Daily Dance Break: Misericordes (Elsinore)

Wrapping up Wheeldon Week is his work Misericordes (Elsinore) which he created at the Bolshoi Ballet based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet. In this article which describes a documentary film that was made while he created Misericordes (Elsinore) Wheeldon talks about some of his creative challenges during the process of making the ballet, and the difficulty he had […]

Daily Dance Break: Wheeldon Week “Carnival of the Animals”

Today we have Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals which he sets as a child’s dream of spending a night in the Museum of Natural History.  If you had to guess the order in which he created Polyphonia, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Carnival of the Animals which do you think came first and last […]

Daily Dance Break: Christopher Wheeldon’s “Polyphonia”

For a different take on Wheeldon’s rep, we’ve got one of his more scaled back pieces, Polyphonia. Do you prefer the dances where he dresses the dancers simply and places them on a blank stage, or the ones with more production elements like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Daily Dance Break: Even More “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”

Just a little more of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.  How awesome are those tutus? What do you think about the cards projected behind the dancers? The company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy will be a part of Chromatic Quartet in the spring – get your tickets now by becoming a subscriber!

Daily Dance Break: Christopher Wheeldon’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”

Didn’t get quite enough Wheeldon after that gorgeous version of “After the Rain” by the sea? Here’s a peek of his tremendously successful Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Does the queen of hearts’ hilarious and fierce variation remind you of anything? The company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy will be a part of Chromatic Quartet in […]

Daily Dance Break: Dance in the Wild – After the Rain

In terms of outdoor dance, this one is a doozy. We’ve got San Francisco Ballet Principals Damian Smith and Yuan Yuan Tan performing Christopher Wheeldon’s gorgeous After the Rain on the ocean at sunset. Does it get better? Shouldn’t every dance be performed on the ocean at sunset? Portland audiences may recognize this piece from […]

Joe Smith from KGW visits OBT Exposed

OBT Exposed on the news! Joe Smith from KGW learns about the classes we have to offer for FREE during OBT Exposed

Daily Dance Break: Dance in the wild – Pina Bausch

This entire week, OBT is in Director Park in downtown Portland for OBT Exposed. The whole week is entirely free and open to the public. In honor of OBT Exposed, we are featuring a week of outdoor performance videos. It feels like the dancer in this Pina Bausch video is dancing at the end of […]

Daily Dance Break: Dance in the wild

This week OBT is breaking out of the studio walls and set up shop in the middle of downtown Portland for OBT Exposed. The whole week is entirely free and open to the public. OBT Exposed gives you the chance to see the daily lives of our company dancers – from class, to rehearsal to […]

Daily Dance Break: Christmas in July – Matthew Bourne’s “Waltz of the Flowers”

Remember how we talked about all the variety in different versions of the Nutcracker yesterday? Well there is a little more variety headed this way. Often the second act of The Nutcracker takes place in the land of sweets – and Matthew Bourne’s production goes one step further and drops the “Waltz of the Flowers” […]