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Tag: Movement Research

  • April 26-28 | Sharing Dances: Works by Marissa Rae Niederhauser and Ashley A. Friend

    April 26-28 | Sharing Dances: Works by Marissa Rae Niederhauser and Ashley A. Friend

    Marissa Rae Niederhauser (Portland) and Ashley A. Friend (Port Townsend, WA) share a program of dances at Performance Works NorthWest!

  • March 28-31 || Alembic Artists in Performance

    March 28-31 || Alembic Artists in Performance

    Celebrating our 10th Alembic Resident Artist cohort, in residence since June 2023, Performance Works NorthWest presents dance and performance by JmeJames Antonick + Patsy Morris, Katherine Longstreth, and Emma Lutz-HIggins.

  • April 6 || will you with me? || claire barrera + collaborators

    Will you with me? explores the challenges and delights of intergenerational groups.  Difference, affinity and the potential for co-creation are teased out via experiments in storytelling and dance improvisation.

  • April 17-18 || Targeted / 100+ Kites || an installation

    An installation project inspired by academic and poet Refaat Al-Areer’s poem, “If I must Die,” which pays tribute to the many journalists and media workers who have put their lives on the line to report on the horrors unfolding in Gaza. All proceeds will be donated to these charities: Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Anera.

  • 2024 || Winter/Spring Events

    A visit by celebrated theater and music artists, a birthday roast for Linda, another edition of Imposter/switch, a fantastical show for parents and kids, Alembic Artists Performance, intergenerational dance and storytelling, an installation for Gaza, and a split bill with Marissa Rae Niederhauser and Ashley A. Friend.

  • February 24 | Mother Goose’s Advices to Her Young Ones | Matthew Fielder

    February 24 | Mother Goose’s Advices to Her Young Ones | Matthew Fielder

    Told in an inventive and imaginative combination of Clown, Puppetry, Music, and Animation by Matthew Fielder, “Mother Goose’s Advices” are “parables set in motion”, humorous and profound—a playfully touching visionary look at cosmology, ecology, and the poetic spirit of the human heart.

  • Farewell to 2023 | Welcome, 2024!

    Farewell to 2023 | Welcome, 2024!

    Thank you for yet another art-and-life-affirming year! Feeling the warmth of your attentive energy—witnessing, supporting, creating, performing—is what keeps us vital. Please support PWNW as we continue to support artists and audiences with residencies, performances, rehearsal space, guest artists, and more!

  • January 28 | Linda Austin’s 70th Birthday “Roast”

    January 28 | Linda Austin’s 70th Birthday “Roast”

    In honor of the PWNW Linda Austin’s 70th birthday and to raise funds for artist projects, Performance Works NW is hosting a party and ROAST of our dear comrade Linda. Please join us for this celebratory event, which includes drinks, a taco bar, a raffle, and karaoke following the roast!

  • Imposter/switch—New Date: February 10

    Imposter/switch—New Date: February 10

    Imposter/switch, co-curated by liz HOWLS and Marissa Rae Niederhauser, celebrates the imposter syndrome living in each of us, inviting artists to courageously ‘fake it’ wearing the [creative] mask of another artist. With Hannah Krafcik, Yaara Valey, Joe John Sanchez III, Sarah Eaton, The Bone Goddess, and Stephanie Leet

  • January 6-7 | Ama, the Diver | Katiana Rangel, Jim Fletcher, Lori Goldston

    January 6-7 | Ama, the Diver | Katiana Rangel, Jim Fletcher, Lori Goldston

    Directed and performed by NYC theater artists Katiana Gonçales Rangel and Jim Fletcher, with original live music by cellist Lori Goldston, “Ama, the Diver” is an adaption of a Noh play.