Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker Tickets

Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker is a breathtaking performance of the most popular ballet production in America, The Nutcracker. This superb production is the work of the Oregon Ballet Theatre. This one in a million ballet company was founded back in 1989 after the Pacific Ballet Theatre and Ballet Oregon, two renowned ballet companies in the state of Oregon, merger together. The first artistic director the Oregon Ballet Theatre was James Canfield who has formerly been part of the Joffrey Ballet as well as the principal dancer of the Pacific Ballet Theatre. As the first director, he was responsible for growing the repertoire of this amazing ballet company to eighty ballets including the best in classical, contemporary and new ballet works.

At present, Christopher Stowell is the artistic director of the Oregon Ballet Theatre and thus one of the main figures behind Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker performance. Before becoming the artistic director of this ballet company, he was the principal dancer at the famous San Francisco Ballet for around sixteen years. From 2003 onwards, he has also expanded the repertoire of the Oregon Ballet Theatre to contain works of Sir Frederick Ashton, William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon and Lar Lubovitch. New works by James Kudelka, Yuri Possokhov, Trey McIntyre, Nicolo Fonte and Julia Adam have also been added into the repertoire with the artistic director, Christopher Stowell, also choreographing nine new and different ballets alongwith dancers at the Oregon Ballet Theatre ballet company.

Today, this renowned American ballet company performs several ballets each and every season. It has yearly seasons that are made up of five different programs each with its own set of ballet performances. The Oregon Ballet Theatre is located at the PortlandCenter for the Performing Arts where it performs many of its performances including the Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker performances as well as going on sensational national tours and regional tours. This one of a kind ballet company has also been featured in the media; examples include the Pointe magazine that also included a cover of the company’s principal dancer, Kathi Martuza. This superb ballet company has also performed at the JohnF.KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts; it performed RUSH by Christopher Wheeldon back in 2008 to much popularity and critical acclaim.

This smashing ballet company is also behind the famous School of Oregon Ballet Theatre whose director is Damara Bennett, a former member of the San Francisco Ballet and the founder of the renowned CityBalletSchool in the city of San Francisco.

The Nutcracker is the most popular ballet in America and part of the Christmas holiday tradition. In fact, most ballet companies regularly perform it every year and many cities have a performance of The Nutcracker as a tradition; this includes New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Portland. In Portland, Oregon, it is performances like Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker that are most watched; indeed, even you can easily watch it live if you use Oregon Ballet Theatre The Nutcracker Tickets with friends, family and loved ones.

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