News Photo by Mary Christmas. For her take on the "Happening," see post here.
On First Thursday, the fourth night of the Republican convention and the opening night of PICA's More
TBA DIARIES: Anna Halprin's Blank Placard Project
News Photo by Mary Christmas. For her take on the "Happening," see post here.
On First Thursday, the fourth night of the Republican convention and the opening night of PICA's More
OBT takes NYC
News They like us—they actually like us! Every September, New York temporarily suspends its disbelief that culture exists elsewhere and invites more than two dozen guest artists to perform at City Center's Fall for Dance Festival. And this year, fo... More
Northwest Professional Dance Project
On the road to success, eight dancers pull over in Portland.
Performance I wasn’t expecting topless dancers at a rehearsal for the Project Company, but that’s what I found when I arrived at the studio two weeks ago: a half-dozen naked backs facing the door as p ... More
Information Station
Tahni Holt's brainchild Information Studio was a remote-controlled icebreaker.
Arts & Books Stories Spending a sweaty Saturday in an airless room silently touching strangers might not sound like a good time. But Information Studio—a combination of Twister, sociology experiment and art happenin ... More
4x4: The Ballet Project
News It was crowded Friday night at 4 x 4: the Ballet Project, which capped White Bird's '07-'08 season at the Schnitz, but not so crowded that I couldn't move at intermission, away from the frizzy-haired, seven-foot-tall balletomane obscuring my view. (Has anyone ever considered a ... More
4x4: The Ballet Project (White Bird)
Four on the floor: All ballet, all night long.
Performance Apparently there’s been some confusion over 4x4: The Ballet Project, the last show of White Bird’s current season. For the record, 4x4 isn’t a collaboration among ballet companies, n ... More
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Oregon Ballet Theatre)
Oregon Ballet Theatre shoots to thrill with Balanchine's Slaughter.
Performance There are gun-slinging gangsters, a sultry stripper and some surprisingly animated corpses in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, but the real eyebrow-raiser here is the talking. You just don't hear chatter ... More
Air-Condition (White Bird Dance)
PREVIEW: Brenda Angiel’s floating dance party.
Performance Tango, not aerial dance, is Argentina’s best-known cultural export. But with the Buenos Aires-based Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company, you get both. In fact, Angiel believes a certain aerial ta ... More
Stephen Petronio: Bloom
March showers bring flower power.
Performance A punk aesthetic creeps through the work of Stephen Petronio. A modern dancer who came late to the game and its technical training, he has frequently challenged viewers with the unpretty: counterintui ... More
The Tuning Score
Steve Paxton and company improvise dance that’s different every time.
Performance If Greenwich Village’s Judson Dance Theater had never existed, dance would be radically different today. The wildly inventive ’60s group broke away from the conventions of modern dance and ... More
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Lunch in the sun with a side of toe shoes. Northwest Dance Project
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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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