Theater blooms anew in March from our favorite Houston companies with world premieres and classics with 21st-century sensibilities. That means, for fans,
Yet another holiday tradition for Houstonians returns to its beloved stage for live and in-person performances. The Houston Ballet's the Nutcracker is a family experience for all and has continued on in its legacy of giving Houston a symphonic treat. The music in the ballet is stellar, beautifully composed by Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky was beautifully choreographed by Stanton Welch AM.
Houston Ballet reclaims spotlight with full 2021-22 season
Photo by Claire McAdams, courtesy of Houston Ballet Houston Ballet principal Karina González in Stanton Welch’s
Sylvia. Houston Ballet principals Yuriko Kajiya and Connor Walsh in Stanton Welch’s
Madame Butterfly. Houston Ballet artists in
Photo by Amitava Sarkar, courtesy of Houston Ballet After canceling part of its 2019-20 season and the entirety of its 2020-21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The company will return to live performances at its home theater at Wortham Theater Center this fall, kicking off a triumphant comeback with a full 2021-22 season. We re overjoyed to return to the Wortham Theater Center stage and bring back our talented artists and supporters into the same space to share these joyous occasions once more, says Houston Ballet artistic director Stanton Welch. We ve grown from this difficult time and have been inspired by our community to keep creating art that reflects
Although the pandemic has replaced social interactions with an endless Zoom and phone calls, The Houston Ballet has found yet another way to bring us together in a not-so-totally new but interesting way. For eight weeks, the ballet will publish its new dance film,
In Good Company, on its social media channels for Houstonians to enjoy.Â
âIt is different from our other material because we filmed this in our Black Box rather than in our homes,â says Stanton Welch AM, the Houston Balletâs artistic director âAnd we really tried to make the camera and the dancer have a relationship with each other.âÂ
Nothing says holiday tradition around town like making your way down to the Wortham Theater Center to see
The Nutcracker each year. Well, it’s anything but a normal year, but despite living in a post-COVID world, the Houston Ballet and Artistic Director Stanton Welch have attempted to make lemonade within the lemon-tations of the year in the form of
Nutcracker Sweets. The hour-long mixed repertory makes the necessary move to cyberspace, with a program featuring two new works from Welch, a new work spotlighting Houston Ballet II and Students of Houston Ballet Academy, and an abbreviated version of
The Nutcracker culled together from footage taken in 2018.