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SUMMER WAVES REVIEW
NW Dance Project marked the impending change of season with an evening of dance titled Summer Waves the weekend of May 29 and 30. The company debuted choreographer Anne Plamondon’s Ground Relief, a new work exploring the gravitas of physical relationality, alongside a reprise of...
"The choreography unfolds with sweeping, lush movement performed by remarkable dancers"... — Oregon Artswatch
"NW Dance Project’s Spring Songs, presented March 27 and 28 at the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland, featured the premieres of two new works: Show Don’t Tell by NW Dance Project Artistic Director Sarah Slipper, and Saudade by Ethan Colangelo, the newly appointed choreographic associate...
Carmen's return + new work wow audiences
After a seven-year absence, Ihsan Rustem's much-lauded take on Carmen returned to the stage and brought the delighted, cheering crowd to their feet! Similarly, our second original work from the fantastic Caroline Finn, the full-company Don't Forget to Panic, brought the captivated crowd to its...
Sizzling set of sexy summer shows
Gustavo Ramírez Sansano's Gustavo Ramírez Sansano was captivated and intrigued by the two world premieres presented on a set of shows closing out our 21st season, noting, "In the face of a federal war on the arts and queer expression, the Portland company closes its...
Hedda captivates again
Oregon Arts Watch's Jamuna Chiarini revisited Sarah Slipper's most ambitious work, Hedda, and was captivated once again, noting "NW Dance Project's deep and resonant production is sparked by fine design, excellent score, highly skilled ensemble and Slipper's feel for Ibsen's tense tale...this restaging, featuring a...
Back on "Hello, Rose City!"
NW Dance Project was honored to rejoin our friends at KGW's "Hello, Rose City!" to discuss our upcoming Hedda performances, as well as our variety of open community dance classes for youth and adults. Watch the episode HERE.
A Steller Start to our 2024-25 Season!
Review proclaims an evening of "electrifying dance...two strong works that have evolved nicely over time, complementing each other beautifully...athletes in any sport have nothing on these dancers."
SECRET STORIES WIN OVER AUDIENCES
Hannah Krafcik from Oregon ArtsWatch reviewed the three world premieres of our Secret Stories shows March 28+29, 2024 at the Newmark Theatre.
NW Dance Project in Dance Magazine
Dance Magazine honored our 20th Anniversary Season that's full of new works with a mention of our Secret Stories shows featuring three world premieres.
NW Dance feature from Dance Informa
Dance Informa dove into NW Dance Project's 20 years of risk-taking work and explored the artistic ethos, motivations, and intentions of founding Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.
NW Dance Project at 20
Oregon ArtsWatch founder and noted Portland performance arts journalist Bob Hicks spent a couple days at our Creative Center looking into the three new works premiering on our Sharing Stories as well as seeing where NW Dance Project has landed after 20 years of work...
stravinsky program wows
Audiences and critics were captivated by the two world premieres on our Petruska program, JUN 2+3, 2023 at the Newmark Theatre. Reviewing for Oregon Arts Watch, critic Max Taponga noted "This is not a traditional staging of Stravinsky’s iconic ballet about a love triangle involving...
COMMON GROUND SHOW IN REVIEW
Oregon Arts Watch's Amy Leona Havin joined us for our debut at the beautiful Patricia Reser Center for the Arts for our Common Ground show featuring two world premieres, noting, "three striking pieces...the dancers presented clean, strong lines...choreography of Common Ground was captivating, punchy, and...
NW Dance Project featured on "Hello, Rose City!" TV show
NW Dance Project had the honor of being invited on Portland's new morning show, Hello, Rose City!, to preview our Common Ground shows March 17+18 at The Reser in Beaverton featuring world premiere works from Caroline Finn (U.S. debut) and Artistic Director Sarah Slipper. What...
BOLERO+ show in review
Oregon Arts Watch reviewer Max Tapogna was wowed by our 2022-23 season-opening show, BOLERO+ OCT 14+15 at the Newmark Theatre, noting "..the audience saw flowers clenched between a dancer’s teeth and passed around like a baton, ripped to pieces, and falling suddenly from the sky...In...