The Nutcracker In April, it was announced that the San Antonio Symphony would not provide live accompaniment for this year’s production of Ballet San Antonio’s The Nutcracker. We can now breathe a sigh of relief, however, as it seems the two organizations have reached a compromise that would allow the symphony to provide live music for…
Ballet San Antonio Opens Season with ‘Giselle’
The legend of the Wilis took hold within European society in the nineteenth century. The ghosts of young maidens deserted by lovers on their wedding night, the Wilis held a dangerous grudge against all men and were known for torturing them in the shadowy forests of the German Rhineland. Drawing from romantic era themes of exoticism and the supernatural, Giselle is the…
Ballet SA to Give Annual Outdoor Performance at Travis Park
Ballet San Antonio was founded in 1985 by Mayra Worthen and Melissa Hale Coyle and has since become one of the most promising ballet companies in the country. In 2014 the company made a leap to become the resident professional ballet company of the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts. Still, it is true that…
Gabriel Zertuche leads Ballet San Antonio into a new era
“It’s important, if we’re going to survive as an art form, that we start reaching out to a younger audience.” A decade ago, Gabriel Zertuche thought his dancing days were behind him. In 2005, he decided to move to San Antonio to live with friends. But within a year he began dancing for Ballet…
Business spotlight: The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Everybody’s talking about the new Tobin. With 10 resident companies, including AtticRep, Opera San Antonio, the San Antonio Symphony, and Ballet San Antonio, educational-outreach opportunities, and space to support national acts, the Tobin offers San Antonio unparalleled access to the performing arts. The world-class venue promises to “once again become the pride of the River…
Les Ballets Trockadero, 20 percent off
7:30pm Thursday, November 13 Majestic Theatre $23-$88 Click here to make your pixie-dust Trock dreams come true. The Trocks are coming! The Trocks are coming! Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, or the Trocks, as the group is affectionately called, is making its way through San Antonio for one night only November 13. Audiences…
On the Chartreuse Couch: Margaret King Stanley
Gene: So, Margaret, Welcome to the Chartreuse Couch. Where the arts come to converse. Everyone loves the arts here in San Antonio and you have been a main instigator of this spiritual awareness all these many years with dance, the symphony, and now opera. And I know you want to speak on that topic and the new Tobin…