Eugene Ballet: At the Barre

Eugene Ballet
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Welcome to Eugene Ballet: At the Barre, a podcast by the dancers of Eugene Ballet. We will be hosting weekly discussions, as well as weekly interviews with the dancers, staff, and special guests of Eugene Ballet.

  1. Voices of the Celebration: Penny Saunders

    02/11/2022

    Voices of the Celebration: Penny Saunders

    Theaters are sacred places. They are the spaces where choreographers can tell their stories and share their art, where composers and musicians can present a score and deliver it with generous artistic consideration, or even where lectures, broadway shows, and plays have a chance to live on stage and impart their great art in a symbiotic relationship that dares to be rivaled to the same degree in other domains. So truly, there is a special nature that exists within those spaces. The art that happens to exist and grace these stages may be ephemeral in the sense that once the show is over and everyone has left, another show will take its place like clockwork. However, the people, ideas, and art that make their mark on these stages, as well as the impression they leave on us, live on within those walls well after we have all moved on, they add to the history, personality, and electricity that can be sensed and felt in the air of theaters everywhere. In todays episode, I sit down with Penny Saunders, resident choreographer of Grand Rapids ballet and creator of “ghost light” which will be featured in the celebration of the uncommon woman. Join us as we discuss the ideas behind “ghost light”, what you can expect to see when experiencing this ballet, and much more. Please enjoy.

    12 min
  2. Voices of the Celebration: Nicole Haskins

    02/10/2022

    Voices of the Celebration: Nicole Haskins

    In today's episode, I sit down with Choreographer Nicole Haskins to talk about her ballet "Illuminations", the role that chance encounters and snapshot moments play in our lives, and so much more. Please enjoy.

    17 min
  3. Voices of the Celebration: Suzanne Haag

    02/07/2022

    Voices of the Celebration: Suzanne Haag

    Today, I sit down with Eugene ballet’s resident choreographer, Suzanne Haag to discuss her original choreography “With Your Own Wings”, what this piece and celebration mean to her, and so much more. Please enjoy.

    15 min
  4. Voices of the Celebration: Toni Pimble

    02/05/2022

    Voices of the Celebration: Toni Pimble

    So much has happened since we last met- a new season has begun, we successfully made our return to the stage after a long hiatus from live performances, and we are now in the process of bringing a very special program to life, “the celebration of the uncommon woman”. All this to say, it has been a busy time, and readjusting to the daily routine, physical strain, and regular exertion that is required for and intrinsic to the unique demands of our work. But I can say with certainty that it’s so good to be back.  Over the course of the next week, we present to you the voices, views and perspectives of the amazing choreographers behind our program in some fascinating, bite sized episodes that you can listen to anywhere and anytime. In this episode, I sit down with Eugene Ballet’s artistic director Toni Pimble to talk about the significance of this program both from a historical perspective and in the present tense, what excites her the most about this program, and much more. Please enjoy.

    15 min

  5. 03/28/2021

    Lunch Break: with Antonio Lopez

    Antonio checks in on his class work, rehearsals, and his artistic pursuits outside the ballet studio. Enjoy!

    13 min

  6. 03/14/2021

    Lunch Break: Alessandro Angelini

    New Series. Join Mark Tucker and Alessandro Angelini in a new short series where we sit down with a dancer on a rehearsal break and catch up with what they are working on in class, current ballets they are rehearsing, their current inspirations, and much more.

    15 min

  7. 02/22/2021

    ABT's Rachel Richardson, Artist in Residence

    In today’s episode I sit down with Artist in Residence Rachel Richardson from ABT, one of the world's leading ballet companies. Rachel was born and raised in Eugene. We talk about her early training and her road to ABT. We discuss freedom in dance and where that comes from. We talk about class mentality and competitive dancers. I ask about her favorite ballets and what she enjoys about ABT. And finish with what it's like to be exposed to culture from around the world due to the abundances of diversity in dance. It was a joy speaking with her, enjoy the episode.

    35 min

  8. 02/01/2021

    Artistic Freedom with Sarah Kosterman and Josh Downard

    In this episode I sat down with Eugene Ballet company dancers Sarah Kosterman and Josh Downard to discuss how they have been using their time away from the company to grow closer to their art and come back to dancing life stronger than they left it. They have been working on pas de deux's from different eras of classical ballet as well as some of Artistic Director Toni Pimble’s repertoire. We get into the challenges of self-coaching, their personal discoveries, where they sourced the choreography, studying other dancers, and how having freedom to choose what they work on has invigorated their passion for dance.

    35 min
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Welcome to Eugene Ballet: At the Barre, a podcast by the dancers of Eugene Ballet. We will be hosting weekly discussions, as well as weekly interviews with the dancers, staff, and special guests of Eugene Ballet.

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  • Creator
    Eugene Ballet
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Eugene Ballet