Dance

Modern Dance is an art form struggling to find audiences, in Portland, and all over. It is, at its core, a wordless mode of expression, primal, and frequently alienating to viewers saturated by email, text messages, and American Idol. I don’t profess to know the solution to this dilemma, but I’m happy to report that […]

Tere Mathern’s The Grammar of Regret is a well-titled effort that sports

In more than 15 years of dance-making, local choreographer Minh Tran’s unique blends of traditional Asian technique and gut-wrenching feeling have filled the stage with miniature internal

10 Tiny Dances Bernie’s Southern Bistro, 2904 NE Alberta, Sun June 26, 8 pm, $15 In 2002, local dancer/choreographer/school teacher Mike Barber had the idea that “defining your parameters can actually motivate your creativity because you have to solve a problem.” To explore the theme, he invited 10 dancer friends to choreograph works on the […]

Pilobolus Dance Theatre Schnitzer Hall, 1037 SW Broadway & Main, 790-ARTS, Wednesday April 27, 7:30 pm, $19-43 The first time I saw the Pilobolus Dance Theatre was on a tiny TV screen in college. My modern teacher wanted us to see a tape of what she felt was one of the most influential dance groups […]

White Bird Presents: Improvography, by Savion Glover, Schnitzer Hall, 1037 SW Broadway & Main, 790-ARTS, Tues-Wed March 29-30 @ 7:30 pm, $19-52; Birdbrain, by Australian Dance Theatre, PSU’s Lincoln Hall, SW Park & Market, March 31 – April 2 @ 8 pm, $14-25 Before I describe the five consecutive days of amazing dance beginning this […]

Abracadaver Firehouse Theatre, 1436 SW Montgomery, 774-0997, Sat-Sun March 12-13, 8 pm, $5 sliding Last week, I dropped by the BodyVox rehearsal studio in the Pearl to view a rehearsal of Abracadaver, a new work by choreographer Angelle Hebert and composer Phillip Kraft’s dance company (so far untitled). Watching Hebert’s dancers experiment with an array […]

Random Dance PSU’s Lincoln Hall, SW Park & Market, 790-ARTS, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, $14-25 For most college-graduated urbanites, the age of 22 was a time to kick back and wash away the memories of academic rigor with beer. For Wayne McGregor, the age of 22 was a time to start an internationally renowned dance company. […]

…He Was Costuming Angels Theory1: Dance at Disjecta, 116 NE Russell, 730-3176, Fri-Sun 8 pm, closing this weekend, $12 Serial killers fascinate artists. Be it their shadowy psychological motivations or their unique and extreme condemnation at the hands of society, they occupy a prominent symbolic station in the eyes of all onlookers; they’re both sacred […]