4X4 – The Ballet Project

Thursday and Friday, May 8 & 9, 2008, 7:30 pm

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

Free pre-show talk on Thursday, May 8, with the Artistic Directors in Schnitzer lower lobby at 6:45pm. Open to all ticket-holders!

Eugene Ballet Company

Artistic Director Toni Pimble

Oregon Ballet Theatre

Artistic Director Christopher Stowell

Pacific Northwest Ballet

Artistic Director Peter Boal

San Francisco Ballet

Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson

FIRST TIME TOGETHER ON THE SAME STAGE!
Four contemporary works! All Portland premieres!

With enormous pride, White Bird announces 4X4 – The Ballet Project, an exclusive collaboration created for White Bird’s 10th Anniversary season.  Oregon’s two outstanding companies, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Eugene Ballet Company, along with Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, have become vital incubators of contemporary ballet in the United States. White Bird has invited the four West Coast companies to share the stage together for the first time, and each will perform a Portland premiere of a strong contemporary work. This will be a dazzling evening you will remember for years to come.  

PROGRAM (subject to change):
Running time 120 minutes

Eugene Ballet Company
Still Falls The Rain, Choreographed by Toni Pimble, Music by Patricia van Ness

Oregon Ballet Theatre
Rush, Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon, Music by Martinu

Pacific Northwest Ballet
Shindig, Choreographed by Olivier Wevers, Music by Mozart/ Rimsky-Korsakov/ Schubert/ Stravinsky/ Leroy Anderson

San Francisco Ballet
Concerto Grosso, Choreographed by Helgi Tomasson, Music by Geminiani after Corelli

4X4 The Ballet Project is supported in part by special grants from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Oregon Cultural Trust and The Kinsman. Foundation.