Bay Area Houston Ballet and Theatre is a non-profit performance theater group located in the

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in the

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. The group offers performances in genres ranging from ballet to American

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s. The group's home is the Feijoo Ballet School in Dickinson (in the

Clear Lake Area Clear Lake, or the Clear Lake Area, is a region in parts of Harris and Galveston County in Texas, United States. It is part of the Galveston Bay Area, which itself is a section of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.Kimball ...

near

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), whose faculty résumés include the

Houston Ballet Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. The company, consisting of 59 dancers, produces over 85 performances per year. History Tatiana Semenova (1955–1967) Houston dev ...

, the

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, and

American Ballet Theatre American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant, it is recognized as one of the world's leading classical ballet companies. Through 2019, it had an annual ei ...

, and

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. Performances are held at Bayou Theater on the campus of the

University of Houston–Clear Lake The University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) is a public university in Pasadena and Houston, Texas, with branch campuses in Pearland and Texas Medical Center. It is part of the University of Houston System. Founded in 1971, UHCL had an enr ...

. The company was created to support the "pre-professional and aspiring professional dancer." It is not affiliated with the

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Bay Area Houston Ballet & Theatre
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