Pieces of Eight Choreographer Highlight: Peter Franc OBT: Has your choreographic process changed during the pandemic and if so, how? PETER: I’ve really had to find a way to use my words even more when teaching the dancers the choreography! The physicality and weight of the movement is hard to convey on a small screen.… Read More
OBT’s Multi-talented dancers We know the dancers of OBT express themselves beautifully through the delicate lines of ballet, but did you know that many of them excel in other forms of artistic expression? Meet four eclectic OBT dancers who have made time to seriously pursue everything from painting to drumming in a punk rock band!… Read More
DANCING FROM HOME with OBT School: An Inside Look The Covid-19 crisis has had an immense impact on all of our lives. We’ve had to adapt and support each other and our communities from a distance. In response to the statewide stay at home orders in March, the Oregon Ballet Theatre School quickly pivoted their… Read More
Oregon Ballet Theatre Creates and Donates 300 Face Masks in Covid-19 Fight You might not think that a performing arts organization like Oregon Ballet Theatre would be uniquely positioned to make a practical contribution to the COVID-19 emergency, but you would be wrong . . . OBT has a costume shop, and in it, supplies… Read More
The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Origin Story The Sleeping Beauty began as a director’s dream. In 1888, Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Director of Imperial Theatres for Czar Alexander III, wrote a scenario based on Perrault’s La Belle du bois dormant. He envisioned a ballet so charming that “the musical imagination can be carried away,” set and costumed in… Read More
