Few things are as exciting as when Houston Ballet stages a Rock, Roll & Tutus mixed repertory program, and it’s not just because rock music makes an appearance where some think it doesn’t belong. It’s because without fail, the rock ‘n’ roll spirit – with its promise of intimacy and spectacle, subtlety and bravado – will run through every work selected for the program, making for one exciting night at the ballet.

And last night was no exception.

The program opened with a bang in the form of Brett Ishida’s what i was thinking while i was waltzing , a Houston Ballet commission that originally premiered during last year's Margaret Alkek Williams Jubilee of Dance.

The curtain rises to reveal five couples twirling around the stage like figurines in a music box. Between the women’s blood-red

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