SMITH WORKS BY VITACCA BALLET MAY 15 + 16 AT HOBBY CENTER

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Vitacca Ballet Artistic Director Kelly Ann Vitacca announces Smith Works Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16, 2025 at Hobby Center (800 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002) in the Zilka Theater. Following the Friday show there will be a patron reception on stage. Smith Works proudly features Vitacca Ballet Resident Choreographer Garrett Smiths contemporary ballet works. Smith is a homegrown Houston choreographer who has gone on to international fame. In 2023, Smith’s work Hypnotic Forces set on Vitacca Ballet was noted as one of Pointe Magazine’s “12 Standout Performances of 2023” by Nancy Wozny writing “Hypnotic Forces showed off the Houston-based company’s raw verve, visceral drive, and impressive musicality amidst composer Nils Frahm’s pounding rhythms.” Company artists were highlighted as well, “Jordan Hooks and Joshua Ponton delivered a powerful concluding duet that oscillated between tenderness and anxious watchfulness, with a tension that never let up even during its most intimate moments.”