Xuan Cheng and Lucas Threefoot pas de chat in rehearsal for Ekho, one of 4 works on the Body Beautiful program that opens Saturday. Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert. Shows are coming up, and fast. It’s hard for me to believe that we have been rehearsing for five weeks already, but considering how last week… Read More
This picture is of Lucas Threefoot and Xuan Cheng rehearsing for the Body Beautiful program. Photo is by Blaine Truitt Covert. The Second Detail is the kind of ballet that dancers love to dance. It’s a challenging, body-twisting, mind-bending, powerful ballet that requires constant attention to what is going on around us; I can’t think of… Read More
Every once in a while, a dancer and a choreographer just hit it off. A creative spark occurs that can turn into years of inspired partnership. Christopher Wheeldon describes it like this: “There are times in your life,” says Wheeldon, “when you find dancers who speak your language. They start to turn your language into… Read More
Check out these gorgeous sketches of the costumes for Anne Mueller’s upcoming Carnival of the Animals, premiering in April at the School of OBT Annual Performance in the Newmark! Click here to see photos of OBT dancers previewing an excerpt from the work last week at OMSI After Dark! Costume sketches by Sarah Gahagan
Matt, our playbill editor from Skies America, interviewed one new dancer that will be featured in each of the holiday ballets. Meet A Holiday Revue‘s Michael Linsmeier! Photo: Renata Kosina Michael Linsmeier YOUNG PUNK By Matt Williams, Playbill Editor Michael Linsmeier has silver rings in both ears and one in his nose. His black Misfits… Read More
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