Canfield to leave Oregon Ballet Theatre. (News).James Canfield, 42, founding artistic director of Oregon Ballet Theatre Oregon Ballet Theatre is the premiere ballet company for the state of Oregon. The company is the result of the 1992 merging of Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theater. James Canfield, formerly a dancer with Joffrey Ballet as well as a principal dancer for Pacific Ballet Theater, , has resigned the position he has held since 1989 when two Portland ballet companies, Ballet Oregon and Pacific Ballet Theatre, consolidated to become one company. Canfield, whose tenure has often been controversial, announced his resignation in February, saying he wishes to pursue other interests, although he isn't revealing what they might be. "I honestly don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. ," he said in an April interview. The former Joffrey Ballet Joffrey Ballet, one of the major American dance companies. It was founded in New York City in 1954 by the dancer-choreographer Robert Joffrey. From 1956 to 1964 it made yearly tours of the United States. dancer, who came to Portland with longtime dancing partner Patricia Miller in 1985, will stay on at OBT OBT Oregon Ballet Theatre OBT Optimized Background Therapy OBT Orange Blossom Trail OBT Organically Bound Tritium OBT On-Board Training OBT Oakbrook Terrace OBT On-Board Trainer OBT Optical Burst Transport OBT Objective-Based Training through next season, which ends in June 2003. The company board of directors has formed a search committee to find his replacement. The committee is headed by Michael Mooney Michael Mooney may refer to:
"We have discussed what we might be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. in someone to replace James," said Mooney, who is saddened but understanding about Canfield's departure. "Do we want a choreographer, someone who has led a company already, someone with a distinct style? The bottom line is the search is open and we welcome nominations and applicants." The committee hopes to complete the search before the end of 2002. OBT has nineteen dancers and a budget of $4 million. Its 2002-2003 season, which starts this month, will offer a retrospective of Canfield's work, beginning with performances at the Joyce Theater in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on July 23-27. The group will dance Jungle, a hard-driving rock ballet, and Coco, the third in a trilogy about tragic women, along with one other ballet. The last show of the season will feature works by choreographers commissioned and presented by Canfield for the American Choreographers Showcase, including Trey McIntyre, Peter Martins, and Paul Vasterling. |
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