Daniel Rudenberg and Kelsey Harrison dance together during a dress rehearsal for Portland Ballet’s new production, "Momentum: 3 Dances for Moving Forward," at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Friday. The show opens on Saturday and it is Portland Ballet’s first mainstage production in front of a live audience since the start of the pandemic.
Portland Ballet will return to live performances this weekend with "Momentum: 3 Dances for Moving Forward." There will be limited seating at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center in order to meet COVID-19 restrictions, and audience members must wear face masks at all times.
Portland Ballet dancers rehearse on Friday as they prepare to present the company's first mainstage production in front of a live audience since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Performances will be held on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available on their website, portlandballet.org, where information on COVID restrictions also can be found.
Nell Shipman, artistic director of Portland Ballet, talks with dancers after a dress rehearsal on Friday. Shipman choreographed two of the works to be performed this weekend, "First Principles of Hope and Enjoyment" and "Impetus."
Portland Ballet dancer Grace Koury, center, and other dancers run through a dress rehearsal for "Momentum: 3 Dances for Moving Forward."
Portland Ballet dancers rehearse on Friday. Performances will be held at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.
Jennifer Jones, Portland Ballet's ballet mistress and choreographer of one of the contemporary works to be performed this weekend, sits at the Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Friday. Jones, who retired from the stage last year after a tenure of 10 years with Portland Ballet, will present "A Young Woman Sits in Quiet Reflection."
Nell Shipman, artistic director of Portland Ballet, center, and Amy Baxter, left, the show's costume mistress, watch as the dancers go through a dress rehearsal at Westbrook Performing Arts Center on Friday.
Nell Shipman, artistic director of Portland Ballet, watches a dress rehearsal from the audience on Friday.
Portland Ballet this weekend will present its first mainstage production in front of a live audience since the start of the pandemic. To meet COVID-19 restrictions, tickets will only be sold in advance up to two hours before each performance and will not be available for purchase at the theater.
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