Bridging town and gown through dance By Gary Ferrington There has often been a social and cultural distance between an institution of higher education and the city that surrounds it. This detachment between town and gown dates back to the…
A Graceful Transition Where others have stumbled, Eugene Ballet takes a lighter approach to the challenge of succession By Bob Keefer Four decades ago, Toni Pimble came to Eugene with her then-husband, Riley Grannan, to start a ballet company.…
Love Hurts EBC and Orchestra Next collaborate on a first-rate Romeo & Juliet By Rachael Carnes As a little kid in the ’70s, I wore a groove in my parent’s vinyl record of Leonard Bernstein conducting and narrating the New…
‘Romeo & Juliet’: Eugene Ballet moves to a flaming score By Matthew Denis The Eugene Ballet’s interpretation of “Romeo & Juliet” may not include Shakespeare’s quintessential wordplay, but there are real-life sword fights aplenty. Artistic Director Toni Pimble brought on…
Magic is in the details for Eugene Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ The holiday classic runs Friday through Sunday at the Hult Center By Emily Goodykoontz Eugene Ballet has traded in its horse-drawn sleigh for a hot air balloon and pirouetting snowflakes for…
STITCHES IN TIME THE FASHION ARTISTRY OF JONNA HAYDEN By Mikael Krummel | Published December 2018 Jonna Hayden designs and builds costumes—incredible costumes! Her costumes aren’t the ones you might find at Halloween parties or those you might see at…
A local investor bullish on the area just south of downtown Eugene wants to build a five-story building with apartments, luxury condos and space for the Eugene Ballet Company and local arts nonprofit groups. Alex Haugland’s project, called “The Midtown,”…
After years of dreaming and ideation, Eugene Ballet’s The Snow Queen premiered this weekend, a dazzling spectacle of stagecraft that was most compelling in its moments of pure, unadorned dance. It’s the largest production in Eugene Ballet Company’s 38 years, featuring the…
Next weekend, Eugene Ballet Company premiers a work years in the making. It’s a new adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” with a modern score by Portland-based composer Kenji Bunch. A prolific composer, still in his early 40s, his works have…
For the Eugene Ballet Co.’s coming world-premiere production of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” building the icy villain’s striking, otherworldly look has been a welcome challenge for local makeup artist Roxy Allen. Artistic director Toni Pimble’s new ballet, with…