DANCE UNITED - A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR OREGON BALLET THEATRE

In what promises to be the most impressive array of dance talent that has ever shared a Portland stage, OBT presents DANCE UNITED, a benefit performance to raise funds to help reduce a sizeable shortfall in our operating budget. Leading dancers from world-class companies across North America are performing in support of us.

DANCE UNITED: A Benefit Performance for Oregon Ballet Theatre

June 12, 2009 at 7:30pm / Keller Auditorium

Tickets start at $50 and are available now by calling 503.2.BALLET or visiting www.obt.org.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster starting Monday, June 1st

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY DANCERS FROM:

NEW YORK CITY BALLET
Megan Fairchild & Daniel Ulbricht in George Balanchine's Tarantella
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Sarah Van Patten & Damian Smith in Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain
BALLET WEST
Christiana Bennett & Christopher Ruud in Ivanov's White Swan Pas de Deux
HOUSTON BALLET
Melody Herrera & Ian Casady in Stanton Welch's Falling Pas de Deux
THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA
Zdenek Konvalina  in Maurice Béjart's Greek Dances

TREY MCINTYRE PROJECT
John Michael Schert in Trey McIntyre's Leatherwing Bat
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET

Carla Korbes & Jeffrey Stanton in George Balanchine's Diamonds
THE JOFFREY
BOSTON BALLET

Melissa Hough & James Whiteside in TBA

WHITE BIRD presenting MINH TRAN & COMPANY
BODYVOX

LINDA AUSTIN DANCE
OREGON BALLET THEATRE
*More companies, both local and national, are expected to join the program and will be announced as added.

The press release can be found here.

The Oregonian article can be found here.