BFan creates bold new dance theater with all-live music.
Selected repertoire
| Title | Music | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Flower: Beauty and the Beast Retold | Trio Voronezh | May 6–8, 2016 |
| Dragon & the Night Queen: Celtic Stories | Gerry Rempel Ensemble + Eliot Grasso | February 26–28, 2016 |
| The Odyssey: The Ballet | Original live looping violin by Cullen Vance | February 27-March 1, 2015 |
| An American Christmas Carol | Halie Loren, singing original arrangements of 1940s holiday jazz standards | December 12–14, 2014 |
| The Book of Esther: A Rock Gospel Ballet | UO Gospel Singers | May 9–11, 2014 |
| Tales from the Floating World | Original music by Portland Taiko and Mitsuki Dazai | February 7–9, 2014 |
| Zorro: The Ballet | Original music by Incendio, the Latin world guitar fusion band from L.A, and virtuoso violinist Kim Angelis | October 17–19, 2013 |
| Pride and Prejudice: A Parisian Jazz Ballet | Gerry Rempel Jazz Syndicate | May 4–5, 2013 |
| The Misadventures of Casanova | Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jean-Baptiste de Lully, Johann Sebastian Bach | February 2–3, 2013 |
| Cirque de la Lune | Original music, played live by Betty & the Boy, Troupe Carnivale, and Mood Area 52 | October 20–21, 2012 |
| Cinderella: A Rock Opera Ballet | Hits from the 1960s, played live by Shelley & Cal James and the Agents of Unity | May 12–13, 2012 |
| Arabian Nights | Traditional music | January 28, 2012 |
| Tango Para Abel, St. Margaret's Tears, Illumination, Misterioso, Magie Noire, Viheula, and Jaco y Paco | Incendio, the Latin world guitar fusion band from L.A. | October 22, 2011 |
| As You Like It: A Wild West Ballet (full-length ballet; two acts with prologue) | Aaron Copland, Hershy Kay, George Gershwin, Jacques Offenbach, Leroy Anderson, John Philip Sousa, Ferde Grofé, traditional saloon music, and original compositions for honkytonk piano by Jeremy DeKyle Schropp | April 16, 2011 |
| Tango Forte | Dublex Inc. | January 29, 2011 |
| Sunday Table | Pink Martini | January 29, 2011 |
| Libertango | Astor Piazzolla | January 29, 2011 |
| Gaucho, De Ushuaia a la Quiaca, Pampa | Gustavo Santaolalla | January 29, 2011 |
| Juan Loco | Rodrigo y Gabriela | January 29, 2011 |
| Jongo--No. 3 Suite Brasileira | Lorenzo Fernandez | January 29, 2011 |
| Cinquenta Anos de Soledad | Original score Charles Gurke | January 29, 2011 |
| Dime Amor | Enrique Cardenas, arranged and sung by Jessie Marquez | January 29, 2011 |
| Mi Confesion | Gotan Project | January 29, 2011 |
| Girl from Ipanema | Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto | January 29, 2011 |
| Folk Suite | Traditional Irish and Celtic folk medleys | November 20, 2010 |
| Desperation, Obsession, and Passion | John Corigliano, music from The Red Violin, with art by Adam Grosowsky from the Karin Clarke Gallery, suite of variations | November 20, 2010 |
| Orion | Metallica, played by the Scorched Earth Orchestra | November 20, 2010 |
| Bulgarska Tantsova Suita | Original score Jeremy DeKyle Schropp, suite of variations | November 20, 2010 |
| Christmas Adagio | Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 8, Arcangelo Corelli | November 20, 2010 |
| Tales of Beatrix Potter (one-act ballet) | John Lanchbery | April 30, 2010 |
| Love at the Cafe Terrace (25-minute ballet) | An original score (world premiere) by Eugene-based composer Jeremy DeKyle Schropp, with art by Rob Adams | 2009 |
| Pourquoi me Reveiller, Je Crois Entendre Encore, Song to the Moon, Apres un Reve | Jules Massenet, from the opera Werther; Georges Bizet, from the opera The Pearl Fishers; Antonín Dvořák, from the opera Rusalka; Gabriel Fauré | 2009 |
| La Vie en Rose, Je Suis une Enfant, Milord, Ma Jeunesse, Ta Tienne | Edith Piaf; Carla Bruni | 2009 |
| Lagrima and Adelita | Guitar meditations with classical guitarist John Jarvie | 2009 |
| Argentinian Dance and Besame Mucho | Trio Voronezh | 2009 |
| Russian Ragtime, Waltz for Nicky and Strauss Polka | Trio Voronezh, suite of variations | 2009 |
| New York Tango | Trio Voronezh | 2009 |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | Henry Mancini, Suite of variations | 2008 |
| Carnival of the Animals | Commissioned by Eugene Symphony | 2008 |
| Four Novelettes | Commissioned by and performed with the Oregon Mozart Players | 2008 |
| Daphnis and Chloe | Commissioned by Eugene Symphony | 2008 |
| La Soledad | Pink Martini, with art by Adam Grosowsky from the Karin Clarke Gallery | 2007 |
| La Musica Notturna Delle Strade Di Madrid No. 6, Op. 30 | Luigi Boccherini | 2007 and 2010 |
| Brazil | Pink Martini | 2005 |
| Goldilocks & the Three Bears | Hérold-Lanchbery, La Fille Mal Gardee | 2005 |
| Puss in Boots, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf | Tchaikovsky, Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty | 2005 |
| Madama Butterfly | Giacomo Puccini | 2004 |
| The Cakewalk Ballet | Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Kay | 2005 |
| Casta Diva | Vincenzo Bellini (from the opera Norma) | 2003 |
| Handel's Water Music | George Frideric Handel | 2003 |
| Chopin Waltzes | Frédéric Chopin | 2003 |
“The way they reframed it dramatically in the story and where it comes during the ballet is really way more impactful than I imagined.”
pride & prejudice: A PARISIAN JAZZ BALLET (ORIGINAL PREMIERE 2013) // photo by stephanie urso
Shown above: GUEST ACTOR-NARRATOR ADAM GOLDTHWAITE AS PARSON COLLINS WITH BFAN DANCERS ASHLEY BONTRAGER (LIZZY ) & AMANDA COLEMAN (CHARLOTTE)