by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 5, 2025 | News, The Latest
It’s the start of a new season, and the past few weeks have brought another exciting round of ballet career news. Check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in your September 2025 roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments American Ballet...
by Christie Seaver | Jan 23, 2024 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
When Estonian National Ballet dancers Abigail Mattox and Anthea Van Der Ham received their coveted break during the winter of 2020, they craved a change of scenery. Away from home and unable to travel abroad due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they rented a cabin in the...
by Christie Seaver | Nov 7, 2022 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
While dancers flit down hallways to coaching sessions and costume fittings, men practice tours en l’air in one room and women pirouette in another. They could be ballet studios anywhere, but given its proximity to Scandinavia, Russia and continental Europe—and dancers...
by Cadence Neenan | Jun 23, 2019 | News, Profiles
With Houston Ballet’s Sunday performance of Marie, the company bade farewell not only to its spring season, but to two of its most beloved leading men: principal Jared Matthews and first soloist Linnar Looris each took their final bows on the Wortham Theater...