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The story behind the stories of 2012: Arts columns brought praise — and some angry emails

By Nancy Wozny

01.06.13 | 2:15 pm

I said I wouldn't do an end-of-year list this year. Apparently, I lied.  Here are five fave stories that I wrote in 2012, the aftermath and well, a few angry emails. It's all in th ...


Let them have champagne

Cool young professionals, hot dancers & Underbelly magic make for an eye-opening ballet bash

By Joel Luks

10.11.12 | 5:11 pm

It's expected that cavaliers and ballerinas in Houston Ballet's company have a fluid port de bras, execute a flawless jeté entrelacé and twirl endlessly through tours cha&icir ...


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Behind the scenes: Rehearsals reveal the very guts of dance and the way creative minds tick

By Nancy Wozny

08.09.12 | 10:19 am

"Let me make something perfectly unclear," Jane Weiner jokes to her Hope Stone dancers during a rehearsal for Lemonade Stand, running tonight through Saturday at the Houston Ballet Center ...


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Does anyone stay in Houston for the summer? Performers plan "dancecations" in faraway places

By Nancy Wozny

06.21.12 | 4:40 pm

Bring on the dancecations. Houston dance folk are on the move, taking off to parts East, West, to the mountains and across oceans. Getting out of town is not just a break from Houston's swe ...


Pick Five Calendar Close-up

Your weekly guide to Houston: Whorehouse party, the Beach Boys reunite and wine & food & veggie fests

By Joel Luks

06.07.12 | 10:40 am

When the quintessentially Southern seersucker stylings sunbathe social gatherings, there's no question that summer spirit is here — despite what the calendar says. Darling hats and classi ...


Three ballets & one world premiere

Plenty of reasons to celebrate Houston Ballet's "Made in America"

By Joseph Campana

05.25.12 | 7:54 am

Twenty-five years, one mayor, three ballets, one world premiere, four chandeliers, one swinging stage light, and a lot of cupcakes. Or, another night at the ballet. At least it was another nigh ...


Through Sunday at the Wortham

World premiere of inventive Tapestry highlights Houston Ballet's "Rock, Roll & Tutus"

By Nichelle Strzepek

03.16.12 | 12:19 pm

If any company can rock a goofy strut and some tutus made of air conditioning filters it’s Houston Ballet. They proved it at the opening of "Rock, Roll & Tutus" last week. ...


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That's life! Photographer captures dancers in everyday settings doing extraordinary things

By Nancy Wozny

03.01.12 | 4:56 pm

In an episode of Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry unapologetically tells Elaine that he's never been to the ballet. Really? I wonder what kind of uproar would have been caused had he mentioned that he had ...


The Review Is In

Skating on the edge: Houston Ballet's Return of the Masters doesn't play it safe and that's refreshing

By Joseph Campana

09.09.11 | 11:50 am

The masters are back. Where have they been all this time? Houston Ballet's opened its season Thursday night with Return of the Masters, a program composed of three masterworks by choreograp ...


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Pay it forward: If random acts of kindness work, can random acts of art change a life?

By Nancy Wozny

09.08.11 | 5:58 pm

What did you do this summer? I cleaned about 100 junk drawers in the process of selling my family home in Buffalo, NY., and found a gorgeous tabletop biography of Anna Pavlova. Just recently, I lea ...


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