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Houston Repertoire Ballet Presents the ClassicCinderella

Reserve Your Date to the Ball Now on April 28 &29

   WHO:​Houston Repertoire Ballet (HRB), featuring guestartist David Armendariz as the prince, while Claire White and Amaris Sharratt will alternate the role of Cinderella.

 WHAT:​The pre-professional ballet company in Northwest Houston proudly presents the Tomball premiere of its new full-length production of Cinderella in three acts.Award-winning choreographer Victoria Vittum brings the classic fairy tale to life with her interpretation of this “happily ever after” ballet set to the timeless score of Sergei Prokofiev.

WHEN/WHERE:​Saturday, April 28 at 4 pm

Sunday, April 29 at 2 pm

Tomball High School Auditorium

30330 Quinn Road

Tomball, Texas 77375

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   TICKETS:​For ticket information, call 281-940-HRB1 (4721) orvisit www.hrbdance.org.

OUTREACH:​The dancers of HRB perform excerpts from each production and make costumed appearances at various nursing homes, group events and at Arts & Education performances. Also, HRB will perform for the TomballISD fourth grade students, fulfilling the arts component of their curriculum. To schedule an outreach event for your organization, call 281-940-HRB1 (4721).

WHAT ELSE: ​The Cinderella sets were designed by Kathy and Frank Newsom, board members and volunteers, and were completely constructed by HRB volunteers. While Victoria Vittum choreographed the production, Barbara Le Gault will be doing much of the coaching and rehearsing. Cinderella costumes were designed and built by volunteers with just a few borrowed from Twin City Ballet in Monroe, LA. 

ABOUT HRB: ​The Houston Repertoire Ballet (HRB) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), founded by Victoria Vittum and Gilbert Rome, both nationally acclaimed teachers and choreographers who served as its co-artistic directors.Today, Ms. Vittum oversees training and programming with an equal eye to serving the needs of the community. Although Mr. Rome is now retired, he maintains his interest and affiliation with HRB, performing as Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker and as a guest teacher.

Since 1994, HRB has contributed to the cultural fabric of Harris and Montgomery Counties by providing excellent dance training to the area’s young ballet stars and dance educators of tomorrow, while also presenting two high-quality productions annually at affordable prices. The Nutcracker and its Spring Program, this year Cinderella,introduce area children and their families to the world of classical and contemporary ballet. Today, HRB is considered to be the premiere pre-professional ballet company in the Houston region, and is recognized for sharing its gifts with the community and beyond.  

The program attracts and develops some of the finest young dancers in the greater Houston area, with many of the dancers advancing to professional ballet companies throughout the country. HRB graduates can be seen with New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Atlanta Ballet,Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and other prestigious companies.HRB has three graduating seniors this year and each will continue with dance at the university level. For more information, please visit: www.hrbdance.org.

MISSION:​HRB’s mission is dedicated to providing the finest classical ballet instruction, education and performance experience to local gifted students, and to preparing them for a professional career in the world of dance. HRB also is committed to serving the suburban Houston region with high-quality theatre productions that educate, engage and entertain residents of all ages and perpetuate their appreciation of dance as an art form.  

Major funding for Houston Repertoire Ballet provided by Houston Endowment, Inc and ConocoPhillips. Cinderella is funded in part by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts through the Houston Arts Alliance.

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Many of Ballet Center of Houston’s students are away at summer intensives around the country.  We had one student attend Houston Ballet’s summer program (she loved the program, teachers and of course the lovely new facility) and one student offered a partial scholarship for the professional division in the fall.   Two of our students are in Seattle, Washington attending Pacific Northwest Ballet’s summer program (one is on full scholarship). Two more of our dancers are in Salt Lake City attending Ballet West’s summer program, three in Vermont at Burklyn Ballet Theatre where one is a junior councilor.  Other students are away at Ballet Austin, Joffrey Ballet……to name just a few.  We know our students are having a wonderful time and learning a lot and will return to us full of enthusiasm and ready to start a new season of great dance.

Summer at the Ballet Center of Houston has been off to a great start.  June 6-17 we hosted a summer intensive for students from our Levels 4-7 as well as a few guest students and many returning alumni.  This summer we had the great pleasure of having Andrew Murphy and Sabrina Lenzi of the Houston Ballet conduct master classes, Keith Cross taught Jazz, Jane Weiner gave us great modern classes and our own Genie Lanfear and Barbara Le Gault also taught classes.  Lizzie Keller, who was a former student of BCH, returned once again from Miami City Ballet to teach pointe classes.  Isaac Sharrat came to us from Milwaukee Ballet to teach our boys as well as teach partnering classes to our advanced group.  It was a wonderful two week intensive and the students learned and progressed so much.

BCH also offer a “Swan Lake” Camp for children 6-11 years old the following week.  This was a ballet and arts workshop.  The children had a wonder time with ballet teachers, Katie Koy and Lacey Flowers. Barbara Koy taught the art classes.  Dancers made many art projects and even decorated pointe shoes.

Currently we are offering summer classes for students of all ages as well as adults.  Our summer classes fur thru the end of July.  Fall classes will begin on August 15, 2011.  All interested students are welcome to register now before we fill up.

Happy Dancing!

Ballet Center of Houston has updated our website with our new summer 2011 schedule and fall 2011/2012 schedule.  Summer classes run the month of July and our fall semester begins on August 15, 2011.  Registration is now open.  Returning students that register before May 1, 2011 get a discount, ask at the front desk. 

We are looking forward to a great summer and fall next year!  If you are new to us welcome. If you would like to try out the school summer is a great time to come visit us and try it out.

Just a reminder to students in Level 4-7,  summer intensive is June 6-17, 2011. Students are evaluated for placement and some casting  in HRB during this workshop.

Children’s ballet camp is June 20-2-25.  For student aged 6-11, this is a really fun camp.  We have technique classes, art classes and a rehearsal.  The theme this year is “Swan Lake”.  Come be a beautiful swan with us this summer.

Welcome to Ballet Center of Houston, one of the Houston area’s finest dance schools, recognized for its high-quality classical ballet.  I came across this ballet video and thought you would enjoy it…

Welcome to Ballet Center of Houston, one of the Houston area’s finest dance schools, recognized for its high-quality classical ballet instruction and dance education, offered to students aged three to eighteen.
Founded in 1994 by nationally acclaimed teacher-choreographer Victoria Vittum, Ballet Center of Houston has trained students who have gone on to dance professionally with American Ballet Theatre, Miami City Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dayton Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Texas Ballet Theater and other companies; or continued their dance training in college at Southern Methodist University, University of Oklahoma, University of Kansas, University of Houston and the University of Texas, to name a few.
Whether students are interested in pursuing a career in dance, or experiencing the art form, we offer the best possible training at all levels to help them grow and become more confident about themselves as dancers and people.

We encourage you to visit our facility and observe or try one of our classes.