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DANCING FROM HOME with OBT School: An Inside Look The Covid-19 crisis has had an immense impact on all of our lives. We’ve had to adapt and support each other and our communities from a distance. In response to the statewide stay at home orders in March, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School quickly pivoted their… Read More
The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Origin Story The Sleeping Beauty began as a director’s dream. In 1888, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Director of Imperial Theatres for Czar Alexander III, wrote a scenario based on Perrault’s La Belle du bois dormant. He envisioned a ballet so charming that “the musical imagination can be carried away,” set and costumed in… Read More
Among the many highlights of OBT’s 30th Anniversary Season we are thrilled to present the return of former Artistic Director Christopher Stowell’s The Sleeping Beauty. Earlier this month Stowell was in the studio to rehearse key sections of his production with the company dancers. It has been 10 years since the premiere. We caught up… Read More
By Skye Stouber Company Artist, Oregon Ballet Theatre Jardí Tancat’s Catalan folk music offers an element of peculiarity, like the unexpected flavor of a fruit that is not readily available in the West. It’s a treat! The whole Director’s Choice program is composed of artists taking their license to a completely new level in a quest to… Read More
By Skye Stouber Company Artist, Oregon Ballet Theatre Presto takes hold of you and doesn’t let you go until the climactic finish — only then allowing you to reflect on it, like an appetizer that’s so good you eat it too quickly. It’s satisfyingly short and pulsating, with a sustained visual reward. Both the neoclassical… Read More
