Houston Repertoire Ballet celebrates its 29th season with Celebration of Dance. Classic story book characters jump from the page onto the stage in Storybook Fantasy. Two new contemporary works will be premiered, including Gray Matter, a new modern dance work by JoDee Engle, and a contemporary ballet piece en pointe choreographed by Kristy Nilsson accompanied by a live string quartet to Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings. The finale, Paquita, is a classical ballet, featuring guest artists Yuriko Kajiya and Connor Walsh.