Hi OBT Friends! You haven’t previously heard much from me via the blog, but now that I’m spending less time in pointe shoes I’m looking forward to sharing a bit of my “behind the scenes” perspective. As you may know, I recently retired from my performing career during our recent “Song and Dance” program. My… Read More
Happy Birthday Martha Graham!
People the world over are celebrating the 117th birthday of legendary modern dance innovator Martha Graham thanks to a clever motion-capture Google logo. Check it out below: http://www.33tres.com/doodles/martha_graham.html You can sneak a peak at the process that created the Google logo here: Here’s a video of Martha in the iconic dance film Appalachian Spring. Got… Read More
Why Do We Do What We Do?
Thanks so much to everyone who helped to make Saturday Night’s Moveable Feast Gala such a success! If you weren’t able to join us, take a moment to check out this short video sharing why we do what we do… If you would like to contribute to OBT’s Education and Outreach opportunities, please contact Emily… Read More
Nicolo Fonte Discusses Left Unsaid with Dance Magazine
(Anne Mueller, Artur Sultanov, Brian Simcoe and Steven Houser in Nicolo Fonte’s Left Unsaid. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert) Wendy Perrin from Dance Magazine recently sat down with choreographer Nicolo Fonte to discuss his approach to choreography and his current most popular work, Left Unsaid, which will be presented as part of our spring program,… Read More
Your Daily Dance Break: Tanaquil LeClercq & Nicholas Magallanes | Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive
Today’s Daily Dance Break comes from the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Video Archive, an amazing online resource for historical dance video. It’s a Balanchine piece filmed at the Festival in the ’40s and well worth a look. The only downside? The archive doesn’t let you embed video so you’ll need to click on the link to… Read More
