Tag: Ursonate

  • June 18-July 2 || Procedures for Saying No

    June 18-July 2 || Procedures for Saying No

    PWNW Artistic Director Linda Austin is thrilled to be working with Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble in Procedures For Saying No, opening June 18 at Shaking the Tree Theatre. The show is a prequel (of sorts) for PETE’s Journey Play project, an examination of toil in the workplace, and what conditions might make a person choose the roaring chaos of…

  • May 20-21 || The Holding Project

    May 20-21 || The Holding Project

    The Holding Project presents HAVA | חוה, an experimental evening-length debut of dance for film and live movement exploring the ideas of nostalgia, heritage, and human relationship. HAVA| חוה inspects the boundaries between emotional struggle and physical interaction through mediums of video and live dance in order to examine interwoven personal connections within a universal…

  • Help us make our Miller Match!

    Help us make our Miller Match!

    New and increased donations will be matched by Miller up to $5000! Please help us make the Miller Match by giving what you can!

  • 2016 Alembic Resident Artists

    2016 Alembic Resident Artists

    Introducing PWNW 2016 Alembic Resident Artists: claire barrera, Katie Scherman & Noelle Stiles

  • April 22-24 || A head of time (solo version)

    April 22-24 || A head of time (solo version)

    Linda Austin offers an expanded version of a recent solo based on her 2012 ensemble work, A head of time, churning up movement, visuals, props, text and sound in a tragi-comic meditation on time and loss. April 22-24 at PWNW.

  • March 13 | Dance Film Day at PWNW

    March 13 | Dance Film Day at PWNW

    Jamuna Chiarini is hosting a Dance Film Day at Performance Works NorthWest, sharing films screened at the 2015 Outlet Dance Project in New Jersey (including Waking the Green Sound by Wobbly Dance) as well as offering a discussion with local filmmakers. The event is FREE. SCHEDULE 3-4pm Q & A with Portland filmmakers, Karl Lind, Wobbly Dance, SubRosa…

  • PWNW at PCS March Social hours

    PWNW at PCS March Social hours

    PWNW||Linda Austin Dance is part of a very special March series of Social Hour events at Portland Center Stage, featuring local performance companies Hand2Mouth, Performance Works NW, PETE and Shaking the Tree.

  • Feb. 26 & 27 || GHOSTS + Snake Talk || + workshops

    Feb. 26 & 27 || GHOSTS + Snake Talk || + workshops

    A double bill of guest artists curated by Allie Hankins: GHOSTS by Asaf Aharonson & Ruairí Donovan (Berlin) and Snake Talk by Abby Crain, Maryanna Lachman and Mara Poliak (Oakland). GHOSTS: “It’s about the bear.” “Which bear? The big bear? The star constellation? The homosexual archetype?” “No the bear that is waiting.” Snake Talk: We…

  • Feb. 19-20 || Cabaret Boris & Natasha

    Feb. 19-20 || Cabaret Boris & Natasha

    A lively constellation of short works by some of our region’s most inventive performers: a time-manipulating trio by Seattle-based dance artist Alyza DPM; a Beckettian solo by theater artist Amanda Boekelheide, sound experiments by the duo PANTING (evan Spacht + davis Hooker) a series of vignettes by writer/curator Stacey Tran, and a work-in-progress glimpse into…

  • Winter & Spring DANCE/PLAY/MOVE Canceled

    Winter & Spring DANCE/PLAY/MOVE Canceled

    We are sorry to say that Dance/Play/Move is currently on hiatus. Check back in a month or two to see what’s up.