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Local dance students open for Oregon Ballet Theatre
ASTORIA — Families in
Astoria will enjoy Oregon
Ballet performances close
to home when OBT2 —
Oregon Ballet Theatre’s
junior company — performs
for the first time in venues
beyond the Portland Metro
region.
The performance — 7
p.m. Saturday, June 2, at
the Astoria High School
Auditorium — opens with
a performance featuring 30
local dance students 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 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.
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For the show, OBT2
dancers will perform a
collection of excerpts from
iconic classical and contem-
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the top levels of the Oregon
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General admission
tickets, priced at $7, are
available at the door and in
advance on eventbrite.com.
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Auditorium is located at
1001 W. Marine Drive.
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