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Sept. 8-10, 14-16 || Sowelu Theater || The Crackwalker
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS: The Crackwalker captures the unpretty realities of the ignored in our society. Directed by Barry Hunt and featuring company member Lorraine Bahr plus guest artists Ryan Downey, Liviya Burns, Anthony Green, Ken Baug and Joshua Brown.
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Sept. 22-24 || Carlyn Hudson || Solos…
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS: Carlyn Hudson, cofounder/choreographer/dancer with SubRosa Dance Collective is thrilled to present her first show as a solo artist, “Solos, and Not-Solos…(But Mostly Solos).”
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Sept. 29-30║Episode 3
PWNW presents a screening of jin camou & Julia Calabrese’s Episode III, with live original music by Mary Sutton. Following the screening there will be an accompanying dance, performed by camou and Linda Austin, as well as a short duo by Ayako Kataoka and Kathleen Hong.
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PWNW FALL PREVIEW
Our fall programing features a pair of body snatched aliens; a PWNW fundraiser/celebration; a duo embodying tension, mischief, and surreality; and an immersive group work within two seemingly opposed but equally real/fictional worlds.
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Sept 6 || Paratheatre: What is it?
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS: Lecture/Demo by Antero Alli discussing the basic methods of his Paratheatre medium while several members of ParaTheatrical ReSearch demonstrate them.
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Aug 18-29 || The Last Five Years
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS: The inaugural production of Colorful Collective! This unorthodox and touching modern musical chronicles the five-year-long relationship between Jamie and Cathy, two twenty-somethings in New York City, from meeting to breakup and from breakup to meeting. Jamie moves forward in time while Cathy tells her story in reverse.
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Aug. 3-5 || Guenevere of States
PWNW PUBLIC ACCESS: “Guenevere of States” is a NU-DADA pseudo-Shakespeare play about a fictional queen and her struggles in the shadow of her predecessor. Written and directed by Jake Gonnella.
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June 30-July 1 || Andrea Kleine + Linda Austin @ CMG Improvisation Summit
PWNW Artistic Director Linda Austin joins the multifaceted writer/artist/wayward dancer Andrea Kleine in two works at the upcoming edition of the Creative Music Guild (CMG) Improvisation Summit of Portland (ISP). Friday, June 30, 2017. 7pm Andrea Kleine & Linda Austin w/ Fabian Rucker & Mike Gamble Saturday, July 1, 2017. 8:15pm Andrea Kleine: “Ships” w/ dancers…
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July 17-19 || Bob Eisen Open Workshop
Visiting artist Bob Eisen, after performing in Rantum Scoot, July 14 & 15, offers interested dancers a chance to join him in his studio process in our air-conditioned studio! Through the use of various improvisational structures and choreographic tools, these three days of open workshops will deal with aspects of performing and creating work. Open…
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July 14-15 || Rantum Scoot
Taking advantage of the opportunity afforded by a visit to Portland by the peripatetic and amazing Bob Eisen, PWNW puts together a mid-summer dance outing comprising three solos by veterans Eisen, Gregg Bielemeier, and PWNW director Linda Austin, plus a duet by the Leah Wilmoth and Sada Naegelin.
Performance Works NW || Linda Austin Dance 