Daily Dance Break- Olympic Swimmer Style

We at Oregon Ballet Theatre have tremendous respect for our fellow athlete artists at the Summer Olympic games. Particularly now that some of them have chosen to show off their underwater dance moves! Check out the U.S. Olympic swim team reminding us that dance is a great way to celebrate all of life’s accomplishments… and […]

Snapshots from Walla Walla

Here’s a quick postcard from Walla Walla sent by our dancers on the road, prepping for their performance at the Walla Walla Summer Dance Festival. Brian Simcoe writes: It’s the second day of rehearsal for the group here and, as you can tell, we are loving Walla Walla. This is us arriving at the rehearsal […]

Ballet; Coming to a Movie Theatre Near You

Our friends at Cinemark in the Clackamas Town Center mall have been up to something that we absolutely love – ballet on the big screen.  Ballet in Cinema has given arts lovers all over the country an opportunity to see full performances from premiere companies like the Royal Ballet and Bolshoi Ballet from the comfort […]

In the Studio with Anne Mueller at Walla Walla Summer Dance Lab and Festival

Company Artist Grace Shibley and several apprentices from the Walla Walla Summer Dance Lab rehearse a moment from the new piece, called Terroir, that Anne Mueller is making on them for the Festival. You can check out the final performance, including a showing of the completed new work, on July 27th at 7:00 pm at […]

Discover New Dance Terroir with OBT

Beloved for their onions… respected for their wine… and now celebrated for dance? Dance crops up in the most delightful and unlikely places in the summertime, allowing you to get your ballet fix while exploring some of the great landscapes of the great northwest. This summer, Oregon Ballet Theatre returns to Walla Walla Washington to […]