Director’s Choice

April 11 – 14, 2019 | Five Shows Only | Newmark Theatre

1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205 (inside Antoinette Hatfield Hall)

Artistic Director Kevin Irving’s unique approach to 21st century American ballet reflects the vigor of an ever-evolving art form. In Director’s Choice, he has curated some of the company’s most loved contemporary works in an intimate program at the Newmark Theatre.Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn, one of three works created for 2017’s Choreography XX in Washington Park, was a standout hit that thrilled audiences. Resident Choreographer Nicolo Fonte’s Presto was called “a short trip in a very fast machine. As soon as it’s over you want to press replay and see it all over again.” And Spanish choreographer Nacho Duato’s most famous work Jardí Tancat electrified the theater in Terra. We close this ambitious evening with Fonte’s Giants Before Us, which mixes both extreme physicality of movement and the romanticism of an earlier era. With Hunter Noack repeating his acclaimed performance of the Franz Liszt score, we will say a poignant farewell to Principal Dancer Chauncey Parsons, who retires after eleven seasons with OBT. To learn more about Chauncey or to make a donation in his honor, Click Here.

Performance Schedule

Thursday, April 11 – 7:30 PM
Friday, April 12 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 13 – 2:00 PM
Saturday, April 13 – 7:30 PM
Limited Seating
Sunday, April 14 – 2:00 PM

Presto

Nicolo Fonte / Ezio Bosso

BringingOutsideIn

Gioconda Barbuto / Owen Belton, Sarah
Neufeld, Gabriel Prokofiev & Peter Gregson

Love

OBT Premiere
Excerpt from Vital Sensations
Darrell Grand Moultrie / Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes

LOVE is made possible through the generous support of Karen and Mike Weddle in honor of Chauncey Parsons work over the past eleven seasons with OBT.

Jardí Tancat

Nacho Duato / Maria del Mar Bonet

Giants Before Us

Nicolo Fonte / Franz Liszt & Franz Schubert
Featuring pianist Hunter Noack

Performance Summaries

Videos

Photos

OBT dancers Brian Simcoe and Emily Parker in Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn, one of three works presented at OBT’s Choreography XX, June 29 – 30, 2017 at the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Chauncey Parsons and Katherine Monogue in Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn, one of three works presented at OBT’s Choreography XX, June 29 – 30, 2017 at the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers in Gioconda Barbuto’s BringingOutsideIn, one of three works presented at OBT’s Choreography XX, June 29 – 30, 2017 at the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater. Photo by Yi Yin.

Chauncey Parsons with OBT dancers in Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere Giants Before Us one of three works presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production GIANTS, running Oct. 8-15, 2016 Portland’s Keller Auditorium. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert

From left Avery Reiners, Michael Linsmeier, and Chauncey Parsons in Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere Giants Before one of three works presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production GIANTS, running Oct. 8-15, 2016 at Portland’s Keller Auditorium. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert.

Brian Simcoe and Xuan Cheng in Nicolo Fonte’s world premiere Giants Before one of three works presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s production GIANTS, running Oct. 8-15, 2016 Portland’s Keller Auditorium. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert

Pianist Hunter Noack with OBT dancers in the world premiere of Nicolo Fonte’s Giants Before, one of three works presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2016 fall production GIANTS at Portland’s Keller Auditorium. Photo by JIngzi Zhao.

Michael Linsmeier with Colby Parsons and Brian Simcoe in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Emily Nash.

Emily Parker and Kelsie Nobriga in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by James McGrew.

Emily Parker with Kelsie Nobriga in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin

Kelsie Nobriga and Emily Parker in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin

Emily Parker and Michael Linsmeier in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin

Kelsie Nobriga and Brian Simcoe in Nacho Duato’s Jardí Tancat, one of four ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s TERRA, running Apr. 13-22, 2017 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin

Brian Simcoe in the company premiere of Nicolo Fonte’s Presto, one of four works on Oregon Ballet Theatre’s IMPACT program, running April 16 – 25, 2015 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Xuan Cheng and Chauncey Parsons in the company premiere of Nicolo Fonte’s Presto, one of four works on Oregon Ballet Theatre’s IMPACT program, running April 16 – 25, 2015 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Casting

(Subject to change)

THUR 4/11 @ 7:30PM

Presto
Kelsie Nobriga
Eva Burton
Thomas Baker
Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair