David Bowie Meets Ballet
It’s the best of times… …and, it’s the worst of times—which is the best time to experience the feelings that make each and every one of us human. That’s why I’m seeing the David Bowie tribute ballet Star Dust, on…
Dancer of the Week: Alessandro Angelini
This season we’re featuring a Eugene Ballet dancer every week to help you get to know these talented artists bringing our season’s ballets to life. Got something you’ve always wanted to ask a professional dancer? Email your questions to [email protected],…
Dancer of the Week: Vivien Farrell
This season we’re featuring a Eugene Ballet dancer every week to help you get to know these talented artists bringing our season’s ballets to life. Got something you’ve always wanted to ask a professional dancer? Email your questions to [email protected],…
Interplay: A New Collaboration
Eugene Ballet (EB) and the University of Oregon (UO) Department of Dance are proud to announce an exciting collaboration in Spring of 2019—a new performance event bringing dancers and choreographers from each organization to audiences in the intimate…
Join the Snow Queen at the EUG Parade!
Academy students and families! You can be in The EUG Parade on Sunday, July 29! Watch your email for details on how to participate in Eugene Ballet’s parade entry, Not Frozen. Costumes will be provided and students will dance alongside…
The People of Peer Gynt: Michael Peterson
Eugene Ballet’s production of Peer Gynt is a showcase of artist collaboration: Toni Pimble, Brian McWhorter, Satoko Motouji and Jessey Zepeda have each played an important role in bringing Peer Gynt to fruition. Yet there is still something, someone, missing.…
The People of Peer Gynt: Jessey Zepeda
By: Anna Herring It’s hard to describe what Jessey Zepeda does because he works on so many different things. At one extreme, his job revolves around custom builds of everything from cabinets, to theater sets, to installations for corporate events.…
40th Season Announcement!
Eugene Ballet celebrates our 40th anniversary with a fabulous season of dance infused with theater, passion, and joy, including two full length ballets inspired by Shakespeare’s plays. In October we present a very contemporary Hamlet set to the music of…
The People of Peer Gynt: Satoko Motouji
By: Anna Herring Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is not your typical theater play. In the book History of Theatre, Peer Gynt’s 40 scenes are described as “moving uninhibitedly in time and space and between conscious and unconscious, blending folkloric fantasy…
The People of Peer Gynt: Brian McWhorter
By: Anna Herring When the curtain closes on a Eugene Ballet performance, Orchestra NEXT conductor Brian McWhorter doesn’t want you to remember the score. In fact, he would think it a compliment if you were to say “I didn’t realize…