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December DanceWatch: A month for Nutcrackers, independent dancemakers, and more

Jamuna Chiarini November 28, 2023

More nuts than you can crack a whip at, classical Indian dance, contemporary premieres, the return of “ZooZoo,” five women choreographers at NW Dance Project – and even a “NOT-Cracker.”

Revealing the Spiritual Through the Corporeal: choreographer Sweta Ravisankar leads an all-female performance of new works for Indian classical dance

Jamuna Chiarini September 4, 2023

‘Chakras – The Wheel of Energy,’ a sold-out show of Bharatanatyam dance and Carnatic music at Hillsboro’s HART Theater, brought an energizing flavor of classical Indian art forms to an eager Oregon audience.

Is Portland the newest dance destination?

Oregon ArtsWatch January 14, 2019

By BETH WHELAN The other day, I stumbled across the Oregonian article “13 reasons to leave Portland and go back to where you came from.” Quick flashback to 14 months ago: Me, squeezing everything I owned into my car and trekking across