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Dance

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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.

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2008

    Kairu

    Sol y Luna Dance mix hip-hop, ballet and martial arts to tell the story of a hero who faces down evil

  • Culture

    September 25, 2003

    A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose

    Stay awake for Houston Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Dancing in Debt

    The cast walks after the Met gets mired in money woes

  • Film

    May 11, 2000

    On Their Toes

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

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2000

    Please Pass the Dance Salad

    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

  • Calendar

    October 7, 1999

    On the Spot

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

  • Culture

    October 7, 1999

    History Repeating

    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

  • Calendar

    June 17, 1999

    Duchess of the Dance

    In the middle is very elevated

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1999

    No Sacred Cows

    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

  • Calendar

    April 29, 1999

    Night & Day

    April 29 - May 5, 1999

  • Culture

    April 15, 1999

    Bay Area Ballet

    April 29 - May 5, 1999

  • Calendar

    April 15, 1999

    Night & Day

    April 15-21, 1999

  • Calendar

    January 14, 1999

    Dance Fever

    April 15-21, 1999

  • Culture

    December 10, 1998

    Suchu's Smart

    April 15-21, 1999

  • Calendar

    October 22, 1998

    Pas de New

    April 15-21, 1999

  • Calendar

    October 15, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 15 - 21, 1998

  • Culture

    October 1, 1998

    Uneven Weave

    Experimental Skin proves both tiring and inspiring

  • Culture

    June 18, 1998

    Women at Work

    Experimental Skin proves both tiring and inspiring

  • Culture

    May 7, 1998

    Duncan Hindsight

    Experimental Skin proves both tiring and inspiring

  • Culture

    December 11, 1997

    New Faces, Old Dance

    Experimental Skin proves both tiring and inspiring

  • Culture

    November 13, 1997

    Happy Feet

    Robert Henry Johnson likes to play, both with his dances and with his audiences

  • Culture

    September 11, 1997

    A Partial Eclipse

    Robert Henry Johnson likes to play, both with his dances and with his audiences

  • 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

    April 3, 1997

    Moving Stories

    David Rousseve patches movement and narrative into something unique

  • Culture

    April 3, 1997

    S R O

    David Rousseve patches movement and narrative into something unique

  • Culture

    March 20, 1997

    S R O

    David Rousseve patches movement and narrative into something unique

  • Culture

    January 9, 1997

    Bye-Bye Bella

    A dance pioneer packs it in, but not before showing Houston what made her famous

  • Culture

    November 21, 1996

    Sweating to the Aussies

    Tap Dogs invites you to get down with guys from down under

  • Culture

    October 17, 1996

    Something Different

    Tap Dogs invites you to get down with guys from down under

  • Culture

    October 3, 1996

    In Motion

    Tap Dogs invites you to get down with guys from down under

  • 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

    February 22, 1996

    Life in Motion

    A fatal diagnosis leads Bill T. Jones to ask: What's the best way to live?

  • Culture

    December 7, 1995

    A Prince in Disguise

    A fatal diagnosis leads Bill T. Jones to ask: What's the best way to live?

  • Culture

    September 14, 1995

    Merry Window Dressing

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

  • Culture

    May 25, 1995

    Classic Strut

    Houston Ballet meets the Rolling Stones. The result? "Rooster."

  • 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

  • Culture

    March 31, 1994

    Trey's Touch

    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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