Weekly Schedule May 2, 2016 - May 8, 2016

To view the May 2, 2016 - May 8, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Weekly Schedule April 25, 2016 - May 1, 2016

To view the April 25, 2016 - May 1, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

UPDATED 4/20/16: Weekly Schedule April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

UPDATED 4/20/16: To view the April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Please note that regularly scheduled classes for Levels 3 through 6 are replaced by ASP warm up classes and rehearsal. Refer to the ASP Production and Rehearsal Schedule for warm-up class and rehearsal times and locations.

If your child is in Level 3, 4, 5 or 6 and not participating in this year's ASP, they are welcome to attend the warm-up class scheduled for their level.

Level 5 & 6 Ladies - Coppelia Costume Note

Levels 5 & 6 Ladies,

Please be sure to bring a nude body liner and/or ballet bra to wear under your Coppélia costumes. 

UPDATED 4/20/16: 2016 ASP Parent Chaperone Schedule

UPDATED 4/20/16: To view the 2016 ASP Parent Chaperone Schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Weekly Schedule April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016

To view the April 18, 2016 - April 24, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Please note that regularly scheduled classes for Levels 3 through 6 are replaced by ASP warm up classes and rehearsal. Refer to the ASP Production and Rehearsal Schedule for warm-up class and rehearsal times and locations.

If your child is in Level 3, 4, 5 or 6 and not participating in this year's ASP, they are welcome to attend the warm-up class scheduled for their level.

Please Welcome Colleen Hanlon to SOBT

Dear SOBT Families,

I would like to welcome Colleen Hanlon to the school staff as our new Registrar / Children’s Coordinator.  Colleen recently moved to Portland from Tampa, Florida, where she held a similar position at America’s Ballet School / Tampa City Ballet.  Colleen has also worked as stage manager for the University of South Florida, Tampa.  Her professional experience relates directly to both the administrative and backstage support this position requires, which is one of the many reasons we’re so excited she is joining our team.  Colleen is a dancer herself (she even danced in George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker as a child with the Miami City Ballet!) and earned a B.A. in dance with a concentration in ballet from the University of South Florida.

As Colleen transitions in, we will say good-bye to Abby, who has been our temporary receptionist for the last few months.  Abby’s last day will be April 23.  I want to personally thank Abby for the fantastic job she’s done and want to wish her the very best in her future endeavors.
For the next week and a half Colleen will be working between the studio and the Newmark Theatre, and beginning the week of April 25, she’ll be stationed at the front desk.  Please feel free to introduce yourselves to Colleen and welcome her to the SOBT family.

Best wishes,

Anthony Jones
School Director

UPDATED 4/14/16: Weekly Schedule April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

UPDATED 4/14/16: To view the April 4, 2016 - April 10, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

2016 ASP Parent Chaperone Schedule

To view the 2016 ASP Parent Chaperone Schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

UPDATED 4/13/16: Weekly Schedule April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

UPDATED 4/13/16: To view the April 4, 2016 - April 10, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

2016 ASP Production Schedule

To view the 2016 ASP Production Schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

ASP Rehearsal - Saturday, April 16, & Sunday, April 17, 2016

To view the April 16 and April 17, 2016 ASP rehearsal schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

UPDATED 4/11/16: Weekly Schedule April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

UPDATED 4/11/16: To view the April 4, 2016 - April 10, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

2016 ASP Coppelia Casting - By Performance Date

To view 2016 ASP Coppelia casting by performance date please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Weekly Schedule April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016

To view the April 11, 2016 - April 17, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Box Office Extended Hours - Saturday, April 9

The box office will be open this Saturday, April 9 from 9 AM to 1PM

ASP Performance Dates

Saturday, April 23 at 1 PM

Sunday, April 24 at 1 PM

Ticket Prices

Premium seating $43

Regular seating $33

Note: Tickets are non-refundable. You may exchange your tickets at no charge, however you will not receive a refund for unused tickets.

Tickets in Person

($6 Handling fee will apply)

OBT Box Office

Monday-Friday / 9 AM - 5PM

  720 SW Bancroft St.

Portland OR, 97239

Tickets by Phone

($6 Handling fee will apply)

Call (503) 222-5538 or 1 (888) 922-5538

The Annual School Performance is recommended for ages 3 and up. 

You will need to purchase a seat for each person attending regardless of age.

All SOBT students who are cast will be in both performances for the Grand Etude.  Additional casting will be posted later this week for upper level students.

You may use promotional code Coppelia to receive 20% off of your ASP ticket purchase.

2015/16 OBT Company Season

Families of currently enrolled SOBT students receive a 25% discount on Areas 1 through 4. Tickets can purchased in person or by phone. This discount does not apply toward ASP ticket purchases. Please see box office staff with any questions.

Share this Coppelia Facebook post

Nothing feels better than a full house to performers - remember the electricity during Nutcracker?  Help us spread the word for what is going to be a fantastic ASP by sharing the following link on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/oregonballettheatre/?fref=ts

2016 ASP - Costume & Makeup Requirements

Please click here for the 2016 ASP costume, hair and makeup requirements for students by level and role.

2016 ASP - Theater Forms

For the 2016 ASP we require that each student return a Newmark Theater Release form and Volunteer Chaperone form. You may print copies of these forms from the blog by clicking here.

These forms must be returned to SOBT by Saturday, April 9. A student will not be allowed to enter the Newmark until these forms are received.

ASP Rehearsal - Saturday, April 9, & Sunday, April 10, 2016

To view the April 9 and April 10, 2016 ASP rehearsal schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.

Pick-up Policy

This is a friendly reminder that students in Children's Beginning Ballet and Levels 1 -6 should be picked-up from outside the main entrance to the Oregon Ballet Theatre building after all classes and rehearsals. 

On any given day the school can service up to 200 students, and we do not have a reception area to accommodate anywhere near that many people.  Because of this, the only way to be fair is to ask all parents to follow the same guidelines. Once we allow one parent to wait/observe from inside our small lobby area, we have to provide this same opportunity for all parents.  This just isn't possible.

This policy is also for your student's safety as we need one point of check-out for students and that is with Abby or Shea at the front door.  Parents who collect their children inside the building have been tending to bypass checking out with the receptionist, which leaves us not knowing if that child has indeed been picked-up.

Lastly, a word on our no observation policy.  We feel very strongly students work and learn best in an environment where parents aren't watching their child and/or their classmates. SOBT provides observation days for parents two weeks per year and additional days in the summer; we encourage all parents to attend these classes.

Thank you in advance for helping us maintain the safest and most ideal learning environment for your children.

Kind regards,
Anthony Jones
School Director

2016 ASP - Rehearsal Break Policy

Please remember that for those students who have more than a 75 minute break between their regular classes and rehearsal, or between rehearsal and rehearsal, they will need to be picked up.

Students may return 30 minutes prior to their next scheduled rehearsal.

Should you have any questions please contact the school at schoolofobt@obt.org.

Thank you,

SOBT Staff

UPDATED 4/5/16: Weekly Schedule April 4, 2016 - April 10, 2016

UPDATED 4/5/16: To view the April 4, 2016 - April 10, 2016 SOBT weekly schedule please see the Pages section of the blog or click here.