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Olympic Ballet SCHOOL

our principles

The cultural impact of Olympic Ballet Theatre stems from achievement of its goals. Dancers in training work with seasoned professionals to create high-caliber classical and contemporary performances.

In its 32nd Season, OBT has become a mainstay of the Snohomish County arts scene. While their emphasis remains on classical ballet, Artistic Directors Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev, former Pacific Northwest Ballet leading artists, bring fresh new works to OBT. Their critically acclaimed premiere of Coppelia in 2011, was warmly received by audiences with standing ovations. Other choreographic works include the second act of The Nutcracker, Highlights from The Sleeping Beauty, plus contemporary works set to live musical accompaniment.

Under Vinson and Gorboulev's direction, OBT pre-professional dancers have been accepted into and have attended prestigious national schools such as Boston Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Los Angeles Ballet School, and others.


what We Do

Olympic Ballet Theatre is a non-profit performing company with estimated audiences of 15,000 annually Including 4,000 school children.


The goals of Olympic Ballet Theatre are to:


• develop new audiences for theatre dance through high quality original
and classical ballet productions

• attract young audiences through special programming

• offer professional opportunities to dancers, choreographers and
designers in the Puget Sound area

• provide performance opportunities
for young dancers

• feature world-renown artists
in local productions

• provide quality productions with
reasonable ticket prices

• foster community collaboration, make an impact on the communities we serve

• maintain a secure funding base from which to operate

ballet dancers

OUR MISSION

The mission of Olympic Ballet Theatre is to develop and sustain professional dance, promote dance as a creative performing art, and engage the widest possible audience with a stimulating repertoire of classical, contemporary, and dramatic ballets.

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A SHORT HISTORY

OBT recently premiered the joyful comedic ballet Coppélia, The Girl with Enamel Eyes. Heralded as a huge success by community members, Coppélia premiered April 2011 furnished with state of the art extraordinary sets from designer Hita von Mende, brand new exquisite costumes by Margreet Preston, as well as choreography by former PNB dancers Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev.

OBT has performed its traditional production of The Nutcracker in Edmonds since 1982, at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue for ten years and celebrated 20 years with the Everett Symphony. For two years, OBT presented its delightful and full-length production in Seattle’s Meany Hall Theatre and the Mountlake Terrace Performing Arts Center. Currently, we perform this holiday classic in Edmonds, Everett, and Arlington. In all venues, hundreds of school children view our special one-hour performance, which features our trademark “Introduction to the Magic of Theatre,” a behind-the-scenes look at scenery, props, lighting and costumes.

OBT performed with live musical accompaniment, Peter & the Wolf plus Carnival of the Animals in collaboration with Cascade Symphony Orchestra. Performances were held at Edmonds Center for the Arts and the Byrnes Performing Arts Center in Arlington. OBT has also collaborated in a contemporary project with internationally known Seattle Chamber Players. In Spring 2008, OBT performed the full-length ballet Giselle. Other classical productions include excerpts from Swan Lake, and highlights from The Sleeping Beauty.

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