Tick, tock… Final studio rehearsals today and tomorrow, and then tomorrow night we move to the theater to begin tech-ing for Saturday’s opening. The production crew has been there since yesterday, loading in, laying the floor, and setting cues. This show is going to keep everyone backstage on alert all night long since there are… Read More
Can it be?
Can it be? Four weeks back into the season already?? I can hardly remember that I was on layoff a month ago. We finished learning Emeralds on Friday. Elyse Borne has been here for the past week and a half staging the ballet (how fantastic to have her here again! Elyse staged Nutcracker for… Read More
Week Two
“Summer vacation” (if you can call it that!) has already faded into the distance as we plunge into the heady work of putting together the program for our first performances next month. Since this is a retrospective program, there are several excerpts from different ballets that need to be taught, learned, and rehearsed. I have… Read More
More Serenade at the Waterfront
Here are some more “backstage” photos from our Waterfront Park/OR Symphony performance the other night. It truly was a magical experience. From the beautiful setting to the sublime music to the perfect weather and full moon, it really seems like the stars aligned. Getting all of us 18 women (or however many we were!) transported… Read More
Fall.Art.Live Postscript, and 2009-10 OBT Season Begins
Fall.Art.Live last weekend was marvelous. It was a huge success in every way that I could tell, from the public turnout and satisfaction to the seamlessness of the events to the beautiful weather. (Perhaps the only unforeseen problem was the fact that leaves and twigs kept falling on the stage all afternoon, but that sort… Read More
