Performance “If we were a band, I’d say, ‘We’re making a live album and you’re all going to be a part of it,’” said BodyVox co-founder Jamey Hampton, as he welcomed a cap ... More
The Foot Opera Files (BodyVox)
BodyVox inaugurates its unfinished new digs.
Performance “If we were a band, I’d say, ‘We’re making a live album and you’re all going to be a part of it,’” said BodyVox co-founder Jamey Hampton, as he welcomed a cap ... More
Trey Mcintyre Project (White Bird)
What’s one of our top young choreographers doing in Boise?
Performance When dance lovers speak wistfully of finding the next Balanchine, Trey McIntyre’s name often comes up. And why not? McIntyre began at Houston Ballet as a dancer and left as an associate choreogr ... More
Good Luck, Movin' Out
News
There are people who like musicals and people who don't, and rarely does the twain meet: “It's not natural for people to break into song mid-conversation,” complains one friend, who is unswayed by my retort that slaying Orcs isn't natural either.
So what... More
Bad Boys Of Dance (White Bird Dance)
In this boy band, Rasta is the dangerous one.
Performance The Bad Boys of Dance, who make their West Coast debut this week, haven’t been kicked out of companies for smoking in the studio or snapping people’s dance belts. They won’t steal yo ... More
Skinner/Kirk + Bielemeier (White Bird)
Three Portland choreographers circle the wagons.
Performance At first glance, a Saturday afternoon rehearsal for this week’s Skinner/Kirk + Bielemeier show looks pretty normal. Sweaty dancers from the previous hour’s jazz class are fetching their ba ... More
Kidd Pivot, Lost Action (White Bird)
White Bird, kicked out of the PSU nest, goes wild.
Performance Change is scary, but if we survived the political season, we can certainly survive White Bird’s 2008-2009 dance season as the company packs up and moves to new digs. The series has presented wor ... More
Tero Saarinen Company (White Bird)
Finnishing what the Russians started.
Performance Ever since the Ballets Russes’ 1913 premiere of Stravinsky’s discordant The Rite of Spring sparked a riot in the theater, dance figures from Pina Bausch to Béjart to the Joffrey Bal ... More
Alonzo King Lines Ballet (White Bird)
Ballet meets martial arts in White Bird’s dance-season opener.
Performance A quest for diversity is not what drives San Francisco dancemaker Alonzo King, although he has paired his ballet dancers with such artistically divergent collaborators as tabla master Zakir Hussain, f ... More
TBA DIARY: Halprin in the Hay
News
8 pm Tuesday, Whitsell Auditorium: "Documenting Dance."
Anna Halprin and Véronique Doisneau are both dancers, but the similarities pretty much end there. TBA's “Documenting Dance: Three Films" (shown Monday and Tuesda... More
TBA DIARY: All Mod Cons
News The droll onstage exchange between Thai classical dancer Pichet Klunchen and French choreographer Jérôme Bel Sunday night at PSU's Lincoln Hall not only showcases contrasting artistic traditions, it inadvertently gives TBA a raison d'etre. Klunchen spends the ... More
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Fall Arts Guide 2011: Bring On the Rain
Dayglo landscapes, feral children, killer choruses and more art to keep you sane this fall. The Stravinsky Project (Oregon Ballet Theatre)
The Russian composer gets a contemporary movement update. OBT Exposed (Oregon Ballet Theatre)
Lunch in the sun with a side of toe shoes. Northwest Dance Project
A Portland dance company snags a Frenchie debut. In Good Company (Northwest Dance Project)
A premise designed to make you feel old. Galaxy Dance Festival
A park full of arts nuggets. Groovin’ Greenhouse
A primer to Portland’s unheralded dance scene. Bad Boys Of Dance (White Bird Dance)
In this boy band, Rasta is the dangerous one. BloodyVox (BodyVox)
Things that go jump in the night. Make/Believe (Teeth)
Ten million channels and nothing but noise.
Dayglo landscapes, feral children, killer choruses and more art to keep you sane this fall. The Stravinsky Project (Oregon Ballet Theatre)
The Russian composer gets a contemporary movement update. OBT Exposed (Oregon Ballet Theatre)
Lunch in the sun with a side of toe shoes. Northwest Dance Project
A Portland dance company snags a Frenchie debut. In Good Company (Northwest Dance Project)
A premise designed to make you feel old. Galaxy Dance Festival
A park full of arts nuggets. Groovin’ Greenhouse
A primer to Portland’s unheralded dance scene. Bad Boys Of Dance (White Bird Dance)
In this boy band, Rasta is the dangerous one. BloodyVox (BodyVox)
Things that go jump in the night. Make/Believe (Teeth)
Ten million channels and nothing but noise.
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