by Nancy Wozny | Dec 20, 2017 | Career, Everything "Nutcracker"
One way to change up your Nutcracker run is to perform it halfway around the world. This holiday season, two Sugar Plum Fairy and Prince couples from Texas Ballet Theater and Australia’s Queensland Ballet did just that in a fun cross-company exchange. Last week,...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 11, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker", News
On December 15, Texas Ballet Theater will set aside its familiar Nutcracker costumes, variations and sets for their one-night-only performance of The Nutty Nutcracker. A satirical take on the classic story, The Nutty Nutcracker combines the most riotous in current pop...
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 Nancy Wozny | Sep 30, 2016 | Nutrition, Profiles
They say injury can be a great teacher: When Texas Ballet Theater dancer Carolyn Judson was sidelined with a back injury in 2007, her interest in health piqued. “I wondered how I could heal myself, so I began to research and read,” she says. “I was...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 18, 2016 | Career, Dancer Spotlight, Profiles
Have a question? Send it to Pointe editor in chief and former dancer Amy Brandt at [email protected]. They say injury can be a great teacher: When Texas Ballet Theater dancer Carolyn Judson was sidelined with a back injury in 2007, her interest in health piqued....
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 6, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, a co-production with London’s Royal Ballet, Australia’s Queensland Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater, arrives in Dallas, September 16–18, and in...
by Claudia Bauer | Jan 28, 2016 | Career, Profiles
This article originally appeared in the February/March 2016 issue of Pointe. Murphy and Stiefel. Ogden and Côté. Osipova and Polunin. Ballet inspires as many thrilling partnerships offstage as on. Company romances are so common, in fact, you might say...