Courtesy PICA/Martin Argyroglo Philippe Quesne’s La Mélancolie des Dragons “Large scale theater work” is how TBA described Philippe Quesne’s newest production, La Mélancolie des Dragons. It’s fair enough, I suppose—it would be hard to call it a “play,” exactly, lacking as it is in traditional conflict and plot. And while it feels elaborate (a car […]
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Back to Nature with Night Tripper‘s Forest Ritual
Courtesy PICA/Florian Rainer Night Tripper‘s forest ritual. About halfway through last night’s TBA Performance Night Tripper, I was convinced I was caught in a spell. The contemporary dance and music piece developed by Signe Beckwer, Ingri Fiksdal and Ingvild Langgård/Phaedra takes place in a forest setting, in this case a meadow in Northwest Portland’s Forest […]
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Back to Nature with Night Tripper
Courtesy PICA/Florian Rainer Night Tripper‘s forest ritual. About halfway through last night’s TBA Performance Night Tripper, I was convinced I was caught in a spell. The contemporary dance and music piece developed by Signe Beckwer, Ingri Fiksdal and Ingvild Langgård/Phaedra takes place in a forest setting, in this case a meadow in Northwest Portland’s Forest […]
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Subverting Cultural Expectations with Purposeful Confusion in Dana Michel’s Yellow Towel
Courtesy PICA/Ian Douglas Dana Michel The final of image of Dana Michel’s Yellow Towel has been playing on my mind since Saturday night’s TBA performance. Before the final lights went down, the audience was drawn to Michel, crouched in the front corner of the stage, a long tan weave-like fabric attached to her head with […]
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Dynasty Handbag’s Delusions and Grandeur
Courtesy of Paula Court / PICA Dynasty Handbag is here to entertain. Dynasty Handbag makes a one-woman show look good—in the tackiest way possible. Her performance, Good Morning Evening Feelings, was delivered to a sold-out house at Disjecta on Thursday. In case you’re wondering, “Dynasty Handbag” is the alter ego of Los Angeles-based artist Jibz […]
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Subverting Cultural Expectations with Purposeful Confusion in Dana Michel’s Yellow Towel
Courtesy PICA/Ian Douglas Dana Michel The final of image of Dana Michel’s Yellow Towel has been playing on my mind since Saturday night’s TBA performance. Before the final lights went down, the audience was drawn to Michel, crouched in the front corner of the stage, a long tan weave-like fabric attached to her head with […]
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Dynasty Handbag’s Delusions and Grandeur
Courtesy of Paula Court / PICA Dynasty Handbag is here to entertain. Dynasty Handbag makes a one-woman show look good—in the tackiest way possible. Her performance, Good Morning Evening Feelings, was delivered to a sold-out house at Disjecta on Thursday. In case you’re wondering, “Dynasty Handbag” is the alter ego of Los Angeles-based artist Jibz […]
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B-Boys Deconstruct Gender in Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces
Courtesy PICA/Bruce Clayton Tom “Is it okay to cry at movies?” That’s the improbable question that echoes over the speakers towards the beginning of Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces, which opens with five B-boys performing precise choreography on a stage emblazoned with a slick geometric pattern. The performance begins like a party—the show I went to […]
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B-Boys Deconstruct Gender in Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces
Courtesy PICA/Bruce Clayton Tom “Is it okay to cry at movies?” That’s the improbable question that echoes over the speakers towards the beginning of Amy O’Neal’s Opposing Forces, which opens with five B-boys performing precise choreography on a stage emblazoned with a slick geometric pattern. The performance begins like a party—the show I went to […]
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Pictures of the Moon with Teeth: TBA’s Visual Art Tackles Spirits and Space
TBA is over halfway through, but you still have plenty of time to catch their visual art component of the festival, which runs through October 11. Pictures of the Moon with Teeth tackles the “spirit,” playing with scale and expectation. The work that fills 2500 NE Sandy comes from 10 different artists, but shares a […]
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Pictures of the Moon with Teeth Tackles Spirits and Space
TBA is over halfway through, but you still have plenty of time to catch their visual art component of the festival, which runs through October 11. Pictures of the Moon with Teeth tackles the “spirit,” playing with scale and expectation. The work that fills 2500 NE Sandy comes from 10 different artists, but shares a […]
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In “the Couscous Piece” at TBA, Radhouane El Meddeb Fuses Cooking with Dance
Courtesy Radhouane El Meddeb French Tunisian artist Radhouane El Meddeb. Affectionately called “the couscous piece” by PICA’s Artistic Director Angela Mattox at an artist talk Wednesday, Radhouane El Meddeb prepares and feeds his audience both dance and the traditional North African dish in Je danse et je vous en donne à bouffer, performed Tuesday and […]