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A Knight at the Ballet
Patrick Delcroix Creates His First US Work for the Northwest Dance Project
Beknighted choreographer Patrick Delcroix creates his first US work for the Northwest Dance Project.
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Dance Off
Portland’s tEEth Wins a Seattle Choreography Contest
THE A.W.A.R.D. SHOW! is a dance competition, founded in New York and now taking place in cities nationwide, that asks audiences to determine which competing contemporary dance company will ultimately receive a $10,000 grant. (So… like American Idol, but fancy.) The Seattle installment of The A.W.A.R.D. Show! featured the work of 12 choreographers over three […]
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Flying High: Zip Zap Zoom
A Kid’s Superhero Comic Comes to Life
In Zip Zap Zoom, the aerial dancers of A-WOL bring a kid’s comic to life.
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Beautiful Bodies
A Balletic Uprising at the Aladdin
Oregon Ballet Theatre dancers join forces with local musicians for round two of Uprising.
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One Mississippi
Northwest Dance Project Celebrates its Birthday with Summer Splendors
Northwest Dance Project celebrates its birthday with Summer Splendors.
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A Moment to Remember
BodyVox’s Smoke Soup
BodyVox’s Smoke Soup offers one stunning moment in an otherwise sleepy evening.
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Creative Coupling
Dance + Opera + Booze = Waltzing + Wassailing
Northwest Dance Project teams up with Vagabond Opera for Waltzing + Wassailing
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News from Oregon Ballet Theatre
In with a Citywide Arts Fest, Out with OBT Exposed
Oregon Ballet Theatre cancels their popular free summer series, OBT
Exposed, and announces a new arts festival.
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RESA
RESA is a show about “tension and transition” assembled and rehearsed in Portland’s evolving neighborhoods, at Disjecta and the Ace Hotel’s Cleaners space by Rumpus Room Dance, a company that’s dually based in Portland and Göteborg, Sweden. “Resa” is the Swedish word for journey, and if any one topic is the centerpiece here, it’s “journey […]
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Why Save OBT?
An Impassioned Screed for Ballet
Why the Oregon Ballet Theatre is worth saving.
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The Difference that Makes a Difference
With .event.space., Tahni Holt wants to change your perception.