Bass, Lori Guerin, Rathna Kumar, Emily Roy Sayre, Leslie Scates and Cara Shanks. $15; 7:30 p.m. Tuesday; MATCH, 3400 Main; 713-521-4533, matchouston.org.