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June 11 || Antero Alli || Sacred Rites Discussion and Book Signing
In this rare public presentation, Antero will outline the principles and methods of a paratheatrical medium he has developed since 1977. He will read excerpts from his new book “Sacred Rites” — sharing his personal experiences doing this work in both non-performance and performative modalities.
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2023 || Spring/Summer/Fall Events
Spring and summer performance at PWNW brings us music, dance, theater, a book signing, genre-switching and a free boutique!
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Support Linda’s artist’s book
Dear friends and fans—Please support the creation of an artist’s book/catalog to be offered in tandem with September performances of 3 miles of possible. I need some bucks to pay for designer fees, contributor fees, printing and binding!
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June 3 || Elsewhere/Otherwise || Kristen Yeung and Sadie Leigh
Elsewhere/Otherwise is a dance theatre performance, featuring original choreography and sound co-created by Kristen Yeung and Sadie Leigh. This work is a vehicle and a vessel for processing the deeply personal and universally shared experience of moving from one place to another.
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May 6 || An Evening of Improvisation
An evening of improvisation at Performance Works NW reunites Oakland-based saxophonist Wilson Shook and Portland-based Jean-Paul Jenkins in duo of a free improvisation, in addition to It’s OK Girl, the project of choreographer and performer Danielle Ross with saxophonist Ben Kates, and electro-acoustic vocal improviser stephanie lavon trotter.
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2023 Alembic Parent Artists!
PWNW’s Alembic Parent Artist Program is happy to introduce two dance artists who have been awarded studio time and childcare support at PWNW: local artist Latoya Lovely and visiting artist from Seattle, Kaitlin McCarthy.
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Pieces of Earth We Eat || online
A short form audio-play and experimental opera written and directed by Lu Yim over the course of 2021-2022. It was recorded one performer at a time to create the illusion and possibility of chorality and togetherness. In its 12 minute run time, poetic narratives of care, where they entangle and complicate, create an erotics of…
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RFP || Alembic Residency #10
PWNW || LAD invites artists working in original and contemporary time-based performance, whose work engages a strong movement, body, or dance-based component, to apply for the Alembic Resident Artist Program.
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February 18 || Imposter/Switch #2
Imposter/Switch is a newly launched quarterly interdisciplinary arts exhibition/performance (co-curated by Kennedy Verrett and Marissa Rae Niederhauser, celebrating the imposter syndrome living in each of us and inviting artists to courageously ‘fake it’ wearing the [creative] mask of another artist.
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February 11 || Extradition Plays Corner || music + dance celebrating the work of Philip Corner
PWNW hosts an evening of music + dance as part of a Extradition’s multi-weekend, multi-venue festival celebrating the work of composer Philip Corner, who since the 1950s has composed thousands of works exploring the intersection of the classical tradition, post–John Cage experimentalism, and a desire to forge true creative collaboration between composer and performer.
Performance Works NW || Linda Austin Dance 