Oregon Ballet Theatre: Come Closer
“Hélène Simoneau’s Departures, which makes its welcome return here as the program opener. Seeing this deftly constructed work up close—a mosaic of inventive partnering—is a pleasure, revealing moments that I missed at last year’s debut in Washington Park.”
Source: Oregon ArtsWatch
“Hélène Simoneau’s Departures, which makes its welcome return here as the program opener. Seeing this deftly constructed work up close—a mosaic of inventive partnering—is a pleasure, revealing moments that I missed at last year’s debut in Washington Park.”
Source: Oregon ArtsWatch
DanceWatch Weekly: Hélène Simoneau and “Closer”
Simoneau is an independent choreographer, dancer, and teacher, who, at the time of our interview, lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and directed her own 12-member dance company. Hélène Simoneau Danse had a yearly season in North Carolina and seasons every other year in New York.
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
Simoneau is an independent choreographer, dancer, and teacher, who, at the time of our interview, lived in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and directed her own 12-member dance company. Hélène Simoneau Danse had a yearly season in North Carolina and seasons every other year in New York.
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
Thrilling New Work for Oregon Ballet Theatre
“The movement was weighty yet light, skimming the ground, apart from sudden breathtaking moments of flight. Bodies stacked to make curves on curves; dancers pulled each other with great daring into sweeping arcs; trios revolved in tight intimacy. Notable in scarlet, Xuan Cheng and Brian Simcoe connected spectacularly and effortlessly, in an almost playful mood..”
Source: BackTrack
“The movement was weighty yet light, skimming the ground, apart from sudden breathtaking moments of flight. Bodies stacked to make curves on curves; dancers pulled each other with great daring into sweeping arcs; trios revolved in tight intimacy. Notable in scarlet, Xuan Cheng and Brian Simcoe connected spectacularly and effortlessly, in an almost playful mood..”
Source: BackTrack
Oregon Ballet Tackles Ballet's Gender Problem
Oregon Ballet Theater set out last year to change this with a new competition called Choreography XX. Of nearly 100 applicants, they chose three women from around the continent — Gioconda Barbuto, Helen Simoneau, and Nicole Haskins — to create new works, set them on the company, and premiere them at free concerts at Washington Park's Rose Garden Amphitheater on June 29 and 30.
Source: OPB
Oregon Ballet Theater set out last year to change this with a new competition called Choreography XX. Of nearly 100 applicants, they chose three women from around the continent — Gioconda Barbuto, Helen Simoneau, and Nicole Haskins — to create new works, set them on the company, and premiere them at free concerts at Washington Park's Rose Garden Amphitheater on June 29 and 30.
Source: OPB
DanceWatch Weekly: Helen Simoneau’s work in progress
I was able to sit down with choreographer Helen Simoneau to learn about her work and her process for her new ballet “Departures.”
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
I was able to sit down with choreographer Helen Simoneau to learn about her work and her process for her new ballet “Departures.”
Source: Oregon Arts Watch
