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 performances of the classical and contemporary ballets.
The goals of Olympic Ballet Theatre are:
• 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
what We Do
Olympic Ballet Theatre is a non-profit performing company with estimated audiences of 15,000 annually Including 4,000 school children.
In its 31st Season, OBT has become a mainstay of the Snohomish County arts scene. Newly established Artistic Directors Mara Vinson and Oleg Gorboulev, former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal and soloist, respectively, have worked with Olympic Ballet in various creative roles for the past five years. Most recently, they choreographed and directed OBT’s highly acclaimed premiere of Coppélia, The Girl with Enamel Eyes.
Vinson and Gorboulev are eager to bring fresh and challenging new works to Olympic Ballet Theatre’s 2011-12 performance season. In addition to our popular traditional performance of The Nutcracker in December, collaborations with live music are being planned,
including Peter and the Wolf, with Edmonds based Cascade Symphony Orchestra, and highlights from The Sleeping Beauty with an exciting new work, Griffes, with the
Seattle Chamber Players.
