The Swigert Warren Foundation and ESCO Foundation present
Man/Woman
1111 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
In this five-part program, we juxtapose all-female and all-male ballets to explore gender stereotypes, and add in one of Resident Choreographer Nicolo Fonte’s most successful works to bring the two sexes together. We open with one of the most iconic female roles in all of ballet, that of The Dying Swan. Created by Michel Fokine for the legendary Anna Pavlova, this masterpiece epitomizes the ethereal beauty and fragility of a romantic-era ballerina.

Performance Schedule
Thursday, April 12 – 7:30 PM
Friday, April 13 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 14 – 2:00 PM
Saturday, April 14 – 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 15 – 2:00 PM
Thursday, April 19 – 7:30 PM
Friday, April 20 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 21 – 7:30 PM
The Dying Swan
OBT Premiere
Michel Fokine | Camille Saint-Saëns
Fluidity of Steel
World Premiere
Darrell Grand Moultrie | TBD
Left Unsaid
Nicolo Fonte | Johann Sebastian Bach
Drifted in a Deeper Land
First major revival in 19 years
James Canfield
Falling Angels
OBT Premiere
Jiří Kylián | Steve Reich

Videos


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.
The evening closes with Falling Angels, OBT’s first work from renowned choreographer Jiří Kylián. Kylián has said the piece is “about our profession,” showing the female dancers’ unrelenting and single-minded drive for perfection. The angels’ inevitable descent, both mesmerizing and humorous, is punctuated by the percussive rhythm of Steve Reich’s score. A performance of depth and delight!

Casting Week 2 (April 19-21)
Dying Swan
4/19 at 7:30 PM
Jessica Lind
4/20 at 7:30 PM
Eva Burton
Fluidity Of Steel
4/19 – 4/21 (all performances)
Peter Franc, Chauncey Parsons, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Thomas Baker, Keenan English, Adam Hartley, Christopher Kaiser, Colby Parsons, Avery Reiners, Andrew Wingert
Left Unsaid
4/19 at 7:30 PM | 4/21 at 7:30 PM
Katherine Monogue, Emily Parker, Martina Chavez, Peter Franc, Christopher Kaiser, Thomas Baker
4/20 at 7:30 PM
Kelsie Nobriga, Xuan Cheng, Jessica Lind, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Avery Reiners
Drifted in a Deeper Land
4/19 at 7:30 PM | 4/21 at 7:30 PM
Chauncey Parsons, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Peter Franc, Thomas Baker, Avery Reiners, Christopher Kaiser
4/20 at 7:30 PM
Avery Reiners, Thomas Baker, Michael Linsmeier, Andrew Wingert, Brian Simcoe, Adam Hartley, Colby Parsons
Falling Angels
4/19 at 7:30 PM | 4/21 at 7:30 PM
Katherine Monogue, Emily Parker, Xuan Cheng, Kimberly Nobriga, Ansa Capizzi, Eva Burton, Jessica Lind, Abigail Diedrich
4/20 at 7:30 PM
Eva Burton, Kelsie Nobriga, Makino Hayashi, Hannah Davis, Martina Chavez, Jessica Lind, Abigail Diedrich, Alexa Domenden
Casting Week 1 (April 12-15)
Dying Swan
4/12 at 7:30 PM
Jacqueline Straughan
4/13 at 7:30 PM
Ansa Capizzi
4/14 at 2 PM
Jessica Lind
4/14 at 7:30 PM
Eva Burton
4/15 at 2 PM
Ansa Capizzi
Fluidity Of Steel
4/12 – 4/15 (all performances)
Peter Franc, Chauncey Parsons, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Thomas Baker, Keenan English, Adam Hartley, Christopher Kaiser, Colby Parsons, Avery Reiners, Andrew Wingert
Left Unsaid
4/12 at 7:30 PM | 4/14 at 7:30 PM
Katherine Monogue, Emily Parker, Martina Chavez, Peter Franc, Christopher Kaiser, Thomas Baker
4/13 at 7:30 PM | 4/14 at 2:00 PM
Kelsie Nobriga, Xuan Cheng, Jessica Lind, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Avery Reiners
4/15 at 2:00 PM
Eva Burton, Abigail Diedrich, Kimberly Nobriga, Peter Franc, Adam Hartley, Thomas Baker
Drifted in a Deeper Land
4/12 at 7:30 PM | 4/14 at 7:30 PM | 4/15 at 2:00 PM
Chauncey Parsons, Brian Simcoe, Michael Linsmeier, Peter Franc, Thomas Baker, Avery Reiners, Christopher Kaiser
4/13 at 7:30 PM | 4/14 at 2:00 PM
Avery Reiners, Thomas Baker, Michael Linsmeier, Andrew Wingert, Brian Simcoe, Adam Hartley, Colby Parsons
Falling Angels
4/12 at 7:30 PM | 4/13 at 7:30 PM | 4/14 at 7:30 PM
Jacqueline Straughan, Katherine Monogue, Emily Parker, Xuan Cheng, Kimberly Nobriga, Ansa Capizzi, Eva Burton, Jessica Lind
4/14 at 2:00 PM | 4/15 at 2:00 PM
Eva Burton, Kelsie Nobriga, Makino Hayashi, Hannah Davis, Martina Chavez, Jessica Lind, Abigail Diedrich, Alexa Domenden

Previews & Reviews
Make Sure to See Oregon Ballet’s Latest Production
PQ Monthly | April 18, 2018
Dance review: The gender dynamics in OBT’s Man/Woman
Oregon Artswatch | April 17, 2018
Seven Minutes of Silence – OBT: Man/Woman
Artslandia | April 13, 2018
DanceWatch Weekly: Kevin Irving on Man/Woman
Oregon Artswatch | April 12, 2018
Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Man/Woman Brings Classics to Portland + a World Premiere
Portland Monthly | April 4, 2018

Run Time
Approximately 2 hours with two, 15-minute intermissions.
Dancers: Emily Parker and Avery Reiners | Photos by Christopher Peddecord