What’s it like teaching pre-ballet to kids under the age of 8? “It’s like herding squirrels,” Tutu School founder Genevieve Weeks said. Tutu School offers classes for kids aged 18 months to 8 years.

For Houston Ballet dancer Saul Newport, Rock and Roll and Tutus is more than just a performance program. It is a test of versatility, artistry, and endurance. Moving between the joy and vigor of ...

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Stormi Llivicura reaches up to pop bubbles floating down from above. To Stormi, 14 months old, it’s a game, but the little girl from Patchogue is also being introduced to ballet positions — rising on ...

Is Sayako Toku the fastest ballerina in the West? The unabashedly confident young Houston Ballet soloist burned that question into my brain Thursday by unleashing a streak of piqué turns so lightning ...

The most imposing character in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s first work for Houston Ballet is the stationary "figure" that serves as a set: an ancient-looking, gnarly tree whose bare, twisted branches ...

Tiler Peck is no ordinary prima ballerina. That was evident in 2017, when she appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and performed what looked like a floating moonwalk on pointe shoes to a pop song by ...