Houston Ballet: a hugely entertaining Cinderella

Mónica Gómez as Cinderella, Connor Walsh as Dandini with Houston Ballet in Cinderella

Simone Acri as Buttons with Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch's Cinderella

Mónica Gómez as Cinderella with Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch's Cinderella

Karina González as Mother and Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch's Cinderella

Jack Wolff as the Prince and Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch's Cinderella

By Carla Escoda, 27 February 2024

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“this Cinderella wields an impressive one-two punch aimed at her stepmother and bumbling stepsisters”

Reviewed at Wortham Theater Center: Brown Theater, Houston on 24 February 2024

Cinderella (Stanton Welch)

Houston Ballet

Kristian Frederickson, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Houston Ballet Orchestra

Riley McMurray, Dancer

Yuriko Kajiya, Dancer

Tyler Donatelli, Dancer

Elivelton Tomazi, Dancer

Samuel Rodriguez, Dancer

Chase O'Connell, Dancer

Gian Carlo Perez, Dancer

Stanton Welch's zany, imaginative Nutcracker for Houston Ballet

Carla Escoda, 9th December

Stanton Welch's 2016 production of The Nutcracker for Houston Ballet is a wild and dazzling ride, even for those who think they've had enough of this warhorse of a ballet.

****1

Visions of Classical (Re)Vision in San Francisco

Jaime Robles, 11th February

“Your love affair with ballet, your time with ballet, is short,” explains Welsh about his ballet Bespoke, “Eventually you lay down, and dance keeps moving. It’s a bittersweet thing.”

****1

No Greek tragedy: the Australian Ballet has fun in Sylvia

Chantal Nguyen, 13th November

The Australian Ballet is impressive in this light, entertaining story ballet: a winner of an evening.

****1

A lively evening of pure dance from San Francisco Ballet

Graham Watts, 5th June

An enjoyable evening of thematic dance but without any insights into the future of ballet.

***11

Unbound Festival continues with superb dancing

Jaime Robles, 24th April

Benjamin Freemantle danced the opening solo, gorgeously, in the role of the grandfather as a dreamy young Adonis.

****1

Smuin: Dance Series 1

Terez Rose, 1st October

Smuin Contemporary American Ballet presents a trio of works ranging from the sublime to the eclectic in the company’s 2016-17 opening program.

****1

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.