A Spring of Firsts at Texas Ballet Theater
After 15 years at the helm of Texas Ballet Theater, Ben Stevenson appears to be catching his second wind.
Texas Ballet Theater
Big D/Big Dance
DanceFest, which ran Aug. 29-31 at Dallas City Performance Hall, is a project of the Dance Council of North Texas, one of the oldest and most active dance service agencies in the State.
Five Things you Need to Know About Ballet in Texas Right Now
The big news at Houston Ballet is the addition of two new first soloists, Jared Matthews, a Houston native, and Yuriko Kajiya.
Now is the Time
“It’s the best dance festival ever!” arts patron and producer Gayle Halperin says with a chuckle about Dallas DanceFest, her newest baby.
Two Swans & a Beauty
Texas Ballet companies conclude their seasons with vintage warhorses: Swan Lake, at Texas Ballet Theater, May 30-June 1, and Houston Ballet, June 5-15; and The Sleeping Beauty, at Ballet Austin, May 9-11.
Performania
It's February, the love month. As much as I would like to regale you with tales of how love has affected the cultural landscape of Texas, that will have to wait until I leave the State.
Performania
I've written more Nutcracker stories than should be allowed. Dance writers should have a quota. For a while, disaster stories were all the rage. Tales of a remote control rat going rogue on stage can seriously stir up holiday bluster.
The Lone Star State en Pointe
No, ballet wasn’t born in Texas. But, in accord with the proverbial Law of Attraction, it got here as fast as it could.
Since the arrival of a troupe of traveling Russians during a time when even Hollywood movies were still, literally, finding their voice, the art and practice of ballet has been nurtured by Texans, who support not one, but three multi-million-dollar-budget ballet companies, and a host of smaller, but no less notable, organizations.