PROGRAM

CELEBRATING TWO DECADES OF DANCE AT OREGON'S PREMIER BALLET COMPANY

EMERALDS Company Premiere
Gabriel Fauré / George Balanchine

20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

A once-in-a-generation program, featuring excerpts of works created specifically for OBT over the past twenty years, including Dennis Spaight’s Gloria and Ellington Suite; Trey McIntyre’s Speak; A Certain Depth of Heart, Also Love by Bebe Miller; Julia Adam’s il nodo; La Valse by Yuri Possokhov; James Kudelka’s Almost Mozart and Christopher Stowell’s Eyes On You and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Plus a video history with rare footage of works by James Canfield.

The OBT premiere of George Balanchine’s elegant, French-flavored masterpiece, Emeralds, opens the evening and sets the stage for the company’s exciting future.

“The dancing was marvelous…[Oregon Ballet Theatre is] a cohesive company that is well on its way to becoming one this community can point to with pride.”
- OBT’s first review, The Oregonian (1989)

“There must be something in the air or water in the Northwest, given the number of imaginative choreographers and dance troupes the area has produced. The latest company to suggest that is Oregon Ballet Theatre.”
- The New York Times (1999)

“Oregon Ballet Theatre is the…youngest of the companies in Ballet Across America, established less than 20 years ago. It set itself a hefty challenge…But the result was a revelation: Here is a group of talented and winsome dancers to watch.”
– The Washington Post (2008)

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No refunds. No children under three years except at The Nutcracker. All attendees, regardless of age, are required to have a ticket. No late seating. Programs subject to change.

DANCE TALKS - Meet the artists and discuss the ballets being performed at this FREE forum with Christopher Stowell and special guests. Dance Talks take place the week before the opening of each program.

PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVES - Come an hour early for this FREE and informative presentation given by Dance Historian Linda Besant one hour before curtain.