Last year, Kensington MacMillen auditioned for summer programs away from home for the first time. A longtime Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet student, MacMillen had spent previous summers at her home studio, but now she was ready to branch out. After auditioning for three programs, her first response was a rejection from Miami City Ballet. “A […]
Madeleine Onne has been named the new director of Houston Ballet Academy. After dancing with Royal Swedish Ballet from 1984 to 2002, Onne served as artistic director of the company for six years. She was then appointed artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet in 2009. She steps into her new position in Houston, Texas, in […]
Santos in Elena Kunikova’s Divertimento When Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Dylan Santos was studying at the Houston Ballet Academy, his teacher Claudio Muñoz gave him the “aha” moment he needed to take his training to the next level. “I remember doing the cavalier variation from The Nutcracker for him. He looked at me and said, ‘You could be amazing.’ […]
Shelly Power leads class at Houston Ballet Academy. Houston Ballet Academy’s director of 11 years, Shelly Power, will be leaving to take on a new position: artistic director and CEO of the international ballet competition Prix de Lausanne, effective in September. She is the first in the annual competition’s history to become both the artistic […]