{"id":480398,"date":"2026-10-29T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480398\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T14:14:13","slug":"kingwood-ballet-gears-up-for-42nd-annual-nutcracker-lake-houston-humble-kingwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480398\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingwood Ballet gears up for 42nd annual Nutcracker | Lake Houston – Humble – Kingwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

While ballet may be an old art form, nonprofit dance company Kingwood Ballet<\/a> teaches skills that are still valuable today, even outside the dance world, Co-Director Kelly Agnew said.<\/p>\n

About the program<\/p>\n

Kingwood Ballet is a nonprofit pre-professional dance company housed inside Stacey\u2019s Dance Studio in Kingwood, Agnew said. The organization is co-directed by Agnew, Trish King, Anoushka Miranda and Kerri Hawk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all love to dance, and we also all love seeing what dance can inspire in each student,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n

At Kingwood Ballet, children ages 5-18 can take classical ballet\u2014including technique and pointe sessions\u2014as well as yoga and contemporary classes, Agnew said. Regardless of whether students want to become professional dancers, ballet teaches them important life skills such as determination and resilience, Agnew added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey fall right in front of you and you’re like, \u2018You okay? Good. Stand up, let’s try it again,\u2019\u201d Agnew said. \u201cIt’s just a tiny little life lesson all in an hour and a half.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FourKingwood Ballet is housed inside Stacey’s Dance Studios and is lead by co-directors (left to right) Kerri Hawk, Trish King, Anoushka Miranda and Kelly Agnew.(Fluid Frames Dance Photography)<\/p>\n

Students also form tight-knit bonds with their classmates, especially since they dance in phone-free environments, Miranda said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s important that they love being here,\u201d Miranda said. \u201cThey just love being at the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

The backstory\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kingwood Ballet was founded in 1984 as Kingwood Dance Theater by Sheryl Rowland, according to the company\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rowland wanted to give locals the opportunity to see professional-level performances at more affordable prices than professional companies typically offer, Agnew said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe also wanted to give local dancers the opportunity to have really good classical training,\u201d Agnew said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"ThreeDuring this dance season, Kingwood Ballet will perform “Nutcracker” and “The Little Mermaid.”(Courtesy Fluid Frames Dance Photography)Looking ahead<\/p>\n

Kingwood Ballet holds several community performances, fundraisers and other events annually during the nonprofit\u2019s winter and spring seasons, according to the company\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Dec. 5-6, Kingwood Ballet will host its 42nd annual “Nutcracker<\/a>” performances, which will feature the nonprofit’s dancers alongside professionals, Agnew said. This coming spring, the company will perform \u201cThe Little Mermaid<\/a>\u201d for the first time as part of the nonprofit\u2019s annual storybook shows.<\/p>\n

Kingwood Ballet\u2019s directors are always looking for volunteers to help with shows, especially those who have costume-making experience or can assist with lighting or painting sets, Agnew said. However, community members can also support Kingwood Ballet by attending performances and fundraisers such as Sugar Plum Tea<\/a> and the Ballet Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cConvincing people that [ballet] will be entertaining is always, I think, a little difficult because it’s an old-fashioned art form,\u201d Agnew said. \u201cSo, helping to keep it current is always something we work on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While ballet may be an old art form, nonprofit dance company Kingwood Ballet teaches skills that are still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480399,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[161971,161977,161976,161973,161975,161974,161980,56,58,57,161969,161972,8419,84768,27750,161978,161979,161968,161970,161981],"class_list":["post-480398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-anoushka-miranda","tag-ballet-classes-kingwood","tag-ballet-classes-near-me","tag-ballet-kingwood","tag-dance-classes-kingwood","tag-dance-classes-near-me","tag-fun-things-to-do-kingwood","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-kelley-agnew","tag-kerri-hawk","tag-kingwood","tag-kingwood-ballet","tag-nutcracker","tag-nutcracker-performance","tag-performances-kingwood","tag-staceys-dance-studio","tag-trish-king","tag-volunteer-kingwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}