Press CoverageHOUSTON CHRONICLE PEOPLE AND PLACES / Local man has new bookon shelves By JACKIE BARKER , Houston Chronicle Correspondent College students star in ballet Austin Kilgore appeared as the Nutcracker Prince in The Woodlands Civic Ballet 's recent presentation of the ``Nutcracker'' at Montgomery College. He trained with the Houston Ballet and The Woodlands Civic Ballet , and he is now a dance major at Southern Methodist University. At SMU, Kilgore has found his second calling: He has become an excellent dance photographer and his work has been selected to appear in the Martha Graham Archives. Co-starring with Kilgore was Jeannie Poland as the Sugar Plum Fairy. A freshman at Texas A&M University, she has been accepted by audition into the prestigious summer programs of the Houston Ballet , the Jillana School in New Mexico and the Joffrey Ballet in New York. Poland returns home to The Woodlands as often as she can to study with The Woodlands Civic Ballet , but when she can't get home, she uses the kitchen island of her apartment as a ballet barre. |