by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 2, 2026 | Digital Cover Star, Pointe+
In February 2025, Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Charlotte Nash had just finished her variation as Myrtha in Giselle when she was told to change costumes; the dancer performing the title role had become injured. Before she could comprehend what had happened, Nash was back on...
by Amy Brandt | Feb 21, 2023 | Career, Company Life, Onstage, Pointe+, Videos
“See, understand, react,” Frank Andersen says to Oregon Ballet Theatre principal Charles-Louis Yoshiyama as they work through a scene of Danish choreographer August Bournonville’s 1836 ballet, La Sylphide. He points to the front of the studio, as if to an audience....
by Amy Brandt | Feb 13, 2023 | News, The Latest
Oregon Ballet Theatre has announced that Dani Rowe will become its next artistic director, effective February 27, after an 18-month search. The company has been led by interim artistic director Peter Franc since June 2021, following the departure of previous director...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 10, 2017 | Views
Dancers know that practice makes…room for more practice. We spend our entire lives working to refine our technique, and what non-dancers see as perfection we see as a work in progress. But with dedication and discipline, that work-in-progress starts to change...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Dec 29, 2015 | Company Life
The lack of female choreographers in the ballet world has come under recent scrutiny. Why are so few women given opportunities to create for major companies—especially when they’re out there, steadily making work? How can companies, schools, patrons and...