Julie Kent Leaving Washington Ballet after '22-'23 Season To Co-direct at Houston Ballet

[ltraiger]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2022/10/21/washington-ballet-julie-kent/ 

[Roberta]

Checking in from our new/old home in Rome. Very sorry to read about Kent's upcoming departure but it's not a surprise. She & her husband have been traditionalists in nature - at least, what we saw in the 2/3 years before the pandemic and the various social changes that came with the George Floyd fall-out. I hope that they will be excellent in Houston, which is a mostly-traditional sphere, even with Welch still acting as the main AD.

I especially loved TWB's traditional The Sleeping Beauty, which will be revived next spring. Lucky Washington, to see it again. Best wishes!

[vipa]

It will be interesting to see what direction the search committee goes in their selection process.