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Nancy Houssels' Dance Evolution

Start where Nancy Houssels spoke to Desert Companion for our August feature, “ We just had to ask.” Then rewind some three decades to when she helped found the dance company that would eventually become Nevada Ballet Theater. And keep going – back to the early '60s, when she was a dancer herself in the Folies Bergere, where she met her husband, Kell Houssels. And then go just a little further, to when she was Nancy Claire, part of the dance duo Szony and Claire that performed around the world. Now, you’ve arrived at the moment when she performed on “The Hollywood Palace”:  

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Desert Companion welcomed Heidi Kyser as staff writer in January 2014. In 2024, Heidi was promoted to managing editor, charged with overseeing the Desert Companion and State of Nevada newsrooms.