houston ballet – Nichelle Suzanne

"Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?" ~ Nietzsche

The Last One Before a Global Pandemic

Artists of Houston Ballet in rehearsal for Trey McIntyre’s Pretty Things, Photo by Amitava Sarkar, courtesy of Houston Ballet.

The Last One Before a Global Pandemic… Little did I know that life—and art—as we knew it would be interrupted for months.

Covering Dance in Space City: 2014-2015

Catching Up With Blasts From The Past

Happy New Year! My dance education blog, Dance Advantage, has kept me on my toes. And did I mention I’ve been doing some freelance work for the Rockettes website, too? It’s about time I get some of my more recent dance writing work on this blog. So, I’m kicking off January with some links to […]

Stanton Welch: Houston Ballet’s Fast and Furious Choreographer

The career trajectory of Houston Ballet Artistic Director, Stanton Welch. A latecomer to dance, Welch more than made up this time, achieving great heights as a choreographer very early in his pursuit of ballet. His milestone works and current accomplishments are charted in this article for Arts + Culture Magazine HOUSTON.

Houston Ballet Introduces Three Winning Works

Ripe with prepossessing charm, all three works are welcome additions to the Houston Ballet repertoire. This city is winning as our resident ballet company continues to raise the bar… barre.