Michelle Reyes is a Houston,Tx based dancer, choreographer, arts administrator, dance teacher, stage manager, and aerialist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance from the University of Houston. Reyes primarily trains and performs in the modern and contemporary dance styles but has never let her love for tap fade leading her to find joy as a tap teacher, for both children and adults, and by continuing her personal tap training. Reyes has been dancing professionally in Houston for almost a decade and is in her seventh year of dancing with 6 Degrees Dance, fourth with Karen Stokes Dance, third with Wild She Dances, and finishing up her first year of dancing with Riddles Three. She has also danced for and co-choreographed with several local independent choreographers and performed in shows such as Mind the Gap, Fringe Festival, and Barnstorm, just to name a few. In addition to dancing, Reyes has trained and performed in the aerial arts since 2020 working in silks, lyra, bungee, and, her apparatus of choice, dance trapeze.
Jasmine Burns is a Houston based dancer, choreographer and teaching artist, with her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Colorado State University. Throughout her professional career she has had the honor of dancing as a guest artist with Impact Dance Company for three seasons, a company member with Urban Souls Dance Company since 2023, and a dancer with the Black Angels Collective since 2023. Along with her performance endeavors, Jasmine is a dance instructor and award winning choreographer for several dance studios in the Houston greater area. It is her goal as an educator to help build up the next generation of artists through her love and passion for movement. This is Jasmine’s second season with Riddles Three Dance Company and she couldn’t be more thankful to Persi for the training she is receiving, the relationships she is building, and the art she is able to portray!
Dannielle Shaw is a working performer, choreographer, filmmaker, and visual artist based in Houston, Texas. She has performed in works by Persi Mey, Francisco Graciano, Andy Noble, and Drew Lewis. Shaw originally began dance at the age of twelve at Kennedy Dance Theater. Dannielle received her BFA from the dance department at Sam Houston State University, where she has performed in several faculty, undergrad, and graduate works. She has also performed internationally at Dance Italia in Lucca, Italy.
Zuri Humphrey is a recent graduate of the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. Humphrey has been dancing since the age of four and has studied most notably under the direction of ballet master Ceyhun Ozsoy, Carol Anglin, Karen Stokes, Key’Aira Lockett, Dr. M. Gabriela Estrada, Travis Prokop, and many more. Humphrey began her professional career as a dancer for Jasmine Hearn in their evening length work, Memory Fleet: A Return to Matr. She now continues her professional career as an apprentice with Open Dance Project for the 2025-2026 season, as well as a guest artist with Riddles Three. Humphrey looks forward to continuing her professional career in Houston in the coming years, and hopes to soon begin choreographing and directing her own professional works.
Haley Lee is a Houston-based dancer and teaching artist who specializes in contemporary dance and acrobatics. Lee has performed with companies: 6Degrees, Karen Stokes Dance, and Mezclada Dance Company. She continues to create solo choreography, and her latest work was featured in Houston’s Barnstorm Dance Festival (2024). Lee earned her BFA in dance from the University of Houston in 2020 and continues to explore choreography as collaborative and solo pieces for local shows. She is passionate about sharing and teaching dance with others. She currently teaches at Dayton Academy of Dance, where she coaches a competitive junior dance company. Lee is an active teaching artist for Hope Stone, and is dedicated to the furtherment of educational outreach which serves Houston communities.
Persi Mey is a choreographer, wearable art designer, and a performer with an interdisciplinary style focused on grounded, athletic movement. They grew up in the metro Detroit area, finished high school at the Brockus Conservatory in California, studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and got their BFA in Contemporary Dance from Indiana University. After spending some time in Kansas City they relocated to Houston where they became a resident artist at the Houston Metropolitan Dance Center. It was through this residency that they were able to found their company, Riddles Three, in 2024. The company has since performed Persi’s work in festivals and showcases such as Dance Source Houston's Barnstorm, Social Movement's Dance Hunger Action, Brazos at Texas A&M, Artists For People, and Artists For Hope.
Doctor Guava (Houston, TX) is a sound artist and producer whose work
focuses on experimental electronic composition, with an emphasis on rhythm, timbre, and spatial form. Drawing
from ambient music, sample-based production, and percussive structuring, his practice investigates how nontraditional
rhythmic systems can shape embodied perception and movement-based interpretation.
For Riddles Three, Doctor Guava composed a 15-minute original score segment in 10/4 meter as part of a larger
choreography. The composition integraties ambient textures with layered percussion, developed to support
choreographic exploration of timing, weight, and repetition, positioning rhythm as a structural framework for
movement rather than conventional metric stability.
His broader body of independent releases reflects an ongoing interest in sound as spatial architecture and rhythm
as a tool for organizing physical experience in both listening and performance contexts.
We are now a fiscally sponsored project under Fractured Atlas, a non-profit providing business tools for artists -- donations we receive can be tax deductible!
To make a donation visit:
fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/riddles-three
During the season we meet and train every Tuesday and Thursday morning from
9:30-11:00. Our training focuses on functional conditioning to prepare the
body for contemporary based techniques.
More information and sign-ups at
metdance.org
This project is made possible by Houston Met Dance through their creative incubation residency, with funding from Houston Endowment.