by Sophie Robertson | May 31, 2023 | Features, Health & Body, Pointe+, Wellness
Melody Mennite will never forget her first class at the newly built, state-of-the-art Houston Ballet Center for Dance in 2011. “ ‘I’ll chase you,’ ” she remembers saying to fellow dancer Allison Miller as they prepared for grand allégro. “We wanted to see...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 9, 2019 | News, Onstage
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Brooklyn Mack Makes His ABT Debut in “Le Corsaire” Brooklyn Mack on Instagram: “Some more work (and fails) with my parent teacher @radenkopavlovich The struggle...
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 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 Kathryn Holmes | Nov 23, 2014 | Career, Company Life
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. If you’re a member of a repertory company, tight rehearsal timelines are often a fact of life. You might have only a few weeks to memorize and master a piece before you take the...