BodyVox takes on a holiday alter ego with BloodyVox: Fresh Blood.
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BodyVox does BloodyVox: Fresh Blood
From Thriller to the Monster Mash, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and classic Disney cartoons, Halloween lends itself to loads of delightful performances, specifically dance-oriented performances. (Notably THIS piece of cinema, which seems fair to include as Teen Witch is obviously a film about the paranormal.)* Halloween is the perfect time to watch some weirdos […]
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Ticket Giveaway: LA Dance Project
Mariah Tauger Moving Parts in action. White Bird kicks off their 15th season tomorrow with LA Dance Project. The group is fresh from their world premiere, and fresh with reasons to see ‘em! Benjamin Millepied (famous dancer and actor-choreographer of Black Swan, cum hubby to Natalie Portman) founded the project—an art collective of six dancers. […]
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The Best Thing the University of Oregon Has Ever Produced
Those who know me know I don’t care three poops about college sports—even those based here in Oregon. HOWEVER! The University of Oregon Ducks have a new friend in me, thanks to this AMAZING AND HILARIOUS parody of the internet famous PSY “Gangnam Style” video… starring the Oregon Ducks mascot (and some rather hot students). […]
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A Modern Dance Analysis of the Arrested Development “Chicken Dance”
The peeps over at SplitSider obviously have nothing better to do with their time, so author Nicole de Ayora crafted this extremely detailed “modern dance analysis” of the Arrested Development chicken dance. As a reminder… My personal fave chicken dancer is Lindsay, and here’s how dance analyzer de Ayora analyzes Lindsay’s artistry: With the figure […]
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Dancing for Newspapers
Chelsea Petrakis The first, April 29, performance in FRONT’s Collision series Heads up on a special, one-time-only performance happening tomorrow night: FRONT dance journal (which we’ve mentioned before, here), will perform the second part of their Collision series—in part an effort to raise money for FRONT’s second issue. Sponsored by Conduit Dance, a group of […]
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Community, Collaboration, and Portland’s Dance Renaissance
Conduit’s first-of-its-kind series encourages community and collaboration.
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Happy (Early) Birthday, America! You Made This! I LOVE YOU!
The United States of America, where you can play all the air instruments you’ve ever dreamed of! And Ann-Margret hoofs around in all her glory! H/T to Julie at WORK
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Tonight: Paufve Dance’s So I Married Abraham Lincoln
Pak Han Foto This one’s for the ladies. So I Married Abraham Lincoln is a show of many dimensions. At times it feels like a staging of The Yellow Wallpaper: like a documentation of hysteria, with women running in circles and crawling on the floor, who then take to a chair and sit creepily still. […]
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Thursday Afternoon Dance Break: Flo Rida w/ Keith Apicary
Perhaps you’re familiar with L.A.-based comedian Keith Apicary (real name Nathan J. Barnatt), who basically goes around dancing funny. No? Okay then, you’re about to witness a masters class in “dancing funny” as Keith hits the Miami clubs—all to hype Flo Rida’s absolutely BANGIN’ jam “Let it Roll.” Join him won’t you? via
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Tonight: Northwest Dance Project
NWDP It’s only a couple hours away, and tickets are sold out, but it still seems worth mentioning: tonight is the last chance to catch Northwest Dance Project‘s Summer Splendors. It’s also the last chance to see NWDP (besides at their gala benefit) before they head to the Olympics (!). Summer Splendors packs a tight […]
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The Canadian SportsCentre Dance
I’ve long extolled the virtues of Canadian SportsCentre—okay, I’ve extolled them once—but I repeat: CANADIAN SPORTSCENTRE IS THE BEST OF ALL THE GLOBAL SPORTSCENTERS! Once again, here’s why: