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Regence.inddREGE4363_AquatherapyOR_Skies_8.375x10.875.indd 2 1 10/3/139/6/13 1:101:40 PM Job Number REGE4296 Client Regence AD TS September 3, 2013 2:17 PM Size 8.375x10.875 Created 9/3/2013 Prod AM Bleed 8.625x11.125 Issue — Colors Live 7.625x10.125 Close Date 9/5/2013 File Name: REGE4363_AquatherapyOR_Skies_8.375x10.875 Pub: Skies Arts Programs: OR Symphony; Anything Goes; Dream COMPANY ROSTER KEVIN IRVING Artistic Director BRETT BAUER XUAN CHENG CHAUNCEY PARSONS ALISON ROPER BRIAN SIMCOE HAIYAN WU CANDACE BOUCHARD ANSA DEGUCHI YE LI JARED BRUNSON EVA BURTON MARTINA CHAVEZ JENNIFER CHRISTIE CHRISTOPHER COSTANTINI ADAM HARTLEY MAKINO HAYASHI JORDAN KINDELL KOHHEI KUWANA MICHAEL LINSMEIER JENNA NELSON OLIVIA ORNELAS AVERY REINERS Jessica Lind Danica Marsh Katherine Monogue Kimberly Nobriga Jacqueline Schiller Ethan Schweitzer-Gaslin OBT STAFF ARTISTIC Janet George, Orchestra Personnel Manager DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING Lisa Kipp, Rehearsal Director Kirsten Norvell, Head Music Librarian Ben Wood, Interim Director of Marketing & Jeffrey Stanton, Ballet Master Rachel Rencher, Assistant Music Librarian Development Tracey Sartorio, Executive Assistant to the James Bartlett, Audience Services Manager Artistic Director FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Candace Bouchard, Marketing Coordinator Irina Golberg, Prinicipal Accompanist Neville Wellman, Director of Finance & Erica Anne Bready, Group Sales Manager David Saffert, Rehearsal Pianist Operations Sam Cole, Box Offi ce Representative Doreen Flores, Staff Accountant Lauren Cooper, Development Offi cer PRODUCTION Paul Nicholson, Consultant Kristan Knapp, Retail & Volunteer Manager Bill Anderson, Director of Production Keely McIntyre, Grants Manager Shannon Goffe, Production Administrator THE SCHOOL OF OREGON BALLET THEATRE Alison Roper, Development Associate Victoria A. Epstein, Stage Manager Anthony Jones, School Director Emily Tucker, Development Associate Shari Goss, Production Assistant & Child Catherine Levi, Interim School Administrator Coordinator Karin Cravotta, School Receptionist EDUCATION OUTREACH Michael Mazzola, Resident Lighting Gavin Larsen, Elise Legere, Kembe Staley, Kasandra Gruener, Director of Education Designer Olivia Pyne, Kevin Poe, Katarina Svetlova, Outreach Ian Anderson-Priddy, Production Electrician Xuan Cheng*, Ye Li*, Alison Roper*, Brook Manning, Dance Historian & Steve Branson, Sound Designer Jeffrey Stanton*, School Faculty Teaching Artist Tobi de Goede, Director of Costume & Irina Golberg, David Saffert, Chris Nickels, Linda Besant, Lecturer/Historian Wardrobe Katie Pyne, Robert Huffman, Ayako Pam Jett-Goodrich, First Hand Matsuo, Susan Peck, Ray McKean, Playbill assistance provided by Eileen Ehlert, Wardrobe Assistant & Alec Pemberton, John Scoville, Rachel Austen & Bianca McCarthy Footwear Specialist Accompanists Sara Beukers, Wigs & Makeup Designer *Courtesy of OBT 2013-2014 SEASON / 3 OBTMND_Roster.indd 3 10/3/13 1:43 PM SPONSORS10 '08 skies 6th glass2:performing arts one-sixth ve Oregon Ballet Theatre would like to express our most sincere thanks to the generous sponsors listed below. PRESENTING SPONSORS SEASON SUPPORT OBT is supported in part by grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts The Regional Arts & Culture Council, Work for Art, including including support from the City of contributions from more Portland and Multnomah County than 70 companies and 1900 employees GLASS JEWELRY CERAMIC WOOD METAL FURNITURE FIBER DOWNTOWN PORTLAND AIRPORT 503.223.9 510 503.284.9929 W W W . T H E R E A L M O T H E R G O O S E . C O M The Boeing Company Cuisine of the Italian and French Riviera Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Sunday Brunch Happy Hour Daily from 4 - 6 pm Thanks to MRealty for supporting OBT Exposed Valet Parking at Hotel Modera Jazz Friday & Saturday Nights BOARD OF TRUSTEES Available for Private Parties Ken Hick Nancy Locke Angela Polin Harold Goldstein Brad Miller Chair Vice Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Adjacent to the Hotel Modera Cheri Cooley-Hick Cary Jackson Yale Popowich 1408 SW 6TH AVENUE Rita Duyn Charles