by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 3, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT’s New Harlequinade is Finally Here The long wait for Alexei Ratmansky’s Harlequinade for American Ballet Theatre is finally over. June 4-9, catch ABT at the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 5, 2017 | News
When Hurricane Harvey badly damaged Houston Ballet’s Wortham Theater Center this fall, all programming was cancelled and the fate of the company’s upcoming season was unclear. Yet over the past few months, the greater performing arts community has pulled...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Despite the devastation and pain that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have left in their wake this fall, it’s been encouraging to see dancers step up in aid of their communities: When the future of Houston Ballet’s Nutcracker seemed uncertain, venues around the...
by Amy Brandt | Oct 9, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker"
Houston Ballet has a message for Mother Nature: Don’t mess with Nutcracker. After flooding from Hurricane Harvey caused extensive damage to the Wortham Center, Houston ballet’s home theater, the company was forced to reschedule and relocate two of its...
by Amy Brandt | Sep 18, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker", News
After Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston Ballet’s facilities and damaged its home theater, the Wortham Center, the company wasted no time finding temporary rehearsal space and rescheduling its first two programs of the season at the nearby Hobby Center. But today,...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Sep 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
As Hurricane Irma made its way through the Caribbean last week, Sarasota Ballet principal Ellen Overstreet was closely following the news. Tracking its progress, she made plans with fellow company members Asia Bui and Madysen Felber: “Wednesday was the most...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 7, 2017 | Profiles
Watching an emotionally gut-wrenching early rehearsal of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling at Houston Ballet on Aug. 17, it was clear that the Houston Ballet’s fall season was going to be steeped in deep drama. And it was, but for different reasons....