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September 20, 2012 – Ballet San Antonio, the city’s only professional ballet company, has formed a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio that will significantly expand the company’s outreach and arts education program, Learning That Moves You. As part of this new collaboration, Ballet San Antonio will send professional dancers to teach ballet …

By Jasmina Wellinghoff San Antonio Express-News July 31, 2012 Ballet San Antonio, which took some cost-cutting measures earlier this year to manage its debt, is rebounding, adding two artists to its staff and rehiring many of the dancers who were let go a few months ago. In a big step toward elevating the company’s professional standing, …

By Jasmina Wellinghoff/For the Express-News For its last “Off Center” production, presented Sunday (March 25) at the Carver Community Cultural Center, Ballet San Antonio invited three other dance groups to share the stage with them, partly because the new leadership wants to collaborate with other organizations and perhaps out of necessity as well. Envisioned as …

By Jasmina Wellinghoff For the Express-News Ballet San Antonio is keeping its 2011 momentum going strong. Only a few months after premiering the brand new ballet “Dracula,” and only a little over a month since its multiple performances  of “The Nutcracker” entertained holiday crowds, the company has mounted a revival of “Coppelia,” last seen in …

San Antonio, January 10, 2012 – The Ballet San Antonio Board of Directors has named Gabriel Zertuche Artistic Director of the city’s professional ballet company and has promoted Courtney Mauro Barker to its Executive Director and President. “Ballet San Antonio continues to grow artistically and is reaching a broader audience than ever, and we are …

By Jasmina Wellinghoff/Special to the Express-News Growing more confident and ambitious, Ballet San Antonio has not only expanded its programming from two to four productions this year, it has also tackled a brand new show, developed and realized almost entirely by San Antonio talent. True, they have chosen a familiar theme — the story of …

By Stefanie Arias The vampire trend that’s so popular in books, TV and movies now has a new outlet: dance. Ballet San Antonio will premiere “Dracula” this weekend in the Lila Cockrell Theatre. The production is a first for the company, the city and Gabriel Zertuche, in his fifth season as resident choreographer. He’s using the opportunity to …