The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current, May 24, 2018, Page 3, Image 3

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    MAY 24, 2018 // 3
Local dance students open
for Oregon Ballet Theatre
ASTORIA — Families in As-
toria will enjoy Oregon Ballet
performances much closer to
home when OBT2 — Oregon
Ballet Theatre’s junior com-
pany — performs for the first
time in venues beyond the
Portland Metro region.
The performance — 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 2, at the Asto-
ria High School Auditorium
— opens with a performance
featuring 30 local dance stu-
dents from Astoria School of
Ballet, Encore Dance Studio
and Maddox Dance Studio.
The short contemporary piece
is choreographed by Robyn
Ulibarri, one of Oregon Ballet
coast
Theatre’s teaching artists
OBT2 is led by Program
Director Lisa Sundstrom, an
Astoria native who received
her early dance training from
Jeanne Maddox Peterson.
For the show, OBT2 danc-
ers will perform a collection
of excerpts from iconic classi-
cal and contemporary ballets.
The works will explore bal-
let’s rich and varied history.
Established in 2015, OBT2
is composed of talented
dancers, chosen from the
most gifted students at the top
levels of the Oregon Ballet
Theatre School.
In addition to the OBT2
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performance in Astoria,
OBT’s Educational Outreach
department will spend time
at Astoria’s Lewis and Clark
Elementary school, they
will train teachers on how to
capitalize on dance to fulfill
school curricula, as well as
work with hundreds of stu-
dents, sharing ways that dance
can become an important part
of their lives.
General admission tickets,
priced at $7, are available at
the door and in advance on
eventbrite.com.
The Astoria High School
Auditorium is located at 1001
W. Marine Drive.
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