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OBT Encore
Join us at OBT Encore to celebrate the conclusion of an incredible season!
Performance Schedule
Held at the gorgeous Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, this one-day-only event is a festive fundraiser that features glittering pre-show and post-show receptions paired with an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime performance.
The two-hour program features highlights from OBT’s recent seasons:
◊ A new work by Dani Rowe created for retiring OBT Principal Dancer Brian Simcoe
◊ Ben Stevenson’s love-struck Dracula pas de deux
Performed by Charlotte Nash and John-Paul Simoens
◊ Nicolas Blanc’s enthralling women’s dance from At Night’s Delicious Close,
Performed by Eva Burton, Kangmi Kim, Mathilde Lambert, Charlotte Nash, Juliette Ochoa, and Carly Wheaton
◊ George Balanchine’s lively Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Performed by Cyrus Shaskan and Carly Wheaton
◊ Christopher Stowell’s enchanting pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty
Performed by Juliette Ochoa and Benjamin Simoens
◊ Dani Rowe’s potent UnSaid
Performed by Eva Burton and John-Paul Simoens
◊ George Balanchine’s jazzy Rubies pas de deux
Performed by Zuzu Metzler and Cyrus Shaskan
◊ Kangmi Kim’s intimate 바다 (Bada)
Performed by Sophia Guasco and Ruby Mae Lefebvre
◊ Charlotte Nash’s vivid Midnight Sun
Performed by Hart Isaacoff, Ruth Langill, Swane Messaoudi, and Dominique Wendt
◊ Dani Rowe’s exuberant salad town dance from Princess and the Pea
Performed by Hannah Davis, Leigh Goldberger, Benjamin Simoens, John-Paul Simoens, and Nicholas Sakai with OBT Dancers
The performance will conclude with Brian Simcoe’s request for his final performance, renowned choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s poignant pas de deux, La Valse which he will dance with retiring Principal Dancer, Carly Wheaton.
Plan on arriving early and joining us for a pre-show reception. After the show, please stay and celebrate with us! Mingle with OBT Artistic staff and dancers and toast dancer promotions, which will be announced after the show.
Celebrating Carly Wheaton’s impactful four years with OBT, her retirement performance will be George Balanchine’s lively Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, performed with Cyrus Shaskan.
Tickets are $250 and benefit OBT’s Programming*.
June 14 – 2:00 PM | Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
*Ticket purchases for OBT Encore are not tax deductible. Pointe Pass tickets not available for this performance.
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Photo Credits
Brian Simcoe, Xuan Cheng | Photos by Yi Yin
Brian Simcoe | Photo by Christopher Peddeocord
Video Credits
Eva Burton, Hannah Davis, Lauren Flower, Leigh Goldberger, Nicholas Kosanovich-Ware, Ruth Langill, Isaac Lee, Ruby Mae Lefebvre, Zuzu Metzler, Charlotte Nash, Juliette Ochoa, Cyrus Shaskan, Bailey Shaw | Video by Matthew Tomac
