by Nancy Wozny | Sep 1, 2026 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
During the debut of Stereo is King at Houston Ballet last March, you could almost hear the banter between choreographer Stanton Welch, AM (Member of the Order of Australia), and newly appointed principal Tyler Donatelli. With her swinging blond ponytail, Donatelli...
by Nancy Wozny | Oct 17, 2023 | News, The Latest
Stanton Welch is celebrating his 20th-anniversary season as artistic director of Houston Ballet. But last year, he decided it was the time to restructure the job. In July, Julie Kent joined Welch as co-director of the company, bringing with her the wealth of...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 5, 2023 | News, The Latest
The past few weeks have brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions, and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Mathilde Froustey in Balanchine’s Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet....
by Monica Stephenson | Jan 24, 2023 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+
In 1974, Dance Theatre of Harlem women began wearing tights and shoes in customized shades of brown, presenting a beautiful continuity of line. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, Houston Ballet principal Lauren Anderson became an iconic example of a classical...
by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
This month has brought another exciting round of career news—check out the latest farewells, appointments, promotions and more in this month’s roster roundup. Promotions and Appointments Julie Kent will join Houston Ballet as co-artistic director alongside Stanton...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 23, 2020 | Dance Spirit, Profiles, The Latest, Videos, Viral Videos
Earlier this week, Vanity Fair dropped a gift into our laps. The magazine released a 25-minute long YouTube video of Julie Kent reviewing ballet scenes from 60 years of feature films, spanning from 1948’s The Red Shoes to 2018’s The White Crow. While she...
by Claudia Bauer | May 6, 2020 | Profiles, Training
A few days after San Francisco Ballet went on coronavirus furlough in mid-March, soloist Diego Cruz led a sheltered-in-place company class on Zoom for 15 fellow SFB dancers. They enjoyed the class—and the camaraderie—so much that they did another one the...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Apr 21, 2020 | Instagram, Profiles, The Latest
Whether you first watched it in a theater two decades ago or on Netflix last week, odds are you feel a deep connection to Center Stage. The cult classic, which premiered May 12, 2000, is arguably the greatest dance film ever made. (Dance obsessives might take issue...