Looking Deeper – Never Stop Falling (In Love)

OBT 25’s program culminates in a celebration with a brand-new ballet titled Never Stop Falling (in Love). In their first ever collaboration, the dancers of Oregon Ballet Theatre share the stage with Portland’s favorite “little orchestra”, Pink Martini! The ballet was choreographed by another audience favorite, Nicolo Fonte, whose contemporary versions of Petrushka and Bolero were premiered… Read More

Joni Kabana – Dreaming from the Wings

Photographer Joni Kabana joined us at the Keller Auditorium for the dress rehearsal of Dream, October 11, 2013.  She shares thoughts and photos from her experience with us here.  Colorful silk wings on the Woodland Creatures, danced by students from the School of OBT. Making my way down the long dark hallway, I hear voices coming… Read More

Behind the Scenes with Christopher Stowell

If you have already attended Body Beautiful, you had the opportunity to watch a brief pre-show video with some behind the scenes glimpses of what it takes to perform the 4 extremely diverse works on the program. We thought you might enjoy an encore look at the video, the first of 5 videos we will… Read More

BACKSTAGE PASS: A Few Delicious, Nearly Finished, Lost Dance Ensembles…

The costumes for The Lost Dance are loaded in to The Newmark for tomorrow night’s opening night of Chromatic Quartet. Before he sent them off, Adam Arnold shared a few final pictures of the costumes coming together. Here’s a peek:

BACKSTAGE PASS: Draping The Lost Dance, Images from Adam Arnold Studio

Some ties in progress for the men in The Lost Dance. Fabric waiting to be draped. A dress begins to take shape. You can see the results of Adam Arnold‘s work in the world premiere of Matjash Mrozewski’s The Lost Dance , one of 4 short works in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s spring program, Chromatic Quartet,… Read More