Can it be?

Can it be? Four weeks back into the season already?? I can hardly remember that I was on layoff a month ago.   We finished learning Emeralds on Friday. Elyse Borne has been here for the past week and a half staging the ballet (how fantastic to have her here again! Elyse staged Nutcracker for […]

Not a pointe shoe in sight

At least not for part of the day. Rehearsals have begun for Trey McIntyre’s Speak (1998), where us dancers get to ditch our ballet slippers/pointe shoes for sneakers and take a break from classical music to groove to the Bloodhound Gang. I am very excited to be a part of this work and very excited […]

Week Two

“Summer vacation” (if you can call it that!) has already faded into the distance as we plunge into the heady work of putting together the program for our first performances next month. Since this is a retrospective program, there are several excerpts from different ballets that need to be taught, learned, and rehearsed. I have […]

Summer Vacation? Not at OBT!

This summer seemed to be especially busy for all of our dancers. Artur and his wife had their first child, a very dedicated and generous group of dancers performed for FREE in locations all around Portland – from Washington Park with the Portland Cello Project, to a live art installation on Alberta for Last Thursday […]

More Serenade at the Waterfront

Here are some more “backstage” photos from our Waterfront Park/OR Symphony performance the other night. It truly was a magical experience. From the beautiful setting to the sublime music to the perfect weather and full moon, it really seems like the stars aligned. Getting all of us 18 women (or however many we were!) transported […]

Sweet Serenade on the Waterfront

If you were one of the thousands who joined us on the waterfront last night for the Oregon Symphony’s annual outdoor concert, you know just how perfect an evening it was. The weather was incredible, complete with a deep blue skyline and a bright, full moon. Our Symphony is one of the best in the […]

Free Performance with the Oregon Symphony Tonight!

Oregon Ballet Theatre joins the Oregon Symphony for a free outdoor concert on the waterfront tonight at 7pm. We’ll be performing an excerpt from George Balanchine’s Serenade, and from the looks of yesterday’s rehearsal it’s going to be breathtaking. OBT dancers + live orchestration + the natural beauty of Portland’s waterfront = SOMETHING YOU DON’T […]

Fall.Art.Live Postscript, and 2009-10 OBT Season Begins

Fall.Art.Live last weekend was marvelous. It was a huge success in every way that I could tell, from the public turnout and satisfaction to the seamlessness of the events to the beautiful weather. (Perhaps the only unforeseen problem was the fact that leaves and twigs kept falling on the stage all afternoon, but that sort […]