I referenced the Shakespeare quote “What’s in a name?” when first announcing the exciting season that we have planned for OBT and Portland in our season brochure. You see, I felt we had a chance to really define what we aim to do in the four fantastic repertory programs that we had lined up- DREAM,… Read More
Dance United: Exploring Wheeldon’s Ghosts
(Pictured: Yuan Yuan Tan and Damien Smith in the San Francisco Ballet world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Ghosts. Photo by Alistair McCauley) San Francisco Ballet Soloists Dana Genshaft and Garen Scribner will be joining us for Dance United on June 9th at the Keller Auditorium and we are delighted to learn that they will be… Read More
…and still frisky.
Yesterday marked Principal Dancer Artur Sultanov’s 30th Birthday, which at OBT comes with the passing down of a certain shirt (see photo). Apparently this shirt has been passed down to company members on their 30th birthday for about 8 years now, and I thought it would be a really great tradition to share with you… Read More
