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Village Love: Tracy Bonham is Back Home in Eugene with a Fresh Perspective and Sound
Eugene Weekly
April 4, 2024
Alt-rock trailblazer and classically trained musician Tracy Bonham’s commercial success first came when she was 27, when the track “Mother Mother” erupted and topped the Modern-Rock Billboard charts in 1996…. Read More
Dance Preview: Eugene Ballet’s ‘Portrait in Glass’ and ‘Gatsby’
Oregon ArtsWatch
February 6, 2024
This weekend two classic works of 20th century American literature come to life in the form of 21st century ballet. Eugene Ballet begins the second half of its 2023-2024 dance season with two dance performances both inspired by masterpieces of American literature… Read More
Clara, A Prince, A Fairy And The Mouse King — Take A Bow
Eugene Weekly
December 21, 2023
The storyline and characters are well known. There is the “Party Scene,” “The Transformation,” “The Battle Scene” and the “Snow Scene.” And that’s just Act I… Read More
Preview: Eugene Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”
Oregon ArtsWatch
December 16, 2023
Every year, the holiday classic provides aspiring young dancers from the Willamette Valley to Alaska with their first experience of the world of professional ballet…. Read More
Preview: A dazzling, icy adventure, ‘The Snow Queen’ returns to Eugene Ballet
Oregon ArtsWatch
October 20, 2023
Eugene Ballet opens its fall season with a revival of artistic director Toni Pimble’s Snow Queen at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts, October 27-29. The company premiered the popular ballet adventure… Read More
Review: Joffrey Ballet Celebrates Life in Dance with the Arpino Chicago Centennial Celebration
Third Coast Review
September 27, 2023
The Joffrey Ballet took up residence in Chicago in 1996. After nearly four decades in New York and the death of Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, his partner in life and in dance… Read More
Arts Institutions in our Community: The Curtain is Up, But Challenges Remain
KLCC
August 18, 2023
On this edition of Oregon On The Record, we talked with leaders at some of our most prominent performance organizations, the Eugene Ballet, the Oregon Bach Festival and the Eugene Symphony and hear how they are recovering after enduring the existential crisis of the Pandemic… Read More
‘The Little Mermaid’: Bringing the Sea to Stage
Oregon ArtsWatch
May 16, 2023
The captivating magic of Danish author Hans Christan Anderson’s tale of “The Little Mermaid” is alive and well… Read More
Preview: Eugene Ballet poised to present 'BOLD: Beyond Our Love of Dance'
Oregon ArtsWatch
April 3, 2023
A meandering adventure through an array of moods, music, and scenarios, Eugene Ballet’s upcoming production, “BOLD: Beyond Our Love of Dance,” is a daring exploration of movement styles in dance… Read More
The classic 'Petrushka' ballet re-imagined comes to Eugene
The Register-Guard
February 9, 2023
Dancers with the Eugene Ballet rehearsed Wednesday for their world premiere of Petrushka at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts in Eugene… Read More
Aspirants and educators: Orchestra Next’s decade of dance music
Oregon ArtsWatch
December 20, 2022
A decade ago, Brian McWhorter’s kids were reaching the age when it was time to introduce them to that essential childhood ritual, The Nutcracker… Read More
‘Synonymous with the holidays:’ Eugene Ballet brings magic to ‘The Nutcracker’
The Register-Guard
December 17, 2022
The iconic sounds of Tchaikovsky fill the Hult Center as dancers from Eugene Ballet Co. prepare for another year of mischievous mice and dancing sparkling snowflakes in the company’s production of “The Nutcracker”… Read More
Making Space: How Dance Businesses Are Creating Their Own Arts Hubs
DanceTeacher
December 7, 2022
For many years, Eugene Ballet was nomadic, bouncing between studios and office spaces throughout the small Oregon city and beyond… Read More
Eugene Ballet gives a Shakespeare classic a feminist twist
Oregon ArtsWatch
May 9, 2022
Some people find The Taming of the Shrew to be one of Shakespeare’s most compelling comedies. Others find it sexist, or at least offensive in the way it depicts women and how they should behave… Read More
Heaven and Earth
Eugene Weekly
April 14, 2022
It took two years of moving Heaven and Earth through the tangled mess of rescheduling brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Eugene Ballet will finally land on stage this weekend with two performances of Heaven and Earth… Read More
Eugene Ballet moves Heaven and Earth
Oregon ArtsWatch
April 11, 2022
Headlining the final performance of Eugene Ballet Company’s 41st season in 2020 was to be the world premiere of Heaven and Earth, an original work choreographed by EBC’s Suzanne Haag, set to a powerful and passionate score for percussion by internationally renowned musician/composer Pius Cheung and performed by OrchestraNext’s percussion ensemble… Read More
Celebrating new visionaries of dance
Oregon ArtsWatch
February 8, 2022
A young ballerina, yearning to be a choreographer, has had few female role models to look up to for hope and inspiration… Read More
Eugene Ballet gives fresh take on holiday 'Nutcracker' at Hult Center
The Register-Guard
December 17, 2021
The Eugene Ballet company returns to the stage with its seasonal run of “The Nutcracker” at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts… Read More
Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker
Eugene Weekly
December 16, 2021
Enraptured ballerinas-to-be, along with their adult handlers, will flock to Silva Concert Hall at the Hult Center starting Dec. 17 for the seven-performance run of Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker… Read More
Eugene Ballet returns with full production of 'Cinderella' at the Hult Center
The Register-Guard
November 5, 2021
After years of twists and turns — the bad kind — the Eugene Ballet is finally set to debut “Cinderella” this weekend, making a triumphant return of big-production drama, glam and, of course, many spins and pirouettes — the good kind… Read More
Back in Character
Eugene Weekly
November 4, 2021
Mark Tucker lingers in the air for a moment after launching into the first jump in his solo as Prince Charming… Read More
Realizing the Impossible Dream: Eugene’s Midtown Arts Center
Oregon ArtsWatch
September 22, 2021
Curious neighbors watched as bulldozers quickly leveled two aging buildings and a paved parking lot following the groundbreaking ceremony on May 10, 2018 for a multi-million dollar, seven story,128,000 square foot mixed use building designed to house Eugene’s Midtown Arts Center and a 40-unit luxury condo complex known as The Midtown… Read More
Mixed-use marvel: Eugene's new Midtown Arts Center a marriage of public arts and private development
The Register-Guard
August 9, 2021
The Midtown Arts Center, at 16th Avenue and Pearl Street, is open and functional. The seven-story mixed-use structure, called The Midtown, opened at the beginning of the year… Read More
CAFE 541: Beings of Eugene: Sara Stockwell — professional dancer and foodie
The Register-Guard
August 28, 2020
Sara Stockwell, 27, was born in “Rochester, Minnesooota! Oh yeah, you betcha,” she said with a smile. Her dance training lead her to the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in Canada and Ellison Ballet in New York City. She moved to Eugene in 2011 to dance with the Eugene Ballet Company… Read More
Eugene Ballet’s Toni Pimble receives Governor’s Arts Award
The Register-Guard
August 3, 2020
Eugene Ballet’s founding artistic director Toni Pimble was among four artists and one organization Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday as winners of the 2020 Governor’s Arts Awards… Read More
Realizing the Impossible Dream: Eugene’s Midtown Arts Center
Oregon ArtsWatch
February 3, 2020
The Eugene Ballet Company continues its 41st season on February 8 and 9 with a revival of Alice In Wonderland, last performed in 2010, and the introduction of an exciting new work, The Large Rock and The Little Yew… Read More
Toni Pimble's patterns part of Eugene Ballet's vision
The Register-Guard
January 24, 2020
Not only does artistic director Toni Pimble oversee all aspects of the Eugene Ballet, she also puts her own hands to work to assemble performances… Read More
Eugene's unique loan program sustains municipal art
The Register-Guard
November 13, 2019
Thanks to local support, world-class dance will remain healthy and kicking in Eugene. Art Loan, bridge loan financing from the city of Eugene and the Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene, will support two of Eugene Ballet’s 2019-20 season productions… Read More
Path began with love of arts
The Register-Guard
November 15, 2019
From the time Toni Pimble was 8 years old, ballet has been her life. As a child Pimble, now the art director of Eugene Ballet, grew up in Camberley in Surry, England, near London and developed a love of music from her parents, who enjoyed playing classical music… Read More
CAFE 541: The pointe of family
The Register-Guard
October 24, 2019
Dancing the lead dual role of Odette and Odile in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake is one of the most difficult, challenging and coveted roles for a ballerina… Read More
Suzanne Haag plays with fire
Oregon ArtsWatch
April 1, 2019
On a recent flight home to Eugene, former Eugene Ballet dancer Suzanne Haag struck up a casual conversation with the man seated next to her… Read More
Eugene Ballet to the Rescue
Eugene Weekly
January 17, 2019
Eugene Ballet Company recently stepped up to rescue a small northern California ballet company’s annual production of The Nutcracker, which was canceled after last year’s lethal Camp Fire…. Read More
40 years on pointe
The Register-Guard
September 12, 2018
When Choreographer Suzanne Haag brings her rendition of “The Firebird” to Eugene Ballet audiences in April, it won’t be the first time it’s been performed by the ballet… Read More
Eugene Ballet preview: dance of the mountain king
Oregon ArtsWatch
April 8, 2018
When Eugene Ballet artistic director Toni Pimble decided to stage Peer Gynt, she faced a daunting challenge: transforming poetry into dance… Read More
“Great Gatsby” at Eugene Ballet Company, April 10, 2016
Eugene Weekly
April 11, 2016
Eugene audiences were treated to two world premieres yesterday, as the Eugene Ballet Company presented Suzanne Haag’s Look and Toni Pimble’s The Great Gatsby... Read More
Eugene Ballet takes trip back to extravagant ’20s
The Register-Guard
April 7, 2016
It’s a trip back to the extravagant 1920s when the Eugene Ballet Company presents the world premiere of Artistic Director Toni Pimble’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ on Saturday with a second performance on Sunday…. Read More