Daily Dance Break: Sneak Preview of The Second Detail

By far the most unusual and contemporary work on our October Body Beautiful program is the contemporary ballet work by William Forsythe entitled The Second Detail. Forsythe is known for the intricate patterns, symmetries, syncopated rhythms and complex spacial relationships in his work. Soloist (and recent contributor to the OBT blog) Lucas Threefoot described Forsythe’s […]

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 […]

A Daily Dance Break with Dance United Guest Artists Maia and Tamás

The Dutch National Ballet is kindly loaning us two of their principal dancers, Maia Makhateli and Tamás Zoctan Nagy. Both are originally from Eastern Europe- Maia hails from Tblisi, Georgia and Tamás is originally from Budapest, Hungary. Both have had multi-national careers before finding a home at the Dutch National. Tamás is a photographer in […]

Daily Dance Break: The Trash Ballet

In the hustle and bustle of the season, we put our Daily Dance Breaks on hold. But this one is just too good to pass up! This short documentary dance film is the brainchild of Alison Orr, who utilizes the cranes and apparatus of Austin’s Solid Waste Services Department to create a jarringly beautiful dance […]

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 […]