Two pieces of holiday-related news to share with you: Nutcracker Ticket Deal $25 tickets are on sale now for selected performances of The Nutcracker, an Oregon Ballet Theatre production. The ticket deal applies to these performances: December 19, 7:00 pm December 21, 1:00 pm December 22, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm December 23, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm To get the deal, you must [...]

NO LATE SEATING OREGON BALLET THEATRE THE NUTCRACKER KELLER AUDITORIUM SW 3RD & CLAY THU DEC 18 2008 7:30 PM

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The Anchorage Symphony Orchestra and more than 100 local dancers coordinated by the Alaska Dance Theatre will join the Oregon Ballet Theatre for the full-length production. Nov. 28 - 30, 2008, at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

For one week each year, dancers from the Oregon Ballet Theatre show us what it's like to be them. The event is called OBT Exposed, and this year it will take place outdoors on Portland's South Park Blocks from August 25 to 30. Throughout the week, the dancers will go about their daily routine of [...]

For all of its successes in five years under artistic director Christopher Stowell, Oregon Ballet Theatre may be enjoying its finest hour this weekend in Washington, D.C. Friday night, Stowell's company went on stage at the Kennedy Center as part of Ballet Across America," a six-day ...

They like us?they actually like us! Every September, New York temporarily suspends its disbelief that culture exists elsewhere and invites more than two dozen guest artists to perform at City Center's Fall for Dance Festival. And this year, for the first time, Oregon Ballet Theatre will be represented. Principal dancers Alison Roper and Artur Sultanov will perform the central pas de deux from Christopher Wheeldon's Rush, the ballet that OBT brought to its Kennedy Center debut this summer (and unveiled this spring in Portland at White Bird's 4 x 4: The Ballet Project.) This is a first-time invitation for OBT, who'll be keeping company with big names including American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and the companies of Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor. Fall For Dance runs Sept. 17-27, OBT opens its 2008-2009 season two weeks later in Portland (Sept. 20-21), which should allow just enough time for the head-swelling to subside. NYC information at www.nycitycenter.org; OBT information at www.obt.org. Image: OBT's Artur Sultanov and Gavin Larsen in rehearsal courtesy of Blaine Truitt Covert.

What an amazing inaugural event for the South Waterfront - Riverfest was a big hit on Sept. 6th - with over 2,000 people attending the event to see Bobby Torres... the Devin Phillips Funk Band.... the Oregon Ballet Theatre... and much, much more.  In case you missed it, be sure to check out our Community Gallery and click [...]

On the heels (or pointe shoes) of the acclaimed Northwest Professional Dance Project, another Portlander?well, former Portlander?Trey McIntyre, is getting some lovin' from the "Gray Lady," (the only paper that still matters when it comes to dance writing). Dubbed an "excellent craftsman" by NYT dance reviewer Roslyn Sulcas here, McIntyre officially debuted his dance company, the Trey McIntyre Project, at Jacob's Pillow. He was (sort of) dinged for not having a "voice," even though the reviewer says that actually might be part of his appeal. During his days as a freelancer, McIntyre?who has created over 75 ballets for over 30 companies?has been the resident choreographer at Memphis Ballet, Washington Ballet, as well as our own Oregon Ballet Theatre. (Psst?McIntyre was also once one of People Magazine's "25 Most Eligible Bachelors" in 2003) Now based in Boise, Idaho, it looks like this lanky choreographer is moving in the right direction. The company will perform as part of White Bird Dance's next season. For more information go here. Below is a short clip from the company Trey now keeps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcCS-Scy9Co