How do you create a ballet? International choreographer Nicolo Fonte is currently sharing that process with Portlanders at OBT Exposed in Pioneer Square. It is the company’s 25th anniversary season and in celebration, Mr. Fonte is choreographing a brand new ballet set to local musical favorite and internationally acclaimed Pink Martini. Mr. Fonte begins the… Read More
AT THE STARTING BLOCKS
Well, here we are, just a few short days away from the actual beginning of the 2013-2014 season for OBT! This is my first season here in Portland and I cannot express how eagerly I am awaiting the work that will start and the journey that begins when the dancers and I get together for… Read More
Joe Smith from KGW visits OBT Exposed
OBT Exposed on the news! Joe Smith from KGW learns about the classes we have to offer for FREE during OBT Exposed
Daily Dance Break: Dance in the wild – Pina Bausch
This entire week, OBT is in Director Park in downtown Portland for OBT Exposed. The whole week is entirely free and open to the public. In honor of OBT Exposed, we are featuring a week of outdoor performance videos. It feels like the dancer in this Pina Bausch video is dancing at the end of… Read More
Daily Dance Break: Christmas in July – Kirkland & Baryshnikov
We’re continuing our Christmas in July celebration in honor of OBT’s Korean summer tour to perform George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker in Seoul and Buson. Today we have Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland in the 1977 Nutcracker video which often plays on public television during the holidays. Has the grand pas de deux ever been more… Read More
