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The Australian dance company closed White Bird’s season with a bold performance, as the powerful and confident dancers brilliantly executed Rafael Bonachela’s technically demanding choreography.
Portland’s longest running dance company celebrates their 48th season at their annual performance, as artistic director Steve Gonzales marks his 25th year leading the nationally recognized high school dance program.
The 10th cohort of Alembic Resident Artists presented their new experimental dance pieces to a sold out crowd of fans, friends, and family at Performance Works NW.
The premiere of Dani Rowe’s chorus girl love story joins works by choreographers Ben Stevenson and Yue Yin for a diverse night of classical ballet and modern and theatrical dance.
The contemporary dance company presented the world premiere of works by three internationally recognized guest choreographers, each of whom explored the theme of secrets in distinctly different ways.
Two-time GRAMMY® nominee and New York-based musician Bonham joins EB resident choreographer Suzanne Haag in a collaborative performance of song, sound, and movement, April 6 and 7.
The dance photography of Jingzi Zhao kicks off a busy month that also features contemporary, collaborative, experimental and aerial works and the chance to see elite student performers.
The Keller Auditorium audience was repeatedly brought to their feet as the Ailey company dancers dazzled with exhilarating performances of both contemporary choreography and Ailey’s own iconic “Revelations.”
Presented at the 2024 Portland Jazz Festival, SKC’s latest world premiere promised to transcend artistic boundaries with innovations that take dance and sound in a new dimension, though delivered a more puzzling traditional concert dance experience.
The performance space by the railroad tracks in North Portland and the Butoh-inspired company Water in the Desert whisper their farewell to the Portland scene.
In its enrapturing show, ‘I Didn’t Come to Stay,’ this acclaimed tap and live music company celebrated the depth and virtuosity of tap’s Afro-diasporic roots.
Seven of Portland’s local dancers come together for an evening of solos, duets, trios, quartets, and quintets that reflect love and camaraderie.
As the Oregon dance card fills up for a busy month of movement, a performance space goes away and another springs to life.
Exploring life’s transitions and one’s quest for self-actualization through an Afrocentric lens, new and re-staged works by Oluyinka Akinjiola, Derrel Sekou Walker and others find fellowship along the way.
Melding dance, videography, music, poetry, and even virtual reality, ProLab Dance world-builds with ocean.
Trey McIntyre’s lush and lavish version for Oregon Ballet Theatre of J.M. Barrie’s classic fantasy is a treat for the forever young and those who grow up, too.
This weekend two classic works of 20th century American literature come to life in the form of 21st century ballet.
Differing senses of time, space, movement, image and meaning were coordinated by artistic leaders Alissa Deeter and Samuel Hobbs in their dazzling recent performances at The Reser.
Finding a community model for their crowd-sourced choreography helped the Eugene dance company connect with donors, partners, and the public, and build sustainable financial support.
Jamuna Chiarini looks back on December and January shows and ahead to February’s dance, from BodyVox’s “Flights” to Rejoice!’s “Rites of Passage” to OBT’s “Peter Pan” and more.
Choreographer Samuel Hobbs partners with PSC artistic director Dr. Alissa Deeter to create a powerful meditation of voice and movement drawn from ‘All-Night Vigil,’ Sergei Rachmaninoff’s choral masterpiece.
A new take on the liturgical work, from choral director Alissa Deeter and choreographer Samuel Hobbs; also, Chanticleer returns to Oregon.
From dancerly Broadway musicals to Éowyn Emerald’s return to a Bantu circus, a mystical being from Buenos Aires, Linda Austin’s birthday bash and more, 2024 kicks off in grand style.
Graham Cole’s newest production, featuring dramatic lighting design and a joyful solo performance by Elenaluisa Alvarez, struck an incongruent note with the introspective, feminist poetry which was its inspiration.
From a magnificent dancerly takeover of Zidell Yards to a push/FOLD contemporary festival to her own solo Odissi show, our DanceWatch columnist steps deftly through a busy year.
For this dance teacher and Contact Improvisation devotee, gender and movement are fluid: “We are in constant motion—that’s life. We’re constantly evolving. We are the transition.”
The recently appointed artistic director brings a new sense of energy and magic to the familiar holiday classic.
From the rhythms of tap to the glories of Nijinska to “Why Dance Matters” and more, Martha Ullman West prepares a list of great dance reads just in time for giving.
Every year, the holiday classic provides aspiring young dancers from the Willamette Valley to Alaska with their first experience of the world of professional ballet.
Part Two of choreographer Amy Leona Havin’s “Precious Cargo” adds more dance to its poignant look at shifting landscapes, memory, and the urgency of life.
The Portland dance company continues their 20th anniversary season with a winter showcase of new works by five Portland-based women choreographers, including Carla Mann and Andrea Parson.
Creating the special condensed version of the holiday classic, which will premiere on December 19, is part of Artistic Director Dani Rowe’s vision for making classical dance more welcoming to a broader audience.
The much anticipated finale of PICA’s “Time-Released” programming is the work of Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson. The performance engages with representations of Asian identity with a sense of play, recognition and, ultimately, reclamation.
More nuts than you can crack a whip at, classical Indian dance, contemporary premieres, the return of “ZooZoo,” five women choreographers at NW Dance Project – and even a “NOT-Cracker.”
Amy Leona Havin sits down afterwards with the company’s founder and artistic director to discuss SKC’s merger with Conduit and what’s next for the contemporary dance company.
Put your best foot forward and try to solve this dance-themed crossword puzzle.
Performed in the round, ‘Radioactive Practice’ draws on street dance, contemporary African forms, and martial arts to upend expectations of established dance forms.
The second collaboration between the New York City b-girl and choreographer and her jazz musician brother Ehud Asherie combines street and club dance styles with the vibrant Afro-Brazilian rhythms and sounds of composer Ernesto Nazareth.
The timeless Tchaikovsky tale of Odette, Odile, and Siegfried springs to life under the direction of Christopher Stowell, complemented by the magical stage sets of Filipo Sanjust and the costumes of Sandra Woodall with Mark Zappone.
As Oregon’s dance scene steps into the start of the holiday season, the possibilities of a busy calendar embrace a wide world of movement, style, and sound.
Marina Harss talks about dance, writing, and her new biography of Ukrainian American choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, whose “Wartime Elegy” will be performed Nov. 3-12 in Seattle.
Based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, the audience favorite opens the 2023/2024 season, accompanied by Orchestra Next playing a live score.
Free Wednesday salsa classes at Doc Marie’s offer a welcoming night of fun and friendship in a queer-centered environment.
During their single night performance at White Bird, the celebrated dance company presented new collaborations and revisited classic works stretching back to its founding in 1971.
In this long-form performance, the Performance Works NW artistic director explores what is possible in a world of fluctuating personal, material, political, and artistic contingencies, as she wanders through a variety of movement scores, choreographies, tasks, guest artists, texts, songs, and sound compositions.
Oregon Ballet Theatre kicks off its 34th season with Christopher Stowell’s remounting of his sterling 2006 OBT version of the classic tale of love and loss.
The Portland company gets down to the nitty-gritty as it prepares to open its 20th season with a trio of world premieres.
As the fall dance season kicks in, shows ranging from Pilobolus to circus acts, fright nights, Camille A. Brown, and a dance film festival hit the stage.
The innovative Portland dance company enters a new season in a spirit of collaboration, civic renewal, and fresh ideas.
‘Chakras – The Wheel of Energy,’ a sold-out show of Bharatanatyam dance and Carnatic music at Hillsboro’s HART Theater, brought an energizing flavor of classical Indian art forms to an eager Oregon audience.
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