Saturday Matinee

There’s an unlikely addition to the star-studded lineup for the Oregon Ballet Theatre’s spectacular Dance United concert tonight. In addition to the well-known New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada, there is the Boris and Natasha Dance Troupe (under Linda Austin Dance), a group made up of five non-dancer modern dancers. One member, Peter Ames Carlin (a journalist when he’s not a modern dancer), writes hilariously about taking class with the best dancers in the world who move in ways “that God himself might not have imagined humans being capable of performing”. He calls their group, “A breath of weird air. The high art version of rodeo clowns.” Click here for his article.

Now all they need is a guy who can do the splits.

Dance United for Oregon Ballet Theatre.