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Dance: Page 3

A Steampunk Shrew

Eugene artist Joseph Mross designs the look for a Eugene Ballet production next year of Taming of the Shrew

Dance 5 years ago

Leave it to Eugene Ballet to pull off a steampunk adaptation of Shakespeare’s most controversial play, Taming of the Shrew.  That’s right, you read that … Continue reading →

Ballet Fantastique’s Alice in Wonderland Watch Party

Dance 5 years ago

It starts with the troubling and recurring dream as well as the mourning of the loss of her father. She attends a stifling high-society garden … Continue reading →

Celtic Nintendo Ballet

Dragon and the Night Queen takes flight despite injuries

Dance 5 years ago
Photo of dancer Madeline Gambino

Ballet Fantastique danced with multi-mythological ambitions on wounded wings in Dragon and the Night Queen, an original ballet that pairs nicely with a Guinness. With … Continue reading →

Poised for Wonder 

Eugene Ballet offers both a classic and a brand-new work

Dance 5 years ago

Eugene Ballet is putting on a whimsical double feature Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 8 and 9, with its oft-performed Alice in Wonderland and an all-new … Continue reading →

A Legacy in Dance

Meet the Bontragers of Ballet Fantastique

Dance 5 years ago

Hannah and Ashley Bontrager were practically born into the arts, dancing before they could walk.   “Not a lot of girls get to grow up … Continue reading →

Keeping Score

OrchestraNext’s Brian McWhorter has re-orchestrated Eugene Ballet’s Swan Lake from a mystery recording

Dance 5 years ago

When Eugene Ballet performs Swan Lake Nov. 9 and 10, live music will come from OrchestraNext, a student-professional orchestra conducted by Eugene musician Brian McWhorter.  … Continue reading →

Dance Macabre 

Ballet Fantastique dances a horror show in Nevermore

Dance 5 years ago

Ballet Fantastique thrills and chills with another world premiere, this time in the spirit of the spooky. Nevermore, which ran at the Hult Center Oct. … Continue reading →

Latinx Voices

Dance 5 years ago

In its second season of existence, the dance ensemble Company Movimiento has sharpened its focus to take on the broad topics of social justice for … Continue reading →

A Pharaoh for All Seasons

Beats Antique trades belly dancers for ballerinas in Ballet Fantastique’s Cleopatra

Dance 6 years ago

Cleopatra was immortalized in popular culture long before Elizabeth Taylor sported winged eyeliner and Monica Geller cornrows. Yet I’m willing to bet that not too … Continue reading →

A Futuristic Dance With The Past

Eugene Ballet’s Firebird is A haunting blend of Russian folklore

Dance 6 years ago

I love life’s little synchronicities, like how a man named Igor created one of the most recognizably creepy compositions in music history.  In a dystopian … Continue reading →

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