Photos

Peter Franc performing Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Fluidity Of Steel, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Jingzi Zhao.

Emily Parker and Christopher Kaiser performing Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by James McGrew.

Xuan Cheng and Kimberly Nobriga performing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Randall Lee Milstein.

Brian Simco performing James Canfield’s Drifted in a Deeper Land, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by James McGrew.

Jacqueline Straughan performing Michel Fokine’s The Dying Swan, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by James McGrew.

Christopher Kaiser in James Canfield’s Drifted in a Deeper Land, one of five works in Man/Woman. Photo by Yi Yin. April 12-21, 2018. Newmark Theatre

Emily Parker and Christopher Kaiser performing Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by James McGrew.

OBT dancers in Jiri Kylian’s Falling Angels, one of five works in OBT’s production Man/Woman at the Newmark Theatre. April 12-21, 2018. Photo by Yi Yin

OBT dancers and Katherine Monogue rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Kelsie Nobriga and OBT dancers rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Brian Simcoe, Avery Reiners, and Christopher Kaiser rehearsing James Canfield’s Drifted in a Deeper Land, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Eva Burton and OBT dancers rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers rehearsing Darrell Grand Moultrie’s world premiere, Fluidity Of Steel, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Thomas Baker and Peter Franc rehearsing Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Xuan Cheng and Kimberly Nobriga rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Darrell Grand Moultrie and OBT dancers rehearsing Moultrie’s world premiere, Fluidity Of Steel, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Visiting choreographer Roslyn Anderson and OBT dancers rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

James Canfield in studio for his rehearsal of Drifted in a Deeper Land, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers rehearsing Darrell Grand Moultrie’s world premiere, Fluidity Of Steel, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers rehearsing Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Avery Reiners, Jessica Lind, and Brian Simcoe rehearsing Nicolo Fonte ’s Left Unsaid, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Visiting staging choreographer Roslyn Anderson and OBT dancers Jiří Kylián’s Falling Angels, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Darrell Grand Moultrie and OBT dancers rehearsing Moultrie’s world premiere, Fluidity Of Steel, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

OBT dancers Christopher Kaiser, Christopher Kaiser, and Michael Linsmeier rehearsing James Canfield’s Drifted in a Deeper Land, one of five ballets presented in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s MAN/WOMAN, April 12 – 24, 2018 at the Newmark Theatre. Photo by Yi Yin.

Summary

Darrell Grand Moultrie returns to Oregon Ballet Theatre this season with a premiere that takes off from 2015’s Instinctual Confidence. A startlingly beautiful men’s trio performed in blue tutus leads us to an exploration of masculinity without conformity. Staying in the realm of masculinity, we include James Canfield’s Drifted in a Deeper Land, an all-male work created during the height of the AIDS epidemic; this powerful ballet returns to the OBT repertoire after almost two decades.

Dance Europe called Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid “Fonte at his best … built on an undercurrent of implicit human relationships”, and the New York Times called it “rich in implications” – we call it a stunning work of movement poetry and a welcome addition to this Man/Woman program.

Casting Week 2 (April 19-21)