The Show Must Go On(line)!
Elizabeth Whelan
March 30, 2020
COVID-19 and Portland dance: spaces close, shows are delayed, classes shift online, financial crises loom.
COVID-19 and Portland dance: spaces close, shows are delayed, classes shift online, financial crises loom.
Oregon’s dance month marches in like a lion, a tango, ballet, butoh, funk, fish, bootleggers and more.
All you need is love: Oregon’s February dance calendar reflects on the many ways humans love.
DanceWatch Monthly is hoping that Marquee TV will fill the void in performing arts on your devices, whatever they may be.
December dance in Portland and the rest of the state gets its holiday on, and we’ve got the guide to all those Sugar Plum Fairies.
As a new season settles in, Oregon’s dance calendar overflows with opportunities.
Dance to haunt the senses and call on spirits, from OBT to White Bird and beyond—way beyond.
This year’s Time-Based Art Festival is loaded with dance events. The rest of September’s leaping with dance, too.
Dance is a global affair this spring, a series of international alliances and cultural collaborations that we can enjoy both in person and from afar. Merce Cunningham centennial celebrations are in full swing all over the world and will continue throughout the
“And spring arose on the garden fair, Like the spirit of love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on earth’s dark breast Rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant Welcome to DanceWatch for
Welcome to DanceWatch for March, the month that enters like a lion and retreats like a lamb, or so they say. While it’s still cold and dark outside, you can think of this month’s dance offerings like a warm winter stew: hearty,
In Southern Oregon’s remote Applegate Valley, community organizers find that the love for a region can outweigh political, economic, and religious divisions.
How to decide what to see? There’s more than one way to approach the overwhelming bounty of Oregon’s annual celebration of new stage works.
Jamuna Chiarini looks back on December and January shows and ahead to February’s dance, from BodyVox’s “Flights” to Rejoice!’s “Rites of Passage” to OBT’s “Peter Pan” and more.
Community organizer Nik Portela embraced The Dalles as their home, tipping the rural town’s local culture toward more LGBTQIA2S+ acceptance.
The delightful vagueness of the term abstract means that it is a perfect binder for many of October’s art offerings. Also this month, Portland Open Studios celebrates its 25th anniversary and the Sitka Art International celebrates its 29th year.
“The fundamentals of the economy are getting stronger, but people are still skittish” – and theater companies are suffering for it. Plus: Anonymous Theatre plays Pirate.
Listening backwards and forwards to the trends and traditions which (we hope) will continue into the next year.
August’s offerings draw inspiration from diverse areas of lived experience, a refreshing respite from the slow dog days of summer.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Beating the heat, ‘Frida’ at last, Creative Laureate x 2, hip-hop dynamo & more.
Kathe Todd-Hooker is among artists in a Lincoln City show of tapestries limited to 100 square inches.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Fertile Ground marches on, film fest updates, Hal Holbrook on jackasses & politics.
As the pandemic shuts down in-person shows, director Patrick Nims blazes a trail in live video theater.
James H. Barron’s “The Greek Connection” tells the tale of a fight for justice amid the tricky thicket of politics.
The Fire Writers conference helps Yamhill County teenagers tap into their potential.
With stages shut down, the work’s stopped cold. Performing artists wonder: Can the fire be relighted?
Portland’s Wayfinding Adademy and Alder Commons move arts education to the center of their approach.
As rapid development tightens the real estate market in Portland’s core, arts groups try to play the game.
A look back at the ups and downs and curious side trips of the year in Oregon culture.
A reading of the veteran actor/writer’s “The Best Worst Place” highlights the Proscenium Live showcase.
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