Oregon Ballet Theatre: Wooden Dimes
$29-$115
- James M. "Jim" Stephenson, conductor
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Prelude in B minor, Op. 32, No. 10 (part of 'Three Preludes')
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Prelude in F-sharp minor, Op. 23, No. 1 (part of 'Three Preludes')
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Prelude in A minor, Op. 32, No. 9 (part of 'Three Preludes')
Erik Debono (Clyde Dimension) — Selected works (part of 'Just Above the Surface')
Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) — Selected works (part of 'Just Above the Surface')
Frans de Waard (Freiband) — Selected works (part of 'Just Above the Surface')
Arvo Pärt — Selected works (part of 'Just Above the Surface')
Michel Banabila — Selected works (part of 'Just Above the Surface')
OBT Artistic Director Dani Rowe's dramatic one-act ballet Wooden Dimes launches audiences into the tumultuous relationship of 1920s-era chorus girl Betty Fine and her husband Robert, a passion ultimately ripped apart by resentment and jealousy. Originally produced as a film during the pandemic for San Francisco Ballet's digital season, Wooden Dimes will be brought to life on stage in this exciting premiere featuring the OBT Orchestra with Guest Conductor and Wooden Dimes Composer, James M. Stephenson.
Sharing the program is a romance with a brighter ending, Ben Stevenson's Three Preludes. A cautious studio flirtation between two dancers transforms into an affair under the influence of the rapturous Rachmaninoff score. Just Above the Surface by New York-based Choreographer Yue Yin completes the program. Described by Culture Vulture as a "goosebump-inducing" work, this ensemble piece "seduces the audience to sway along while hoping that it will never end."
Runs Apr. 5-13.