LIMITED PARKING

Due to a construction project at Washington Park, parking at the Rose Garden is extremely limited this summer. Please plan with this in mind and if at all possible avoid driving to the event. Here are some convenient options:

Take the Max

Ride the Red or Blue Max lines to the Washington Park station at the Oregon Zoo, then hop on a free Washington Park shuttle bus that will take you to the Rose Garden. Shuttle Bus service has been extended until 10pm on performance nights to conveniently get you back to the Max station after the show.

Max route links: Red Line – Blue Line – [map]

Take the Bus

Line #63 will take you right to the Rose Garden. TriMet has extended service of Line #63 on Friday night until 10pm. Another option for the return ride is to catch Line#20 at NW 23^rd and Burnside. Clear signage will be posted in the park marking the route.

Bus route links: Line#63 – Line#20 – [map]

Get a Lyft

Washington Park has a dedicated Lyft drop off and pick up zone at the Rose Garden. You can reserve your Lyft ride up to a week prior to the event.

Steps for scheduling a ride:

• When selecting your pickup location in the Lyft app, tap the clock icon on the right.
• Next, select a 10-minute pickup window up to 7 days in advance, and hit “Confirm” once you have it locked in.
• Set your intended destination next, and hit “Schedule Lyft.”
• Then, we’ll schedule your ride!
• It’s that easy. If your plans change, don’t sweat it; you can update or cancel your scheduled ride up to 30 minutes before your requested time.

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Go HERE to download the app and enter code: CHOREOXX17 to save $5 off your first 3 rides

DanceWatch Weekly: Helen Simoneau’s work in progress
Oregon Artswatch | June 15, 2017

Oregon Ballet Theater celebrates female choreographers with outdoor show
KPTV | June 20, 2017

Oregon Ballet Theatre Debuts 3 World-Premiere Dances By Women
Portland Monthly | June 28, 2017

DanceWatch Weekly: Choreography XX in the park
Oregon Arts Watch | June 29, 2017

Choreography XX: Nicole Haskins stands on the merits
Oregon Arts Watch | June 29, 207

Thrilling New Work by Women for Oregon Ballet Theater
Bachtrack | July 4

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After considering almost 90 very qualified applicants during the submission period, our panel has chosen the three winners: Gioconda Barbuto, Helen Simoneau, and Nicole Haskins. “We were thrilled with the incredible response to this competition,” comments OBT Artistic Director Kevin Irving, who headed the selection panel. “With such a wealth of talent we couldn’t have dreamed up a better mix of choreographic voices than we have in Barbuto, Simoneau, and Haskins.”

Gioconda Barbuto
Canadian resident of Italian descent – was a soloist with Les Grand Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, where she danced for 16 years, distinguishing herself in ballets by a range of choreographers including George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Michel Fokine, José Limon, and Jiri Kylián – for whom she later danced in NDT3.
giocondabarbuto.com

Nicole Haskins
Southern Californian native Nicole Haskins currently dances with the Smuin Ballet, for which she has also created several works in addition to commissions for the Sacramento Ballet and Richmond Ballet. Her interest in choreography began early, setting small pieces for fellow dancers in her hometown studio.
nicolehaskins.com

Helen Simoneau
A native of Québec, Helen Simoneau is the artistic director of Helen Simoneau Danse, a small company that performs annually in Winston-Salem (NC) as well as nationally and internationally. Simoneau has been commissioned by The Juilliard School, the American Dance Festival, The Yard, Springboard Danse Montréal, and the Swiss International Coaching Project (SiWiC) in Zurich. She is a Bogliasco Fellow, was a Baryshnikov Arts Center resident artist, and won 1st Place for Choreography at the 13th Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany.
helensimoneau.com

All three winners will create a new ballet on the Oregon Ballet Theatre company to be presented as a free performance in Portland, OR on June 29 & 30, 2017. Stay tuned for updates this season as we work with these choreographers to bring you their new work.

Read more about the Choreography XX winners in the full press release here.

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