Enjoy Family Day at the Portland Art Museum Nov 4th with OBT

Here’s all the details on this fantastic interactive art experience around The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece Exhibition that will feature opportunities for kids to “kinesthetically explore” the exhibition’s artworks with the assistance of OBT’s teaching artists.

Get $39 Best Available Swan Lake Tickets at our OBT Exposed Pre-sale!

We’re delighted to announce that, to celebrate our return to Director Park next week for OBT Exposed we have decided to have: A Special 2 Week Pre-sale on All of Our 2012/2013 Performances! Starting on Monday, August 20th at 9:00 am you can purchase any available seat to any available performance in the 2012/2013 season. […]

Snapshots from China

Artistic Director Christopher Stowell is currently on a working vacation in Guangzhou, China where he has been invited to be a guest instructor with the Guangzhou Ballet. Here’s a picture postcard from the rehearsal room in China, reminding us that ballet is a common language shared all over the world! Here is Christopher with the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Last Chance to Help Oregon Ballet Theatre End the Season On Pointe!

Now’s your chance! If you haven’t donated to Oregon Ballet Theatre yet this year – or even if you have – it’s not too late to help the ballet you love finish the fiscal year in the black. When you make a gift before June 30, you ensure the future of the ballet. Contribute today […]

Commemorate a Once In a Lifetime Evening with a One of a Kind Wine

Thanks to a generous donation from the Eastern Washington Private Estate of Ken Hick and Cheri Cooley-Hick, we are pleased to make available an extremely limited edition of 200 private label bottles of Oregon Ballet Theatre Dance United Merlot, hand signed by Artistic Director Christopher Stowell, hand-numbered, and featuring the signatures of all 10 Dance […]

Petrouchka from Portland to Perm, Russia

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Perm, Russia to help Nicolo Fonte stage the version of Petrouchka he choreographed on OBT this past fall.  I had an amazing time there exploring and experiencing a different culture, working with the dancers, and learning about the structure of a Russian ballet company and opera house.  There, […]

Dancin’ in the Rain at Oregon Dance Week

[Katherine Laidlaw, one of Oregon's first professional dance instructors, in the Oregon, forest. 1920s. Image provide by Carol Shults] In 2011, Oregon Senator Bonamicci successfully introduced a bill to the Oregon State Legislature declaring the last week of April “Oregon Dance Week.” The week will feature free dance classes, studio rehearsals and an Oregon Choreographer’s […]