The crème of the international ballet community returns to Portland once again for Dance United, our celebration of the best of the best ballet performances from around the world. For each Dance United Christopher draws on his relationships with the national (and international) dance community to bring you an evening of performances you could only get from Oregon Ballet Theatre (or a ‘round the world tour!)

Guest artists include Jeanette Delgado and Renato Penteado (Miami City Ballet), Victoria Jaiani and Temur Suluashvili (The Joffrey Ballet), Maia Makhateli and Tamás Nagy (Dutch National Ballet), Adrian Danchig-Waring (New York City Ballet) and Garen Scribner and Dana Genshaft (San Francisco Ballet).

Pas de deux to be performed by the visiting guest artists include Christopher Wheeldon's Ghosts (San Francisco Ballet) and excerpts from George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes (Miami City Ballet) with additional repertoire to be determined. Oregon Ballet Theatre will perform a sneak preview of both the white and black swan pas de deux from next season's Swan Lake and a trio of short Kurt Weill inspired pieces: Christopher Wheeldon's There Where She Loved, Kent Stowell's Jenny and a world premiere work by Christopher Stowell set to Kurt Weill's tango-infused Youkali. Rounding out the program will be Balanchine's Who Cares?