Subject: Ballet

• Without Air: Choreography Is King, But Where’s the Star Power?

  May 29, 2008

• This Bird Has Flown

  Houston Ballet's pricey new Firebird gets lost in time

  March 1, 2001

• A Nut for Nostalgia

  Houston Ballet's Nutcracker has nothing new to say, but it's fun anyway

  December 5, 2002

• Full-Fledged Frolics

  The ensemble is the star in Houston Ballet's Spring Repertory Program

  May 29, 2003

• Hard Times at the Ballet

  March 31, 1994

• Possible Dream

  March 2, 1995

• Mixed Results

  March 16, 1995

• Baryshnikov's Baby

  May 11, 1995

• Merry Window Dressing

  September 14, 1995

• A Prince in Disguise

  December 7, 1995

• Soles on Ice

  May 16, 1996

• New Shapes

  May 30, 1996

• Something Different

  September 12, 1996

• Magic Act

  September 26, 1996

• Something Different

  October 17, 1996

• S R O

  May 1, 1997

• Final Curtain

  June 19, 1997

• A Partial Eclipse

  September 11, 1997

• New Faces, Old Dance

  December 11, 1997

• Night & Day

  October 15, 1998

• Pas de New

  October 22, 1998

• Bold Indigo

  March 11, 1999

• Bay Area Ballet

  April 15, 1999

• Brussels Sprouts

  May 13, 1999

• Best Manly Ballet

  September 21, 2000

• Houston Ballet's Mixed Rep Program is a Delight

  Classic, Modern and Wonderful

  October 2, 2008

• Dance Infusion

  Pros share the stage with up-and-comers in this concert in a wild variety of styles

  February 28, 2008

• It's All Good at Gershwin Glam

  Three-Course Feast from the Houston Ballet

  February 28, 2008

• The Nutcracker

  This ballet is what it is, and that ain't bad

  December 20, 2007

• Carmen Suite

  Bolshoi principal dancer Marianna Ryzhkina makes her Houston debut

  October 25, 2007

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  March 31, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  January 27, 2005

• Capsule Reviews

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  June 3, 2004

• A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

  Stay awake for Houston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

  September 25, 2003

• A Rippin' Rep

  Houston Ballet's Welch starts with a winner

  September 11, 2003

• Men in Tights

  Houston Ballet buckles under the weight of Balanchine

  March 6, 2003

• Forever On His Toes

  Ben Stevenson has built Houston Ballet into one of the biggest companies in the country. So why does his job often seem in jeopardy?

  August 2, 2001

• Second to None

  Trey McIntyre gets the Houston Ballet crowd hooked on a feeling

  May 31, 2001

• Dream Teen

  Whiz kid Enos excites his elders with unique movements

  November 2, 2000

• Snow Job

  Maiden's good, just slow to warm up

  September 28, 2000

• Where Art Thou, Juliet?

  Dawn Scannell makes a captivating Capulet in Houston Ballet's Romeo and Juliet

  June 15, 2000

• On Their Toes

  Filmmakers return ballet, with all its metaphorical foreplay and backstage romance, to Center Stage

  May 11, 2000

• The Turning Point

  If Richie Hubscher couldn't be the Houston Ballet's prince in white tights, then he would be the dark angel of the Easy Credit Theater

  March 16, 2000

• Egypt on the Bayou

  Cleopatra may be about ancient Middle Eastern history, but it's all Houston Ballet

  March 16, 2000

• Class Act

  In the middle is very elevated

  September 16, 1999

• Great Expectations

  Sometimes the hype hurts

  June 3, 1999

• Night & Day

  April 15-21, 1999

  April 15, 1999

• Bolshoi Beauty

  Ballet rises on the toes of a Russian icon

  March 25, 1999

• Virsky Ukrainian National Dance

  October 1, 2009

• 1909-2009: The Great Collaborators of the Ballets Russes

  October 15, 2009