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(ALD - modern) Founding Artistic Director of Agnieszka Laska Dancers, Portland, launched with Laska's initial choreography of three movements from Dreams of a Dancer to the music of Portland-based composer Tomas Svoboda. In April of 2003, for composer Jack Gabel's Dog Star CD release event, the ensemble marked a solid presence on the artistic stage in Portland as perhaps the most musical dance company in town. Musical collaborators include, among others: Trio Spektrum, PSU Percussion Ensemble, Stan Stanford, Joel Bluestone, Marilyn Shotola, Diane Syrcle; Tessa Brinckman, Philip Hansen, Erin Furbee, Ines Voglar, Joel Belgique, Oregon Symphony String Quartet, Justin Kagan, Josh Weisenborn, Tomas Svoboda, Christopher Schindler, The Dickson String Quartet, fEARnoMUSIC, The Selisian Philharmonic, The Wielkapolska String Quartet, Cherry Blossom Visual Music (Paul Safar and Nancy Wood), Nancy Ives. |
 Agnieszka Laska Dancers in Lamentatio (excerpt) choreography: Agnieszka Laska |
 Northwest Dance Project in Be Little choreography: Aszure Barton |
(modern) Choreography by Aszure Barton - free-lance choreography from Alberta - recent New York debut performance of Come In danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov Founded in 2004, the Northwest Dance Project is dedicated to the creation and performance of innovative, contemporary new dance works from established and emerging dance makers. In order to produce the next wave of significant dance works, we are also committed to advancing the training and mentoring the next generation of professional dancers though our various projects, intensives, workshops and classes. Because dance cannot survive without new audiences and a deepened appreciation of the art form, we strive to engage individuals and communities with dance through accessible performances by our Project Company, open studio sessions and special events, as well as bringing the experience of dance to youth in-need through our interactive Dance Moves community outreach program. more info. |
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(Water in the Desert - Butoh) Founding director of the Headwaters: Kinesthetic Laboratory and Center for International Exchanges in the Arts - in Portland, Oregon. the dances of mizu desierto lean often towards an invocation of memory, absurdity, place, cultural reality, and the feminine. We are American Butoh, dancing our personal ancestry, our plasma, and our particular North American identity. Our home is at the Headwaters: Kinesthetic Laboratory and Center for International Exchanges in the Arts-- in Portland, Oregon. One of our annual projects is the Water in the Desert Festival: a participatory festival honoring art, ritual, performance and ecology.... more info. |
 Mizu Desierto Butoh Dance Theatre in Migration choreography: Mizu Desierto |
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(NW Fusion - modern/fusion) Currently the associate director and resident choreographer of NW Fusion, a pre-professional dance company based in Portland, Oregon. She recently won NWPDP's choreography competition, "Pretty Creatives" and will be choreographing for it's summer intensive. In December, her work will be presented in Seattle at On the Boards, as part of the A.W.A.R.D. Show. She has received grants from the Regional Arts and Culture Council to perform her choreography and her work has been featured at the American Dance Guild Festival in New York, Conduit: Charged, AWOL, Bluesky Choreography Series, Regional Dance America, Ten Tiny Dances, Portland State University, Idaho Dance Theatre, Balance Dance Company, Portland Gay Symphonic Band and DROP Dance Collective, to name a few. Mia Michaels has described Edson's choreography as "classic modern, well-crafted with excellent staging." more info. |
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(ex OBT and Washington State Ballet) Russell Capps began his ballet training with Eric Hyrst of London's Royal Ballet, in Longview, Washington. Early experience includes dancing with the Jefferson Dancers and Oregon Festival Ballet before launching his professional career with Eugene Ballet Company. His dancing success continued with Pacific Ballet Theatre, Ballet Oregon, Los Angeles Classical Ballet, Nevada Dance Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre. He has performed principal roles in numerous ballets. His choreographic credits include The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, One Second, Eye to Eye, Glass House, The Velveteen Rabbit, and Tijustme. His creative vision also produced works for the Jefferson Dancers and Dance West of Beaverton Arts and Communication School. He further collaborated with Bravo! Vancouver to choreograph a commissioned work called, St. Paul- An Oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, and excerpts from George Gershwin's An American In Paris. The works featured a live chorus, orchestra, and a broadcast on local public television. In Vancouver, Washington, he directed Vancouver Dance Theatre for nine years before starting Washington State Ballet in 2001. Currently he is head of the ballet department at Schell Dance Studio. more info. |
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 Gavin Larsen in Jilted choreography: Paul Destrooper |
in Jilted to music of Robert McBride Though Gavin Larsen grew up in New York, she seems to be a Westerner at heart. From the moment she arrived in Portland it has felt like home, perhaps because she danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle for several years. Now she's busy exploring Oregon's natural wonders and enchanting OBT audiences with her artistry. more info. |
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 Wamba's Richard Sokpor in War Dance choreography: Richard Sokpor |
 Impetus Arts' Alexis Jewell in A Human Balance choreography: Alexis Jewell with Curtis Walker |
Based in Portland, Oregon, Impetus Arts produces performances and teaches dance and theater classes. We will add more visual art and writing events this fall. Our goal is to remove physical and social barriers so that communities can create art together on the same stage or in the same room. We reach out to communities and individuals who have limited access to training because of discrimination and other barriers. We also include experienced performers and strive to bridge gaps between mainstream and other art worlds. At Impetus Arts, we work to ensure that people are welcome, not in spite of their disabilities, race, culture, gender, class, age, sexuality or other identity, but because their perspectives will add to the power of our work. more info. |
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Jan. 9, 2010 @ 8pm
PWNW PERFORMANCE DISTILLED
Jan. 20,21, 22, 23 @ 8:00pm; Jan. 24 @ 2:00pm Tere Mathern Dance / Minh Tran & Company
January 22 and 23 at 8pm; January 24 matinee at 4pm Performance Works NorthWest presents Alembic #6: DOMESTIC/WILD
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