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 Heather Wisner | Jul 31, 2016 | Career, Company Life, Director's Notes
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Kevin Irving is a man of eclectic tastes. It showed in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s 2015–16 season, which opened with Napoli Act III, the company’s first turn with Bournonville,...
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...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Aug 17, 2015 | Company Life
Royal Danish Ballet star Amy Watson will perform as a guest artist in Oregon Ballet Theatre’s fall production of Amore Italiano, which will include Act III of the Bournonville ballet Napoli, and the world premiere of Sub Rosa by James Kudelka. OBT has gone to...
by Gavin Larsen | Feb 1, 2015 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the February/March 2015 issue of Pointe. Portland’s popular Wonder Ballroom, an indie music club, was packed wall to wall. A sea of hipster 20-somethings crowded in for the headline act: the locally famous band Horse Feathers...
by Anna Waller | Sep 24, 2014 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
This is Pointe’s October/November 2014 Cover Story. In a company known for its tall women, Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Leta Biasucci doesn’t fit the mold. At 5′ 3″, she seems petite next to several of the company’s willowy...
by Rosie Gaynor | Nov 19, 2009 | Company Life
With a name like Grace, long legs, flexible hips and an innate elegance, Grace Shibley seems to have been destined for ballet. But when asked what comes easily for her, a smile breaks out on her pretty, heart-shaped face: “I don’t feel like anything comes easily!” Her...
by Martha Ullman West | Oct 1, 2007 | Company Life, Features
On a rainy spring evening in the studios of Portland’s Oregon Ballet Theatre, in front of an audience of company supporters and members of the press, Chairman of the Board John Bernard shot dancer Alison Roper and everyone applauded. Roper, clad in the fishnet...