Ballet

Tell Us: Are Ballet And Opera Elitist?

Tom Huizenga — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:44:00 +0000

It's a question virtually as old as the art forms themselves: Are ballet and opera elitist?

The topic was tackled in a live debate hosted Monday by one of the temples of opera, London's Covent Garden, and streamed live on web site of the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Joffrey Ballet Returns To San Antonio With Stravinsky's Notorious "Rite of Spring"

Nathan Cone — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:54:34 +0000

Lionel Sosa On How the Mexican Revolution Changed America

David Martin Davies — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:17:06 +0000

The Mexican revolution drove people into the United States and those that settled in South Texas helped shape the cultural and economic landscape of the area. This is especially notable as the Hispanic population continues to increase in the United States, and the country -- as Mayor Julián Castro put it -- begins to look like San Antonio. The last part of the show highlights a performance of Tchaikovsky’s "The Nutcracker," a production that is a holiday tradition in San Antonio and the U.S.