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Ballet

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    March 8, 2012

    Top 5 Bands We'd Like To See At The Ballet

    Tonight, Houston Ballet performs Rooster, Associate Choreographer Christopher Bruce's dance interpretations of eight Rolling Stones songs including "Little Red Rooster," "Paint It Black" and "Sympathy for the Devil." If that sounds a little lowbrow for the ballet, the program also includes two works ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 15, 2011

    Isn't Ballet Great?

    HB showcases three grand works by twentieth-century choreographers.

  • Culture

    March 17, 2011

    Capsule Stage Reviews: Gone Missing, Or, OVO, Sleeping Beauty

    HB showcases three grand works by twentieth-century choreographers.

  • Culture

    September 30, 2010

    Abstract Art

    With Houston Ballet's gorgeous Jewels, no plot is no problem.

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Houston Ballet:: Three for the Ages

    This HB program features some of the best dance of the last 75 years

  • Culture

    March 4, 2010

    Bitten by La Bayadere

    Houston Ballet debuts a rarely seen Russian classic.

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2009

    1909-2009: The Great Collaborators of the Ballets Russes

    The Dominic Walsh Dance Theater re-creates century-old classics

  • Calendar

    October 1, 2009

    Virsky Ukrainian National Dance

    See what the dancers from the former Kyivska Rus are up to

  • Culture

    October 2, 2008
  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008
  • Calendar

    February 28, 2008

    Dance Infusion

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

  • Culture

    December 20, 2007

    The Nutcracker

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

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Carmen Suite

    Bolshoi principal dancer Marianna Ryzhkina makes her Houston debut

  • Culture

    June 3, 2004

    Capsule Reviews

    Our critics weigh in on local theater

  • Culture

    September 25, 2003

    A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

    Stay awake for Houston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

  • Culture

    September 11, 2003

    A Rippin' Rep

    Houston Ballet's Welch starts with a winner

  • Culture

    May 29, 2003

    Full-Fledged Frolics

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

  • Culture

    March 6, 2003

    Men in Tights

    Houston Ballet buckles under the weight of Balanchine

  • Culture

    December 5, 2002

    A Nut for Nostalgia

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

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    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?

  • Culture

    May 31, 2001

    Second to None

    Trey McIntyre gets the Houston Ballet crowd hooked on a feeling

  • Culture

    November 2, 2000

    Dream Teen

    Whiz kid Enos excites his elders with unique movements

  • Culture

    September 28, 2000

    Snow Job

    Maiden's good, just slow to warm up

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Manly Ballet

    Ben Stevenson's Cleopatra

  • Culture

    June 15, 2000

    Where Art Thou, Juliet?

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

  • Film

    May 11, 2000

    On Their Toes

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

  • News

    March 16, 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

  • Culture

    March 16, 2000

    Egypt on the Bayou

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

  • Culture

    September 16, 1999

    Class Act

    In the middle is very elevated

  • Culture

    June 3, 1999

    Great Expectations

    Sometimes the hype hurts

  • Calendar

    May 13, 1999

    Brussels Sprouts

    Sometimes the hype hurts

  • Culture

    April 15, 1999

    Bay Area Ballet

    Sometimes the hype hurts

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1999

    Night & Day

    April 15-21, 1999

  • Culture

    March 11, 1999

    Bold Indigo

    Brash ballet premiere overshadows Sylphide

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1998

    Pas de New

    Brash ballet premiere overshadows Sylphide

  • Calendar

    October 15, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 15 - 21, 1998

  • Culture

    December 11, 1997

    New Faces, Old Dance

    October 15 - 21, 1998

  • Culture

    September 11, 1997

    A Partial Eclipse

    October 15 - 21, 1998

  • Culture

    June 19, 1997

    Final Curtain

    Don Quixote returns, as Rachel Beard says good-bye

  • Culture

    May 1, 1997

    S R O

    Don Quixote returns, as Rachel Beard says good-bye

  • Culture

    October 17, 1996

    Something Different

    Don Quixote returns, as Rachel Beard says good-bye

  • Culture

    September 26, 1996

    Magic Act

    The Ballet's Swan Lake is all about transformations -- such as dancer to star

  • Culture

    September 12, 1996

    Something Different

    The Houston Ballet ventures deep into Balanchine territory

  • News

    May 16, 1996

    Soles on Ice

    For 20 years, prima ballerina Janie Parker's feet have been harnessed to the Houston Ballet. In one more month, she plans to set them free.

  • Culture

    December 7, 1995

    A Prince in Disguise

    For 20 years, prima ballerina Janie Parker's feet have been harnessed to the Houston Ballet. In one more month, she plans to set them free.

  • Culture

    September 14, 1995

    Merry Window Dressing

    The Merry Widow proves to be more about sparkle and spectacle than dance

  • Culture

    May 11, 1995

    Baryshnikov's Baby

    White Oak may be billed as a group project, but there's no question who's the star

  • Culture

    March 16, 1995

    Mixed Results

    White Oak may be billed as a group project, but there's no question who's the star

  • Culture

    March 2, 1995

    Possible Dream

    White Oak may be billed as a group project, but there's no question who's the star

  • News

    March 31, 1994

    Hard Times at the Ballet

    When the dancers of the Houston Ballet learned their artistic director, Ben Stevenson, had been forced into a medical leave, they had to wonder: were there problems ahead?

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