Stanton Welch's zany, imaginative Nutcracker for Houston Ballet

Artists of Houston Ballet Academy in Stanton Welch's The Nutcracker

Chae Eun Yang with Artists of Houston Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy in The Nutcracker

Jindallae Bernard and Artists of Houston Ballet Academy in Stanton Welch's

Yuriko Kajiya and Naazir Muhammad with Artists of Houston Ballet in Stanton Welch's The Nutcracker

Jack Wolff with Artists of Houston Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy in The Nutcracker

By Carla Escoda, 13 December 2023

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“The scene is wildly imaginative, breathtaking and comical”

Reviewed at Wortham Theater Center: Brown Theater, Houston on 9 December 2023

The Nutcracker (Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov, Stanton Welch)

Houston Ballet

Simon Thew, Conductor

Tim Goodchild, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Houston Ballet Orchestra

Jacquelyn Long, Dancer

Naazir Muhammad, Dancer

Mónica Gómez, Dancer

Gian Carlo Perez, Dancer

Gretel Batista, Dancer

Simone Acri, Dancer

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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.