And the Land of the Sweets Winner is…

…Allie Maki Maya with this Oregon inspired coffee laced recipe:  Coffee Toffee with Oregon Hazelnuts 1 cup (2 sticks or 8 ounces) butter 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons molasses (can swap corn syrup or honey) 1/4 teaspoon salt (or a heaping 1/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt) 1 1/2 […]

Welcome To the Land of Sweets

Welcome To the Land of Sweets A Menu of Delectable Confections Inspired by George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker Tickets are on sale now for George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at OBT.  Grab yours early to get the best seats and beat the holiday rush! It’s November, which means the season of holiday feasting is upon us with […]

Layoff: The Expanding Dancer

You thought this was going to be a blog about weight problems didn’t you? Well, too bad, I have no interest in that today; maybe another time. No, today, I want to write about what we dancers do on our summer layoff: Did you know that staying in shape isn’t the only thing we do? […]

The Joy in Being a Part of it All

Portland sure had a lot going on this past weekend…. Temperatures in the 90′s. A huge city wide urban scavenger hunt. A thriving ballet summer intensive coming to a close. At first glance, one couldn’t possibly imagine these three having a thing to do with each other.  But they did. And goodness was it fun. […]

Join OBT for CitySolve Urban Race on August 4th

This weekend we’re participating in City Solve Urban Race and you’re invited to join us on August 4th! What’s CitySolve Urban Race? Teams of 2 to 4 solve clever clues and face fun challenges all while navigating the urban landscape via foot or on public transportation. More than a scavenger hunt, but less physical than […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Win Box Seats to Chromatic Quartet Opening Night!

The Newmark Theatre is a wonderful venue for dance and the box seats make you feel like the whole performance is being given just for you. There’s a reason they used to be reserved exclusively for titled nobility. They’re THAT good. Score your own VIP experience and win a pair of box seats for the […]

OBT Holiday Memories

OBT Asks Staff & Dancers: What’s your favorite holiday tradition or memory? “We open presents on Christmas Eve because when we lived in Germany my Dad would drive around all night to the different American military bases there, delivering cookies and hot chocolate to all the soldiers that had to work on Christmas.  We spent […]