by Natalie Varnum | Nov 1, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Last week, Houston Ballet toured artistic director Stanton Welch’s Swan Lake to Dubai, making it the first American company to ever dance at the Dubai Opera House. Demi soloist Natalie Varnum covered this historic tour for Pointe through a series of vlogs,...
by Marissa DeSantis | Aug 23, 2018 | Company Life
With the surplus of ballet festivals happening around the world these past few months, it’s obvious that there’s really no such thing as summer break for the pros. But between the red-eye flights and onstage performances, our favorite stars still found...
by Marissa DeSantis | Aug 23, 2018 | Just for fun
With the surplus of ballet festivals happening around the world these past few months, it’s obvious that there’s really no such thing as summer break for the pros. But between the red-eye flights and onstage performances, our favorite stars still found...
by Pointe Magazine | Aug 16, 2018 | Career, Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
All week , Houston Ballet soloist Harper Watters has been giving us the inside scoop on the company’s tour to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. In this last installment, we’ll see how the dancers prep for opening night (hint: it involves a good nap and...
by Pointe Magazine | Aug 15, 2018 | Career, Profiles, Viral Videos
Houston Ballet has been taking Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival by storm this week, and soloist Harper Watters has been filling us in on how it’s going. In yesterday’s vlog he took us around the historic festival’s scenic grounds and barn-like...
by Nancy Wozny | Jun 17, 2018 | Career, Profiles
Houston Ballet soloist Harper Watters has a good thing going on. Not only is he one of the company’s rising young dancers, but he’s also a ballet celebrity on social media, where he charts his life on Instagram and on his hugely popular YouTube series,...
by Amy Brandt | May 10, 2018 | News, Training
Updated on 08/28/19 “I never wanted to stop dancing, I just wanted the bullying to stop,” says American Ballet Theatre corps member Patrick Frenette in the trailer for Danseur, a new feature-length documentary about the social stigmatization young men face...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Nov 7, 2017 | Profiles
Dancewear brand Cloud & Victory is so much more than just clever t-shirts; founder Min is set on finding all kinds of ways to connect to the greater community. Earlier this fall she organized a master class led by American Ballet Theatre stars Gillian Murphy and...