by Olympic Ballet | Apr 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Guest dancer Guillaume Basso and OBT company dancer Taylor Lim dance the roles of Solor and Gamzatti. La Bayadère, set in ancient India, tells the story of the bayadère (the temple dancer) Nikiya and the warrior Solor, who are in love with each other. The High Brahmin...
by Olympic Ballet | Mar 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Alberto Gaspar is an OBT company dancer and choreographer. He has created Transfigurations (2019), 1 in 10^2,685,000 (2022), and Capriccio del Cuore (2023) for the company. This year, his neoclassical piece 1 in 10^2,685,000 will return for April’s production of...
by Olympic Ballet | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Alin Cristian Oprea & Lidia Kalendareva What’s your artistic background and when did you start composing? We are composers for ballet, theatre, stage, and film—but above all, we are storytellers through music. Our journey began in childhood when we first put...
by Olympic Ballet | Feb 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
A celebrated dancer and choreographer, Nadja Saidakova brings a wealth of experience to Olympic Ballet Theatre with her latest work, Elegia. After a long career as a principal dancer with Staatsballett Berlin, Nadja has expanded her artistry into teaching, coaching,...
by Olympic Ballet | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Raymonda is a grand classical ballet in three acts, with music composed by Alexander Glazunov and choreography by Marius Petipa. It was first staged for the Imperial Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 19, 1898, and is a celebrated example of...
by Olympic Ballet | Feb 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
What inspired you to create Luna? Luna was originally created for New York City Ballet in 2017. It was the first ballet I choreographed upon leaving my professional dance career, so in some ways, this piece represents that departure and my desire to prolong the...
