After just 12 days of rehearsal, The Snowstorm was presented at the Portland Actors Conservatory last weekend. It’s still a work in progress, but worth noting. A dance-theater work by Drammy-Award winner Eric Nordin, The Snowstorm is lovely. The music is a compilation of Sergei Rachmaninoff piano solos—however the script is original, written by Nordin […]
Jenna Lechner
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Outdoor Dance: FRONT Collision series at Disjecta
If your Sunday is still free and you’re feeling adventurous, check out this unusual performance. It’s an improvised dance performance at Disjecta’s great, new(-ish) courtyard. It’s a good cause: the show benefits the local, annual dance publication FRONT—in its third year, FRONT is a rallying point for number of great names in dance and performance. […]
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Sunny Day Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen
Opera Theater Oregon takes opera outside, and packs a picnic.
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Breeding Ground
New Ideas Propagate at Dance+
Conduit’s Dance+ is a breeding ground for new ideas.
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Change and Tradition at OBT
James McGrew Mistakes were made: the Prodigal Son (Chauncey Parsons) crawls back to Papa (Brett Bauer). Oregon Ballet Theatre capped their season with big news. Several OBT dancers are retiring; Anne Mueller has stepped down as the company’s interim artistic director—Kevin Irving was named the new artistic director earlier in June, and the search continues […]
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Female Interiors: Pacific Dance Makers Showcase
Image courtesy of Pacific Dance Makers Performing Anna Conner’s Nest. The show began the minute you entered the door, with a performance-installation by Dawn Stoppiello, who is dancing by herself to the song “Dancing with Myself.” This weekend was the second Pacific Dance Makers showcase, which brought together six female choreographers of the Pacific Northwest […]
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New Mural in St Johns: Unanimously Deemed Adorable
They already had dibs on the sweetest lil’ parade in town, the cutest bookstore, the homiest theater, AND a fun old-fashioned camera shop: what could make St. Johns quainter? How ’bout the most delightful piece of public art in town. Last Saturday St. Johns unveiled a new mural by Portland-based illustrator Carson Ellis. James John […]
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Northwest Dance Project in Review
On a lovely Portland night like this, you might not want to find yourself sitting in a dark, chilly theater. However, Northwest Dance Project totally makes it worth it. Tonight is the final run of Spring Performances. Not surprisingly, Northwest Dance Project impresses with their talent (two of their company dancers have been awarded the […]
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A Proud Art
Portland Taiko Forges New Traditions
Portland Taiko forges new (loud) traditions.
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Baroque Made Camp
The Portland Opera freshens the 18th c. opera Rinaldo by camping it up. Last night was the debut of the George Frideric Handel piece; set during the First Crusade, the Baroque opera has the anticipated pompadours, lengthy vocal passages, love stories with convoluted plot lines, and strange Baroque instruments (why hello, theorbo). They keep it […]
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Tonight: MOMIX
Today is the final performance of MOMIX’s Botanica. Sensational and bright (with colors), with awe-inspiring intentions, Botanica is like one of those motivational posters from the ‘90s, set in motion. Max Pucciariello/MOMIX MOMIX, the brainchild of choreographer Moses Pendleton, is brought to us by White Bird and has been in business (unlike a lot of […]
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Tonight: The Rite of Spring
Sylvie-Ann Pare I know. ? But, it works. Tonight is the final performance of Compagnie Marie Chouinard’s The Rite of Spring (it’s a full month for White Bird Dance, which has a show nearly every week this February). The troupe puts on a great show—masterful and absorbing—but one that’s hard to like, necessarily. With one […]