Retirements Houston Ballet principal Mireille Hassenboehler took her final waltz across the Wortham stage on September 28. She was the last ballerina to be named a principal by former artistic director Ben Stevenson. “I’m the bridge ballerina,” quips Hassenboehler, who served as a dancer representative on the committee that hired Stanton Welch. “I was promoted […]

The season of Thanksgiving is the season to remember what you’re thankful for. We’ve all had someone in our lives we’ve lost, someone of value to us as both a person and as a dancer. In the spirit of gratitude, Dance Magazine asked six prominent dancers and teachers to remember such a person—someone they looked […]