Dance review: Putting the Body in BodyVox
Bennett Campbell Ferguson
December 4, 2021
“Serious Cupcakes” is one of the contemporary dance company’s most physically adventurous shows.
“Serious Cupcakes” is one of the contemporary dance company’s most physically adventurous shows.
Soria Ruiz brings architect Eileen Gray’s “animal ballet” sketches to life in a performative exhibition at Oregon Contemporary through Dec. 5.
After a long year of mostly virtual performances, the dance world celebrates the season by throwing the doors open to live shows again.
The veteran dancer and choreographer’s first in a series of three live performances at Performance Works Northwest challenges traditional perspectives on identity and time.
The Shaun Keylock Company returns to the stage after two years to perform the hits of Gregg Bielemeier, a beloved Portland choreographer.
As the holiday hip hop tour heads to Portland, rap pioneer and show MC Kurtis Blow talks about his career, his faith, and his heart transplant.
Generations meet and play when the Keylock company’s young dancers take on the witty choreography of Oregon legend Bielemeier, 71.
push/FOLD’s festival drew national and international contemporary-dance ideas from Brooklyn to New Jersey to Portland to L.A. to the Dominican Republic and Taiwan.
Partners Pasquale and Foit present a two-part event featuring lighthearted movement and a lively four-piece jazz band, followed by a slice of pumpkin pie.
The Portland contemporary dance company gets spooky—and silly—with “BloodyVox,” its seasonal splurge of the macabre.
From “Hip Hop Nutcracker” to “Cinderella,” Keylock & Bielemeier to Linda Austin’s explorations, dance is live and on the move again.
As the dance film genre gains momentum, Portland Dance Film Fest returns to the Clinton Street Theatre to feature filmmakers from across the globe and encourage innovation.
Back in the theater for the first time since February 2020, the company shows fine form in a program highlighted by Balanchine’s classic “Four Temperaments.”
Emily Jones and Hannah Krafcik’s experimental performance “apogee” explores themes of nature and intuition.
The ballet company, disrupted by Covid and an abrupt change in leadership, opens a new season on Friday.
TBA Festival: Exploring Indigenous culture, history, and memory in dance, sound, words, and images.
A dance form born in majorette lines and adopted by queer dance clubs hits the streets in Portland’s Boise neighborhood.
After a long layoff, dance is getting back in performance halls. Celebrate its return – if you’ve been vaccinated.
The project combines condos and a home for Eugene Ballet, plus office space for seven other arts groups.
PICA’s Time-Based Art Fest highlights a month that also shows many dancers emerging from isolation.
