Current
Christopher Stowell is the current artistic director. Prior to joining Oregon Ballet Theatre in 2003, he was a principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet for 16 years. During Stowell's tenure, the company has added the work of Sir Frederick Ashton, Jerome Robbins, William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch and Christopher Wheeldon to its repertoire. New works have been created on the company by James Kudelka, Trey McIntyre, Yuri Possokhov, Julia Adam and Nicolo Fonte. In addition, Christopher Stowell has choreographed eight new ballets with the company's dancers.
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