“We Are Portland”: Honoring Two OBT Dancers
Dancers know from the very beginning that they will have two lives: the first comprises the highly focused—some call it tunnel vision— years of training and performing, and then comes Part 2, which...
View Article“The Vitality of Swan Lake”: Christopher Stowell Updates a Classic by Looking...
In 2006, Christopher Stowell had been at the helm of OBT for only three seasons, but he felt the time was already right. Portlanders were eagerly watching as their resident ballet company swiftly grew...
View Article“Every Day, Sun Up To Sun Down, I Want To Be A Sponge In The World” Curiosity...
When Trey McIntyre started conceptualizing a ballet version of Peter Pan, he didn’t realize quite what he was in for. “I didn’t feel like I was making an epic production,” he remembers. “It wasn’t...
View ArticleWooden Dimes: “It Was Always Meant To Be Onstage”
“It was a gift to be able to create Wooden Dimes,” says the ballet’s choreographer, Oregon Ballet Theatre Artistic Director Dani Rowe. Originally planned as a stage production for San Francisco Ballet,...
View ArticleThe Joy of the Studio: Three Choreographers’ Creative Processes
Made in Portland’s three choreographers have vastly different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, but they—and their dances—share at least one common motivation: community. All three say that...
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