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Highlights of the upcoming 2021-2022 season include the return of The Nutcracker, which was sadly cancelled alongside the rest of the Ballet’s season because of the coronavirus pandemic; George Balanchine’s glimmering Jewels; and the return of artistic director Stanton Welch’s 2019 Greek mythology-inspired Sylvia. Pretty Things (previously called th anniversary season last year and includes the world premiere of Trey McIntyre’s Pretty Things, set to music by the late, great David Bowie . “We’re overjoyed to return the Wortham Theater Center stage and bring b...

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 triump...

After more than a year away from live, in-person performances, Houston Ballet today announces its 2021-22 season, ready to welcome pandemic-weary audiences back to the Wortham stage to see the company present the same upper level work its dancers have been known for in seasons past, according to Artistic Director Stanton Welch. "We’ve kept ourselves in condition the entire time by keeping the company employed and working," Welch said. "Other than the actual bruising and the soreness from being partnered and all that kind of thing which we've actually started now, I think that come Rep 1 and...