Eugene Ballet

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
Eugene Ballet opened in Eugene in 1979, performing The Soldier's Tale. In 1982, the company toured and performed in <a href="/facts/Taiwan/VcJoUD8w">Taiwan</a>. Other highlights of the company's early history include their 1990 performance of <a href="/facts/Ken_Kesey/6KBxNHhG">Ken Kesey</a>'s Little Tricker the Squirrel meets Big Double the Bear, their first performances of Swan Lake in 1992, and Arts America international tour funded by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Information_Agency/UCaNffto">U.S. Information Agency</a> in 1995.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a>
The company performed with <a href="/facts/Pink_Martini/UYFERIKp">Pink Martini</a> in 2006 and 2018.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> Eugene Ballet joined in performance with <a href="/facts/San_Francisco_Ballet/CMcNVtKU">San Francisco Ballet</a>, <a href="/facts/Pacific_Northwest_Ballet/jp9yPuPF">Pacific Northwest Ballet</a>, and <a href="/facts/Oregon_Ballet_Theatre/WzfdrYHc">Oregon Ballet Theatre</a> at <a href="/facts/Arlene_Schnitzer_Concert_Hall/tWzDXoEc">Schnitzer Concert Hall</a> in <a href="/facts/Portland%2c_Oregon/wwBx1Hrv">Portland, Oregon</a> in 2008.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> The company has also performed in the <a href="/facts/Oregon_Festival_of_American_Music/l5FaFoVh">Oregon Festival of American Music</a> and the <a href="/facts/Oregon_Bach_Festival/scw1IEcX">Oregon Bach Festival</a>, as well as with the American Symphonia, <a href="/facts/Oregon_Mozart_Players/URTPaJzg">Oregon Mozart Players</a>, and the Eugene Opera,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>
Eugene Ballet's Suzanne Haag is the Resident Choreographer. She was given this role in 2018 after performing with the company for 15 years. <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>

<h2 id="programs">Programs</h2>
<h3>Repertoire of classical ballets</h3>
Eugene Ballet performed Firebird at the 1982 opening of the Hult Center.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
The company received a $15,000 <a href="/facts/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts/VMuTnxAq">National Endowment for the Arts</a> grant in 2018, "To support the premiere of Peer Gynt, a multimedia ballet by choreographer Toni Pimble based on Henrik Ibsen's fairy tale play, Peer Gynt."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>
Other classical ballets in the company's reperetoire include Swan Lake,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a> The Nutcracker,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> and Schéhérazade.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>

<h3>Eugene Ballet Academy</h3>
The Eugene Ballet Academy begin offering lessons in 1964, "To provide a sound education and inspiring opportunities in dance that nurture, motivate and instill an appreciation of the art of classical ballet and dance repertoire."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a> It serves dance students from age three to adult.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a> Eugene Ballet Academy and Eugene Ballet Company have Pre-Professional and Aspirant programs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>

<h2 id="financials">Financials</h2>
Revenues in 2018 exceeded USD $2.78 million, and total assets more than $3.630 million.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a>

<h2 id="awards-grants">Awards, grants</h2>
<ul><li>Governors Arts Awards for Excellence in the Arts, 1996<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></li>
<li>In 2017, the <a href="/facts/Eugene_Weekly/84opNAyQ">Eugene Weekly</a> reported EBC had received <a href="/facts/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts/VMuTnxAq">NEA</a> grants for 20 years.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://eugeneballet.org/">Eugene Ballet official website</a></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhQtrhsw08">Video, "Eugene Ballet Turns 40"</a> on <a href="/facts/YouTube_video_(identifier)/db276jst">YouTube</a>, video, 4:25</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeK1B_jlMYU">Eugene Ballet's Peer Gynt with Orchestra Next</a> on <a href="/facts/YouTube_video_(identifier)/db276jst">YouTube</a>, video, 1:37:57</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lIS0VmzIxI">Eugene Ballet's The Firebird</a> on <a href="/facts/YouTube_video_(identifier)/db276jst">YouTube</a>, video, 47:00</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:2">"History". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">"Eugene Ballet performs to the music of Pink Martini Wednesday at OSU". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/theatre/eugene-ballet-performs-to-the-music-of-pink-martini-wednesday-at-osu/article_eab4320c-57c5-5902-8614-6768654486bc.html" target="_blank">https://www.gazettetimes.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/theatre/eugene-ballet-performs-to-the-music-of-pink-martini-wednesday-at-osu/article_eab4320c-57c5-5902-8614-6768654486bc.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"History". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"History". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"Suzanne Haag". Eugene Ballet. October 1, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2023. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/staff-member/resident-choreographer/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/staff-member/resident-choreographer/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:8">"National Endowment for the Arts, Fiscal Year 2018, First Round" (PDF). January 31, 2018. <a href="https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/FY18_GrantAnnouncement2.7.18_Disciplinev3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/FY18_GrantAnnouncement2.7.18_Disciplinev3.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:9">"An evening on 'Swan Lake'". Corvallis Gazette-Times. March 6, 2009. p. 49. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63274347/an-evening-on-swan-lake/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63274347/an-evening-on-swan-lake/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:10">"Christmas-show tickets ready". Corvallis Gazette-Times. November 26, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63273789/christmas-show-tickets-ready/" target="_blank">https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63273789/christmas-show-tickets-ready/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:11">West, Martha Ullman (January 1, 1970). "Eugene Ballet Company - 1999". Dance Magazine. Retrieved September 27, 2020. <a href="https://www.dancemagazine.com/eugene-ballet-company-1999-2306860733.html" target="_blank">https://www.dancemagazine.com/eugene-ballet-company-1999-2306860733.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:12">"Academy". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/academy/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/academy/</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:14">"Aspirants". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved March 12, 2023. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/about/aspirants/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/about/aspirants/</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:15">"Cause IQ profile, Eugene Ballet Company (EBC)". 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2020. <a href="https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/eugene-ballet-company,930765746/" target="_blank">https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/eugene-ballet-company,930765746/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">"History". Eugene Ballet. Retrieved November 15, 2020. <a href="https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/" target="_blank">https://eugeneballet.org/about/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">"Trump Endangers NEA Funds for Local Arts – Eugene Weekly". Retrieved September 25, 2020. <a href="http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2017/02/02/trump-endangers-nea-funds-for-local-arts/" target="_blank">http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2017/02/02/trump-endangers-nea-funds-for-local-arts/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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