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.
Chanticleer goes with the flow and reschedules Friday’s Reed performance for Saturday at PSU’s Lincoln Hall; performances of Rachmaninoff’s ‘Vespers’ with push/FOLD and Portland Symphonic Choir will proceed as planned at The Reser.
From dancerly Broadway musicals to Éowyn Emerald’s return to a Bantu circus, a mystical being from Buenos Aires, Linda Austin’s birthday bash and more, 2024 kicks off in grand style.
From a magnificent dancerly takeover of Zidell Yards to a push/FOLD contemporary festival to her own solo Odissi show, our DanceWatch columnist steps deftly through a busy year.
As Oregon’s dance scene steps into the start of the holiday season, the possibilities of a busy calendar embrace a wide world of movement, style, and sound.
Choirs all over Oregon and Southwest Washington celebrate the close of summer programs and the beginning of fall concerts.
The world premiere of composer/choreographer Samuel Hobbs’ latest work brings together their signature expression of athletic movement with evocative music and dramatic performance.
Jamuna Chiarini considers the resilience, grit, and transcendence of Portland’s dance community in 2022.
Fourth annual festival draws dance artists from around the world together for masterclasses, workshops, and to share their work.
Cappella Romana releases their new creation-themed album; Choral Arts Ensemble shares the music of local composer Sydney Guillaume; Oregon Repertory Singers takes on Joby Talbot’s miraculous ‘Path’; Choro in Schola and PSU support choral education at The Reser; Bach Cantata Choir and Portland Symphonic Choir go to the foundations.
From the sublime to the spectacular, the steamy to the spooky, dance takes all forms this month.
February highlights: White Bird plans a changing of the guard; a wild rumpus erupts; women choreographers in Eugene; more.
Theatrical barbecue, skeleton piano, down on the sheep farm, Troubles in Belfast, schools & Congress, bustle of books, a galaxy far far away.
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.
From “Hip Hop Nutcracker” to “Cinderella,” Keylock & Bielemeier to Linda Austin’s explorations, dance is live and on the move again.
ArtsWatch Weekly: A musical trip in a funhouse mirror, talking about “Lorelei,” creative laureates & more.
push/FOLD gets back to performing with a rethinking of a recent dance, “Early,” for a Mexico City festival.
Though we long for the Olden Times, when dancers occupied the same rooms we did, we’re still counting our blessings: 1) Spring awaits; 2) Dance online.
Local dance companies and choreographers are adapting to the new normal with determination and creativity, though everyone’s anxious about the future.
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.
Samuel Hobbs’ Union PDX dance festival: showcasing dance, confront the problems it faces in Portland.
Union PDX – Festival:19 is a new dance festival, started by Samuel Hobbs, that attempts to address some of the problems in the city’s dance community.
Choreographer Erik Kaiel and his dance company Arch8, now based in the Netherlands, will be performing in his hometown of Portland for the first time since Kaiel graduated from Jefferson High School’s dance program in 1990. After leaving Jeff, he spent a
As the audience entered the dimly lit AWOL Warehouse for push/FOLD’s world premiere of Samuel Hobbs’s Early, our first exposure was Hobbs himself, standing completely nude and still in the space. He remained in his stillness until the audience’s bustle of picking
There are nine dance performances this week beginning with the Original Bad Unkl Sistas (a performing duo made up of Anastazia Aranaga and Mizu Desierto, at the Headwaters Theatre) and ending with Degenerate Art Ensemble (from Seattle next Wednesday, also appearing at
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