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Houston Ballet Demi Soloist Syvert Lorenz Garcia and Corps de Ballet dancer Fernando Martin-Gullans with Artists of Houston Ballet in Trey McIntyre’s Pretty Things.

Houston Ballet's Mixed Rep Shows Its Dancers Are Much More Than Just Pretty Things

By Margaret Downing

May 21, 2022

In a night of ballet accented by accomplished and sometimes dazzling lighting and set designs, with music from Mozart, cellist Yo-Yo-Ma and modern icon David Bowie, the song swirling through the head of this audience member Friday night when she left the Wortham Center (and not anywhere on the program)...

Pretty Things, Originals and a Romantic Story Ballet Close Out Houston Ballet's 2021-22 Season

By Margaret Downing

May 17, 2022

Delayed on arrival for more than two years thanks to COVID, Houston Ballet's mixed rep program Pretty Things will finally be presented to Houston audiences starting this week featuring three works created on Houston Ballet's dancers. It's the first of three productions — scheduled one right after the other in...

We won't be seeing Houston Ballet Principals Yuriko Kajiya and Connor Walsh perform in Madame Butterfly this season after all.

Houston Ballet Opts Out of Madame Butterfly For Now, Due to Supply Chain Problems

By Margaret Downing

Apr 15, 2022

Thanks to COVID-related supply chain problems, Houston Ballet has announced it won't be able to present Madame Butterfly this June as scheduled, and are replacing it with one of the oldest ballets on record. "Due to the continued impact of global shipping issues and port delays, [Artistic Director] Stanton Welch’s...

ISHIDA Dance Company Finally About to Debut in Houston

By Margaret Downing

Mar 16, 2022

Originally from Houston, now with a home base in Montreal, Zack Tang is back to perform with ISHIDA Dance Company when it debuts Houston and U.S. premiere contemporary dance works at the MATCH this week. In addition to work by founder Brett Ishida, the 90-minute, no intermission program entitled you...

They're back in all their swanlike glory.

Houston Ballet All Set to Fly With Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake in 2022-23 Season

By Houston Press

Mar 14, 2022

Houston Ballet today announces a robust upcoming ballet season, complete with three full length story ballets — Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet and Swan Lake — and three world premieres in mixed repertory programs. The Nutcracker, choreographed by Artistic Director Stanton Welch, will be back at full strength for the...

Houston Ballet Principal Jessica Collado and First Soloist Christopher Coomer in Sylvia.

Houston Ballet Dancers Shine in Sylvia at the Wortham

By Margaret Downing

Mar 11, 2022

From an ominous wind sounding through the theater before the dancers even appear to an emotional send-off into the stars, the 95 minutes of Stanton Welch’s Sylvia is many, many, oh so many things. But buoyed by incredible dancers, clever choreography and a striking score Sylvia is never dull, not...

Houston Ballet Principal Karina González as Sylvia in Stanton Welch’s Sylvia.

Houston Ballet's Sylvia Returns to the Wortham in All its Mythic Glory

By Margaret Downing

Mar 9, 2022

"It just felt like something that was a very triumphant return for us, coming back after COVID," said Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch in explaining why he chose to stage Sylvia at the Wortham Center this month. Last seen in February 2019 when it premiered with Welch's choreography, Sylvia...

Houston Ballet Principals Yuriko Kajiya and Connor Walsh in Diamonds.

Houston Ballet's Dancers Present a Stunning Jewels by George Balanchine

By D. L. Groover

Feb 25, 2022

Two stage masterpieces in one week makes me light-headed. First was Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton via Broadway at the Hobby, then, the next night, George Balanchine's Jewels (1967) at Houston Ballet. Anything else this week and my head will explode. The preeminent choreographer of the 20th century, Balanchine forever changed classical...

Connor Walsh and the artists of Houston Ballet in The Nutcracker.

Houston Christmas Theater Part II: The Nutcracker and The Christmas Shoes

By D. L. Groover

Nov 29, 2021

The Nutcracker If Cecil B. DeMille and Flo Ziegfeld produced a holiday show, it would look suspiciously like Stanton Welch's Nutcracker for Houston Ballet. It is lavish and lush the DeMille way, with solid sets and fantastical costumes, and for Zeigfeld, they are legs for days and more dancing than...

Connor Walsh as the Nutcracker Prince in Houston Ballet's The Nutcracker.

