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June 16 || Eric Nordstrom Dance Film
Eric Nordstrom || Dance Film Double Feature: Standing on Gold (a work-in-progress showing) and Moving History: Portland Contemporary Dance Past and Present Sat June 16 at 8pm Alembic Co-Production Standing on Gold documents eighty-two-year-old Simone Forti’s innovations in postmodern dance. This work-in-progress dance documentary includes never-before-screened work and choice photos from Forti’s own personal archive.…
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June 13 || Notice Recordings || Composed Improvisations for Music & Dance
Wed June 13 Doors at 7:30, show at 8pm $10-$20 sliding scale Notice Recordings presents, in collaboration with The Extradition Series, a night of contemporary music and dance by John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Toshi Ichiyanagi. Featuring Matt Hannafin, Margaret McNeal, Lee Elderton, Evan Lindorff-Ellery, Branic Howard, and Brandon Conway. Joined by movement artists Emily…
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June 3 ║ Leralee Whittle Open Workshop
Trans-Embodiment, the Body as Space Maker and the Hugeness of Instant Composition In this 3 hour workshop we’ll touch into somatic and tactile investigations for cultivating pleasure, apply images and tools to dancing with a space-oriented body and explore the magnitude of instant composition by practicing dance as a relational medium.
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June 1-2║ J (()) Y by Leralee Whittle ║ work-in-progresss by Mizu Desierto
J (()) Y is a dance of trans-embodiment territories where the body connects with forces, embodies space, composes and arrives at momentary destinations of aesthetic pleasure.
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May 5 || Meatsuits Trans Variety Show
Genderbomb presents Meatsuits Saturday May 5, 8-10pm PWNW Public Access Screaming right through existence. Genderbomb’s rebellion through art continues. Our band of trans performers is growing uncontrollably and they’re champing at the bit to present you more exquisite entertainment. Alongside original musical numbers, twisted stories, and comedy, there’ll be kinky performance pieces of a heartfelt…
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May 18-19 || Danielle Agami || Framed
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS Framed is an intimate look into womanhood as experienced and understood by the ever-sensitive and insightful choreographer Danielle Agami.
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May 11-13 || FALLEN MONSTERS
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS ParaTheatrical Research PDX presents the world premiere of FALLEN MONSTERS an intermedia performance ritual.
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June 22-23 || Linda Austin || 2 solos from the 1980s
PWNW Founder & Artistic Director Linda Austin performs new versions of two of her earliest solos: Recipe: A Reading Test (1983) and Raw Material (1985). Both solos reveal Linda’s early fascination with puzzle-like structures and deconstructions and the how the life of the socialized body, the life of language, and the life of objects all…
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April 28-29 || A Night of Jazz || Leone Dance Theatre
PWNW PUBLIC ACESS: Join Leone Dance Theatre for an evening of dance and live music featuring choreography by artistic director Laura Stilwell & others.
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April 20-21 || In Layers || Jana Zahler, Charlie Stellar, and Patsy Morris
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS In Layers explores the abstract process of how the masked-self is created, maintained, and dismantled.
Performance Works NW || Linda Austin Dance 