Posts Tagged ‘russian’
TBT’s Nutcracker Arrives
Time for mistletoe-shoes for Texas Ballet Theater’s annual tradition.LEONARD EUREKA
December is Nutcracker time, and Texas Ballet Theater brings its big, plush production to Bass Performance Hall on Friday for a two-week run. Ballet Frontier presented a less ambitious but satisfying account of the popular holi...
TBT’s New Season
Leonard EurekaIt’s a time of anniversaries. Three of the ballets scheduled for Texas Ballet Theater’s season-opening program are celebrating milestone birthdays, including artistic director Ben Stevenson’s Three Preludes, s...
Pas de Grand
Big TicketFor its spring program, Metropolitan Classical Ballet makes a deep bow to Tchaikovsky.
Act III
Stage West gets ready to move into new digs and rediscover some lost energy.Kultur
In its 28 seasons, Stage West has offered a little bit of pretty much everything: regional premieres, regional and national debuts, sentimental favorites, you name it.
Russo-America on Pointe
Big TicketIn a season-opening double-header, Metropolitan Classical Ballet has booked appearances in both Houston and Fort Worth this week.
Footloose
Recent dance programs by two local troupes hit different highs and lows.Stage
Metropolitan Classical Ballet came to grief with two new ballets at Bass Performance Hall last weekend, but Ballet Concerto’s Summer Dance Concert in Trinity Park ended as dance entertainment at its best.
Playin’ with the Band
Big TicketMetropolitan Classical Ballet brings the dance season to a close this weekend with a double bill of new works by company co-directors Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov.
Flights of Fancy
Van Cliburn gold medalist Alexander Kobrin brought an inquisitive, authoritative touch to some semi-obscure music at the Caruth last weekend.Stage
The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has sifted through a lot of talent over the years, with most winners falling somewhere between the scholarly intensity of Radu Lupu and the sweeping romanticism of Olga Kern. But ...
Another Chest-Nut on the Open Fire
Big TicketMetropolitan Classical Ballet’s Russian version of The Nutcracker is the second major production of the holiday classic to come our way. The other is Texas Ballet Theater’s, a Royal Ballet-inspired affair at Bass Performanc...
From Russia With Love
Jimmy FowlerThough the proprietors of Taste of Europe are from Russia, they don’t seem to have any trouble getting the hang of this capitalism thing. “Shop while you eat!” gushes the sign outside this combination restaurant, tchotchk...
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