Houston Ballet to stage Peter Pan with all the flying, fights and daring adventures you'd ever want in dance form. HoustonBallet TreyMcInProject
Connor Walsh has been known for roles like this as the Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker. Now he'll be dancing as the Father and Captain Hook inIt's hard to beat a show about flying. Whether they be superheroes, a nanny with an umbrella or in the case of Peter Pan, a boy who won't grow up, there's something fascinating about watching someone take to the air, unencumbered by the usual laws of gravity.
"Equally there's some backstory to Wendy's family who's lost a young child in the beginning which could be Peter — the story alludes to [the possibility] it could be Peter, that Peter is actually related to Wendy. The parents [who first appear wearing masks] show an element of loss and coldness to the children to share what that experience might be like," Walsh says.
At the same time, Walsh says:"He's playful; he's fun. He's a dynamic character which for somebody who plays a lot of lonely princes in my career — melancholic, simpler characters — to play something this wild and extravagant is a really good time for me.story that captures everyone's inner child." "I haven't seen many full lengths of Trey's so to see an evening of his creativity is I think something to really enjoy and savor."
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