The Light and Dark of 'Amore Italiano' at Oregon Ballet Theatre

Candace Bouchard and Thomas Baker in rehearsal for the world première of James Kudelka's Sub Rosa, set to the music of the infamous Carlo Gesualdo, at Oregon Ballet Theatre (Photo: Blaine Truitt Covert) Oregon Ballet Theatre opens its season this weekend with the slyly titled Amore Italiano - a double bill that bows to the Italian roots of ballet, in both classical and contemporary manner, in moods both light and dark. The inimitable Danish choreographer Auguste Bournonville was so enamored of ...