OBT’s Next 25 Years: Bold Steps toward an Exciting Future With two new buildings opening in January to house the company and expanding ballet school, two major grants from local foundations to invest in bold new programming, and a renewed focus on sustainability, OBT’s future has never looked brighter. It wasn’t long ago that the… Read More
A JOURNEY TO NAPLES VIA COPENHAGEN AND PORTLAND: Bournonville’s Visual Aesthetic and the Set Design Process By Claire Willett For the residents of Copenhagen in August Bournonville’s era, Italy was a golden-hued and romantic dream of exoticism and sunshine. Wilhelm Marstrand, one of the most renowned artists of the Golden Age of Danish art, painted… Read More
Choreographer’s Corner: August Bournonville By Claire Willett August Bournonville – the Royal Danish Ballet’s most famous son and national legend – was virtually unknown in the United States until after World War II. But his joyful choreography, precise technique and exuberant artistry have made his works works beloved in the ballet canon for a century… Read More
Choreographer’s Corner: August Bournonville By Claire Willett August Bournonville – the Royal Danish Ballet’s most famous son and national legend – was virtually unknown in the United States until after World War II. But his joyful choreography, precise technique and exuberant artistry have made his works works beloved in the ballet canon for a century… Read More
“I die, alas, in my suffering And she who could give me life, Alas, kills me and will not help me! O sorrowful fate, She who could give me life, Alas, gives me death!” —Moro, Lasso by Carlo Gesualdo (1610) It’s probably not true that his family’s ancestral home is haunted by the vengeful ghosts… Read More