L. Jones Dean Richardson PORTLAND, OR 97201 503.484.1099 Nancy W. Frisch John Lenyo Kevin Irving, Ex-Offi cio William Gaar Cate Millar Candace Bouchard, Reservations at nelcentro.com Sally Ann Hopper Nancy J. Miller Ex-Offi cio CHEF / OWNER DAVID MACHADO Ken Ivey Sharon Mirarchi 4 / OREGON BALLET THEATRE OBTCB_Sponsors.indd 4 10/3/13 1:59 PM Salishan.indd 5 10/3/13 1:40 PM FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR turn thoughts, ideas, mischief and emotions I was not born but to love thee into shapes—they give to ‘airy nothing’ the my soul is patterned to thy measures concrete form of the experience we share with and because of my soul’s habit I do love thee you tonight in this DREAM. I confess to owe thee all I have for thee I was born, for thee I am alive Love looks not with the eyes, but with the for thee I have to die, and for thee I die. mind… Sonnet V (de la Vega) Helena, Act I, scene 1 The eye of man hath not heard, the ear ove must be the greatest motivator of the of man hath not seen, man’s hand is not The poet’s eye, in a fi ne frenzy rolling, Lpoets—and it is love that is at the center of able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth our DREAM tonight. For the fi rst time ever, his heart to report, what my dream was. to heaven; OBT presents a work by the world-renowned Bottom, Act IV, scene 1 And as imagination bodies forth Spaniard Nacho Duato, and one of his most The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen beloved works at that. Por Vos Muero, (which hakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing translates as “For Thee I Die”), is a testament Sone of his most well-known and treasured A local habitation and a name. to Duato’s incredible ability to seamlessly works; Christopher Stowell’s 2007 ballet based Theseus, Act V, scene 1 integrate a highly emotive state with classical on this play is one of OBT’s most treasured ballet vocabulary. He is inspired by the music works—and we are thrilled to see it return to th hat is dance if not poetry realized in of the Golden Age of Spain (roughly the 15 - our repertory. Witty, capricious, smart, and th Wmotion? Certainly we can draw a 17 centuries) and the love poetry of Garcilaso beautiful all at once, this DREAM is one you parallel between the kind of poetry one recites de la Vega—one of the most important poets want to stay within long after the fi nal strains of and the poetry of a dancer in motion. Tonight’s of the Spanish language. Without ever losing the familiar Mendelssohn melodies have faded. program features two poetic works that both sight of his modern aesthetic, Duato has Bottom’s confusion, the mischief of Puck, and draw inspiration from verse of the 1500s—two created an experience of such tender fervor and the relentless pursuits of the star-crossed lovers contemporary choreographers look back across ecstatic joy that we can all share the intensity of point to what utter fools love can make of us the centuries, and through their imaginations the poet when he says: all—but who does not want, at some point, to be that much a fool for the poetry of love? While it may be true that... The course of true love never did run smooth Lysander, Act I, scene 1 ...the journey we take into those magical woods, riding on the wings of Stowell’s imagination, fi lls us with a belief in the power #weheartthearts and necessity of the poetry all around us. We hope you enjoy this DREAM we present to you tonight, and we look forward to seeing you We’re not just into the arts. back at another performance of Oregon Ballet Theatre as we begin a new journey to reveal and We are the arts. celebrate the beauty and potent magic of ballet. We’re painters, writers and thinkers. Lovers of the ballet, the symphony, and The Schnitz. Because Terwilliger Plaza is more than a place to live, it’s a place to express yourself. From square dancing to architecture, blogging to fiber arts, we are who we are. We Kevin Irving love what we love. And we support Artistic Director it. Isn’t that what self-expression is all about? Learn more about how we express ourselves – here and in the city – at: terwilligerplaza.com/weheartthearts. 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