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It Takes Two
A look at The Nutcracker’s climactic grand pas de deux After the flurry of divertissements, Clara is treated to the grand pas de deux featuring the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Nutcracker Prince, one of...
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Celebrating Every Step
Celebrating its 20-year anniversary, this year’s Margaret Alkek Williams Jubilee of Dance raises a glass to many milestones. Principal Jessica Collado in Ronald Hynd’s The Merry Widow. Photo by...
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Brett Ishida Q&A
Choreographer Brett Ishida sheds light on her world premiere what i was thinking while i was waltzing Brett Ishida and Artists of Houston Ballet rehearsing for what i was thinking while i was...
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Houston Ballet Academy Summer Intensive Audition Checklist
Registered for the 2025 Summer Intensive Audition Tour? Here’s everything you need for a smooth in person audition. WHAT TO DO: Make sure to arrive at the correct time listed for your age group. Check...
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Houston Ballet’s The Nutcracker Comes to Life: Staging a Houston Tradition,...
Houston Ballet’s beloved Nutcracker, has become a cherished holiday tradition across the city. To further explore this iconic production, be sure to visit our exhibit at the Houston Public Library,...
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Love Through Nocturnes
A closer look at Frédéric Chopin’s nocturnes in Jerome Robbins’ In the Night, weaving a tapestry of the stages of love. Setting the atmosphere for Jerome Robbins’ poignant work In the Night are four...
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Jerome Robbins’ Legacy
From a gifted child in New Jersey to a trailblazing choreographer, Jerome Robbins revolutionized dance and storytelling on stage. In the midsummer of 1923, a wide-eyed, bushy-browed four-year-old...
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Bonus Tales
A closer look at the Act III fairy tale divertissements. By Elizabeth Klett Photo by Lawrence Elizabeth Knox. The term divertissement (French for “entertainment”) was originally used for the songs and...
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Master Touch
Tchaikovsky’s inspiration and timeline to crafting one of ballet’s greatest scores. By Jasmine Fuller Cane Despite only composingthree ballets in his lifetime, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s name has...
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On the Road Again
Beginning this March, Houston Ballet Academy goes on their first multi-city tour since 2019. It’s not every day that students get the opportunity to go on tour. This spring, Houston Ballet II (HBII)...
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