The Nutcracker Returns to Live Performance With Houston Ballet

By Margaret Downing

Nov 24, 2021

For the first time, in too long a time, Houston Ballet's company of dancers will take to the Wortham Center stage starting later this week to come together en masse to dance, act and amaze audiences in the explosion of color, leaps and story that we call The Nutcracker. Yes,...

Houston Ballet Soloist Tyler Donatelli and Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch’s Divergence.

The First Show Back For Houston Ballet Since COVID Has Crowd-Pleasers & Surprises

By Margaret Downing

Sep 22, 2021

It seems more than fitting that if you want to see crowds return to a theater that you up your chances by picking a crowd pleaser like Divergence as Houston Ballet has done as part of its fall opener the Margaret Alkek William Jubilee of Dance. Dancers are scheduled for four...

longing floats around you with Maddie Medina and Myles Lavallee)

Ishida Dance: Contemporary Dance Complete With a Story Comes to the MATCH

By Margaret Downing

Aug 4, 2021

The first thing you have to know is that unlike much of contemporary dance, the choreographed works by Brett Ishida have a narrative arc. The second thing to know is another first thing: she writes the story before planning the dance moves. On August 19-21, Ihisdra brings her Faraway, So...

The Pilot Dance Project presents six new works during their concert Underneath the Surface.

Going Underneath the Surface With The Pilot Dance Project

By Natalie de la Garza

Jun 24, 2021

The Pilot Dance Project will present an evening of live, in-person dance concert called Underneath the Surface.

Bellaire High School Spanish teacher, Trevor Boffone, Ph.D., busting a move with students Takia and Talia Palmer in 2019

Bellaire High School Teacher Writes A Book About Dubsmash, TikTok and Dancing With His Students

By Margaret Downing

Jun 23, 2021

Dr. Trevor Boffone, the Bellaire High School Spanish teacher who embraced the music and dance of many of his students at the school, has written a book involving that experience and ways of building community through social media due to be released on July 2 Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash...

Houston Ballet’s David Rivera and Aoi Fujiwara filming Stanton Welch’s ADROIT: clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.

Houston Ballet Dances to A Little Night Music at MFAH's Kinder Building

By Margaret Downing

Jun 16, 2021

Among all the unexpected side effects of the prolonged pandemic, was the swing from live shows to filmed productions for many of the performance groups in Houston. For Daniel Rivera, Houston Ballet’s Associate Director of Audio and Visual Services, it meant a rather sizeable leap from making in-house and short promotional...

Houston Ballet Principal Karina González in Stanton Welch’s Sylvia.

Houston Ballet Returns in Force and Yes Virginia, There is a Nutcracker

By Margaret Downing

May 2, 2021

After more than a year away from live, in-person performances, Houston Ballet today announces its 2021-22 season, ready to welcome pandemic-weary audiences back to the Wortham stage to see the company present the same upper level work its dancers have been known for in seasons past, according to Artistic Director...

Principals Karina Gonzalez and Connor Walsh rehearsing for Romeo and Juliet at Miller Outdoor Theatre.

Live and In Person: Houston Ballet Hits the Boards at Miller Outdoor Theatre

By Margaret Downing

Apr 22, 2021

It's something that Connor Walsh, principal dancer for Houston Ballet almost couldn't believe would finally happen. But now that he and other company members have pinched themselves several times over, it has — as he puts it — kicked them all into gear. Following an opening performance from the Houston...

Venezuelan violinist Eddy Marcano will join Apollo Chamber Players during Music of Exile.

Best Virtual Bets: Parallel Play, Specters of Noon, and Hope

By Natalie de la Garza

Apr 15, 2021

Enjoy in-person art safely as we add more in-person events to our list of best virtual bets.

Paty Lorena Solórzano is one of the choreographers featured in the first Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival.

The First Latinx Contemporary Dance Festival Comes to Texas

By Natalie de la Garza

Mar 29, 2021

The 1st Annual Texas Latino/a/x Contemporary Dance Festival makes its debut as a virtual concert courtesy of The Pilot Dance Project.

Houston Ballet Corps de Ballet dancer Gretel Batista in Stanton Welch’s In Good Company

Houston Ballet's Stanton Welch Choreographs Dances to the Music of The Dead South

By Margaret Downing

Mar 9, 2021

Beginning this Wednesday, Houston Ballet will start unveiling a series of filmed dances choreographed by Artistic Director Stanton Welch to music by the Canadian folk-bluegrass group The Dead South. Corps de Ballet dancer Gretel Batista is in five of the 11 songs in...

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