by Anna Maples | Aug 12, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Houston Ballet Brings a World Premiere to Jacob’s Pillow August 15-18 , for the first time in almost four decades, Houston Ballet is appearing at Jacob’s Pillow,...
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 Claudia Bauer | Apr 19, 2018 | Career
Photography by Christian Peacock Summer is always a lively time at San Francisco Ballet, as the dancers return from vacation and launch into rehearsals for the upcoming season. But last July through September felt absolutely electric with creativity as the company...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 25, 2018 | News
This week is bursting at the seams with ballet. Earlier this month multiple companies performed the same ballet (think Romeo and Juliet), but this week brings a truly eclectic mix of new works, company premieres and old classics all around the U.S. and Canada....
by Nancy Wozny | Jan 23, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Houston Ballet principal Sara Webb, now celebrating her 20th season, holds the distinct position of being the only ballerina currently in the company who has worked extensively under two Houston Ballet artistic directors: Ben Stevenson (who left in 2003 and now...
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 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,...