Heaven and Earth
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 … Continue reading
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In Flight on the Last Night of 2021
Ballet Fantastique’s Arrivals: Rio premieres at the Hult Center followed by a NYE afterparty
Ballet Fantastique has defined itself by creative originality and fearless collaboration over the last decade, with the company’s founding mother-daughter team, Donna and Hannah Bontrager, … Continue reading
Eugene Ballet: The Nutcracker
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 … Continue reading
Back in Character
Cinderella marks Eugene Ballet Company’s return to performing after a long pandemic hiatus
Mark Tucker lingers in the air for a moment after launching into the first jump in his solo as Prince Charming. A principal dancer with … Continue reading
Breakdancing to Tchaikovsky
The Hip Hop Nutcracker takes the classic tale to New York in the ’80s
The winter holidays are a time to bring together our friends and families, a time for keeping traditions alive. Kurtis “The Breaks” Blow, rapper and … Continue reading
Ballet Fantastique
Another heatwave comes late this week, but don’t fret — Ballet Fantastique comes to the rescue with the first of its sizzling summer outdoor performances … Continue reading
Jewels: New Vintage Vignettes from BFAN
An actual audience! Performances in front of people! Ballet Fantastique is among the first local art groups to give it a go this weekend when … Continue reading
Ballet On The Green — Preview Night
They will have to avoid the rough, the sand traps and water hazards, but if the dancers of Ballet Fantastique stay on the green, they … Continue reading
A Steampunk Shrew
Eugene artist Joseph Mross designs the look for a Eugene Ballet production next year of Taming of the Shrew
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
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