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Construction of Cullen Performance Hall was part of a large expansion to the University of Houston's permanent buildings on campus that took place starting on May 10, 1948. The hall originally sat 1,680, and was intended to host similar events as the Houston Music Hall which was the main music venue for the city at the time. [ 2 ]
The School of Theatre and Dance is a department within the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts at the University of Houston. [1] The School offers both Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts programs, including a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, stage management, technical theatre, theatre education and a joint degree in both playwrighting and dramaturgy; all at the undergraduate ...
During the 1950s, [1] Houston Ballet Academy was established under the leadership of Tatiana Semenova, a former dancer with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. [2] [3] In July 2003, Houston Ballet Academy was renamed Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy in honor of Ben Stevenson, former artistic director of the professional company and director of the academy.
The Professional District is located northeast and east of the university campus. The district has facilities of the University of Houston Law Center, the Cullen College of Engineering and the C.T. Bauer College of Business. This area of campus is home to Calhoun Lofts, which is an upper-level and graduate housing facility.
Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. [2] The company consists of 59 dancers and produces over 85 performances per year. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the 5th largest ballet company in the United States (by number of dancers).
From its inception in 1927, the University of Houston did not have a dedicated campus. In 1936, when the university was still located at South Main Baptist Church , Houston philanthropists Julius Settegast and Ben Taub donated conjoining pieces of land totaling 110 acres (45 hectares) to the university.
The group's home is the Feijoo Ballet School in Dickinson (in the Clear Lake Area near Houston), whose faculty résumés include the Houston Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre, and Broadway. [1] Performances are held at Bayou Theater on the campus of the University of Houston–Clear Lake.
The construction of the Ezekiel W. Cullen Building was announced by the university on March 21, 1945. [1] The construction of the E. Cullen Building was part of a large expansion to the University of Houston's permanent buildings on campus that took place starting on May 10, 1948, and the official groundbreaking ceremony occurred on May 14, 1948.