Emerald Anniversary Season

PERFORMANCES
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2009/2010 SEASON

GROUPS

DIRECTIONS & PARKING

SEATING MAPS

PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVES

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Program 1: Emerald Retrospective
The Nutcracker
Program 2: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Program 3: Duets
Program 4: Bolero



Program 3: Duets

PROGRAM

TOLSTOY’S WALTZ
Various Composers / Christopher Stowell

KNOWN BY HEART(“JUNK”) DUET
Donald Knaack / Twyla Tharp

DUO CONCERTANT
Igor Stravinsky / George Balanchine

LIKE A SAMBA
Astrud Gilberto / Trey McIntyre

DIVERGENCE WORLD PREMIERE*
Joby Talbot / Emery LeCrone

*Created on OBT’s dancers by emerging choreographer Emery LeCrone. This project is funded by the Jerome Robbins Foundation’s New Essential Works Program, which helps ballet companies continue creating new work despite economic challenges. VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE CREATION OF DIVERGENCE

“[Tolstoy’s Waltz is] a striking blend of the hyper-romantic and the abstract.”
The Oregonian

Ferociously imagined…some of the finest choreography [Tharp] has made.”
The Guardian UK

Like a Samba spools out like silk.”
- The New York Times

 

SYNOPSIS

The work of American choreographic icon and 2008 Kennedy Center Honors recipient Twyla Tharp enters the OBT repertoire in the form of a clever pas de deux for an unlikely couple from wildly different social circles. Its counterpoint is Balanchine’s Duo Concertant, a poignant encounter between two dancers who share the stage (and the spotlight) with an accompanying violinist and pianist. A pair of audience favorites rounds out the program: Christopher Stowell’s striking series of Russian-tinged duets and Trey McIntyre’s breezy homage to the music of samba chanteuse Astrud Gilberto.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS
DATES & TIMES
Thursday April 22 7:30 pm
Friday April 23 7:30 pm
Saturday April 24 2:00 pm
Saturday
April 24
7:30 pm
Sunday
April 25
2:00 pm
Sunday April 25 7:30 pm
Thursday
April 29
7:30 pm
Saturday
May 1
7:30 pm
Sunday
May 2
2:00 pm
RUNTIME
1:54
THEATER
Newmark Theatre seating areas / directions
TICKETS

Buy Tickets

CALL 503.2.BALLET (503.222.5538) or 888.922.5538 for reduced handling charges

VISIT the OBT Ticket Office for reduced handling charges

No refunds. No children under three years except at The Nutcracker. All attendees, regardless of age, are required to have a ticket. No late seating. Programs subject to change.

LEARN MORE!

DANCE TALKS - Meet the artists and discuss the ballets being performed at this FREE forum with Christopher Stowell and special guests. Dance Talks take place the week before the opening of each program.

PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVES - Come early for this FREE and informative presentation given by Dance Historian Linda Besant one hour before curtain.

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PREVIEWS
Coming a week before opening

REVIEWS
Coming after opening

LEARN MORE
Attend Dance Talks
Performance Perspectives
Read Program Notes:
One week prior to opening

CHOREOGRAPHERS
Christopher Stowell
Twyla Tharp
George Balanchine
Trey McIntyre
Emery LeCrone

CASTING
Casting will be posted
approximately one week prior
to each performance.

PERFORMANCE
PHOTOS

Performance photos will be posted by the Tuesday following opening night.

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