This April, Dani Rowe’s world premiere ballet about the life of Marilyn Monroe comes to the Newmark Theatre! It’s been wonderful to watch Marilyn come together. Read on to see some of our favorite media stories about this production. Tickets available here. Oregon Ballet Theatre’s world premiere of ‘Marilyn’ breaks audience record Portland Business Journal… Read More

Made in Portland’s three choreographers have vastly different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, but they—and their dances—share at least one common motivation: community. All three say that questions of what it means to be one within a group, whether as a leader, co-creator, struggling to escape or seeking refuge, have had direct influence on the works… Read More

“It was a gift to be able to create Wooden Dimes,” says the ballet’s choreographer, Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Dani Rowe. Originally planned as a stage production for San Francisco Ballet, she had to reimagine Wooden Dimes as a highly theatrical dance film in 2020 when pandemic-era restrictions upended SFB’s planned season. Now, at… Read More

When Trey McIntyre started conceptualizing a ballet version of Peter Pan, he didn’t realize quite what he was in for. “I didn’t feel like I was making an epic production,” he remembers. “It wasn’t until we were really into it that I realized, oh gosh, this is a LOT of layers!” The story of Peter… Read More

In 2006, Christopher Stowell had been at the helm of OBT for only three seasons, but he felt the time was already right. Portlanders were eagerly watching as their resident ballet company swiftly grew in scale and scope, and saw its artistic focus shift. Stowell knew it was the perfect moment to define OBT’s role… Read More