Edgar Degas, Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen,
c. 1880-81 (cast posthumously, c. 1919-32),
Bronze and fabric,
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond,
the State Operationg Fund and the
Art Lovers’ Society, Photo: Katherine Wetzel,© Virginia Museum of Fine Arts |
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OREGON BALLET THEATRE
PERFORMANCES February 23 -
March 1, 2008
Keller Auditorium
Photo by Andy Batt
ZAIS
COMPANY PREMIERE
Jean-Philippe Rameau / Christopher Stowell
AFTERNOON OF A FAUN
COMPANY PREMIERE
Claude Debussy / Jerome Robbins
A WORLD PREMIERE
PAS DE DEUX
Léo Delibes / Christopher Stowell
And...
BOLERO
WORLD PREMIERE
Maurice Ravel / Nicolo Fonte |
PERFORMANCE
SYNOPSIS
DATES / TIMES
TICKETS $14 - $115
OBT WEBSITE
Oregon Ballet Theatre
818 SE Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
503.2.BALLET |
Christopher Stowell's Zais / Photo by Angela Sterling
At the heart of the French program are two duets: Jerome Robbins’ iconic, romantic encounter between dancers and audience, and Christopher Stowell’s grand pas de deux in the style of 19th-Century Paris. Bookending those works is a pair of big, company-sized ballets, one inspired by the courts of Versailles, and the other a world-premiere interpretation of Ravel’s fiery Bolero by the electrifying Nicolo Fonte.
“Fonte is a thinker, an architect who creates the new rather than reinvent the old. He is a master of manipulating space and creating relationships.”
— The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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| Saturday |
February 23 |
7:30 pm |
| Sunday |
February 24 |
2:00 pm |
| Friday |
February 29 |
7:30 pm |
| Saturday |
March 1 |
7:30 pm |
GET TICKETS $14 - $115 |
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