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Go Solo profiles Artistic Dirtector Sarah Slipper
Go Solo profiled NW Dance Project's founding Artistic Director Sarah Slipper as part of their Entrepreneur Stories series, exploring her artistic history, accomplishments as a pioneering female arts and non-profit business leader, her greatest challenges, and what keeps her reaching for more.
JOSEPH HERNANDEZ NAMED ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
After his latest company creation, bye bye for now, and choreographing on the pre-professional dancers selected for our 2022 MOVE project, Joseph Hernandez has been named NW Dance Project's first Associate Choreographer. A gifted, sharp, and daring dance and theater creator, Joseph will return to...
SUMMER PREMIERES CAPTURES PORTLAND'S PRESS
Our Summer Premieres shows certainly caught the attention of Portland's arts and culture press!In addition to being covered by KGW News, Portland Monthly Magazine and The Portland Tribune both ran preview features focusing on the premiere of Andrea Parson's ode to Little Women titled March...
MASKS NOW OPTIONAL FOR ADULT CLASSES
Beginning Monday, May 9, adult class participants have the option of taking classes without being masked. Our HVAC system was recently upgraded for improved airflow and as weather allows, the windows will be open letting more fresh air circulate! Youth class participants will remain masked...
SUMMER SHOWS WELCOME BACK TWO STARS
We are thrilled to welcome back two NW Dance Project stars and Princess Grace Award winners for our Summer Premieres shows JUN 10+11 / 2022 at Lincoln Performance Hall, where we held our inaugural performance in 2004!Andrea Parson returns as a featured choreographer to create...
SPRING PREMERIES WOW AUDIENCES
Our Spring Premieres - Live shows MAR 4+5 / 2022 at the Newmark Theatre ushered in three distinct and varied works by returning NW Dance Project choreographers Yin Yue, Ihsan Rustem (Resident Choreographer), and Joseph Hernandez. Oregon Arts Watch noted "NW Dance Project’s program Spring...
In-Person Classes Are Back
We are able to once again have (limited numbers of) dancers with us in the studio for youth and adult classes, and we are thrilled to have some great new teachers joining the NW Dance Project team and a full roster of fun+fit dance classes...
Meet the new company
Meet the new company! Part of our re-emerging from the pandemic meant that we needed to secure some new dancers and we could not be more excited for, and proud of, the new company of dancers will have brought together from points near and far...
FALL PREMIERES – LIVE
Our return to the stage with our new company and two world premieres was a thrill and a certain success! Read Connor Reed’s insightful preview for Portland Monthly HERE. Audiences lept to their feet after each new work (see a snippet of Artistic Director Sarah...
Here + Now Outdoor Performances
HERE+NOWA joyous celebration of the power of live art in this time of isolation.We were so thrilled to have offered our first live dance+music performances in over six months. A big thank you to all our fans, subscribers, and donors for your ongoing support —...
At Home Dance Classes
Stephanie Domurat from More Good Day Oregon caught up with NW Dance Project dancer Franco Nieto to learn more about the company’s new “At Home” virtual dance classes for adults and youth launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social distancing. Virtual classes...
German Tour Review 2020
Great review from our German tour from Main Post – SchweinfurtFEB 17, 2020: The guest performance of NW Dance Project in the sold-out theater begins with a bang. The company from Portland (Oregon) had already introduced itself in November 2016 as part of the international...
Winter Wonders Is A Wonder
Oregon Arts Watch found delight in our Winter Wonders show, and although the reviewer didn’t seem to get a casting/credits insert, they loved the performance, noting, “NW Dance Project’s holiday show, conceived by its dancers and Resident Choreographer, felt a lot like a sampler plate...
Winter Wonders + Classes Featured On More Good Day Oregon
KPTV Portland’s More Good Day Oregon came by the studios to get an inside, advance look at our Winter Wonders show created by our own company dancers and Resident Choreographer Ihsan Rustem happening DEC 12-14 / 2019 at Lincoln Performance Hall. Host Stephanie Domurat was...
Summer Premieres Named 2019's Best
Portland Monthy looked back at 2019’s locally-made performing arts events and named our Summer Premieres shows as the best dance performance of the year, praising “Cheers to NW Dance Project’s consistently incredible company for bringing each concept to dangersous, vivid life…these dancers ignited Portland State’s...