Ballet Fantastique is immersive dance theater performance, training for the next generation, and new art you’ll love. Join us for a full Resident Company season of accessible, original dance theater at the Hult Center—featuring all live music! Or, try a dance class (ages 2-adult) at our beautiful downtown Eugene studios. Barrier-breaking youth outreach programs also available. Learn more: @balletfantastique on social.
balletfantastique.org
#instaballet is an interactive dance company that brings ballet (and other dance forms) out of the theater and into the community. By using a unique crowd-sourcing methodology, #instaballet invites audience members to offer ideas that are used to choreograph new dance works in real-time. No dance experience required. Fun guaranteed. It's community-created art and an art experience that creates community. Follow #instaballet on Instagram @instaballetgram.
instaballet.org
Actors Cabaret of Eugene is a non-profit 501(c)(3) volunteer community-based theater organization producing newly released and classical musicals from Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theaters. We offer full dinners, brunches, desserts and a full bar to make a complete evening enjoyable for our patrons.
actorscabaret.org
Founded in 2001, Girl Circus has brought together female circus performers, amateur and professional, ages 5-75 to train, mentor and create shows with original music, scripts and choreography. Our mission is to create theater that is non-objectifying, inspiring and community strengthening. For 21 years, Girl Circus shows have attracted thousands of viewers. We offer summer camps in rural counties in Oregon and Washington to provide arts enrichment outreach to girls.
girlcircus.org
Free Shakespeare in the Park is Eugene’s longest-running free outdoor theater company. Founded in 1999 in partnership with Amazon Community Center. We are a multi-generational, multi-cultural community theater company providing cultural programming for the benefit of the general public, thereby enriching the quality of life in Eugene. Our mission is to bring free to the public productions of William Shakespeare’s plays in public places. Follow us on insagram@freeshakespeareinthepark.
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Fermata Ballet Collective was founded in 2020 as a way to safely house dance artists during the pandemic and the societal movements that reignited the awareness of persistent racism within Eurocentric structures. FBC’s ongoing mission is to diversify ballet in creating renewed paths within dance pedagogy and performance creation, with the goal of creating inclusive opportunities and programming for movement artists and the community. Photo credit: Jay Eads.
fermataballetcollective.com
It’s our 90th season! ESYO has been serving the children and youth of this community since 1935. In this special anniversary season, more than 400 beginning and advanced students are learning, growing, and playing their hearts out! From beginning strings to full symphony orchestras, ESYO continues to enrich young lives with the joy of music. What a wonderful legacy!
esyorchestras.org
The Eugene Film Society (EFS) is a nonprofit community arts organization that supports regional film culture by encouraging visual literacy through competition and collaboration, fostering innovation and investment in young filmmakers, and creating visual media arts opportunities in our community. Seasonal events supported by EFS include the 72-Hour Music Video Competition, the 72-Hour Horror Film Competition, the Poetic Lens International Film Festival, Youth Visions, and more!
eugenefilmsociety.org
The Eugene Difficult Music Ensemble performs and commissions underrepresented experimental works in order to open ears and minds. They work to expand the definition of what music can be and what music is capable of achieving, as well as who is capable of achieving it. The group conducts an annual multi-concert New Music Festival every October and is currently working with the unhoused community as part of their "Stories from the Unhoused" project. Follow EDME on Instagram @edmensemble.
edmensemble.org
DisOrient is the premiere Asian American independent film festival of Oregon, celebrating films with authentic Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander voices and stories. We highlight social justice themes that translate to universal human experiences. We bring a rich, inclusive program to Eugene to broaden the narrative of who is American and to strengthen and build community. Follow us on social media @DisOrientFilm. DisOrient 2024: March 8-17.
disorientfilm.org
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