Fall 2017 NW Dance Project

Photo / Blaine Truitt Covert Dancers / Franco Nieto & Kody Jauron

WELCOME TO OUR FALL PERFORMANCES Thank you so much for joining us as we kick off NW Dance Project’s exciting 14th season — we hope you enjoy our “company of slick, skilled dancers.” (The New Yorker) This show is truly special and marks friendships old and new, as well as fresh beginnings and a fond farewell.

With the world premiere of You Are All I See, we celebrate the long-awaited and happy return to NW Dance Project of Wen Wei Wang, one of Canada’s most accomplished and acclaimed choreographers whose work is seen around the world. Wen Wei first created for us in 2009 and then again in 2012, and we think you’ll agree that Wen Wei has created his most beautiful and memorable work yet.

ENVISIONED, CREATED, AND LED BY SARAH SLIPPER, WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CHOREOGRAPHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR ARTISTIC DRIVES AND DREAMS TO FRUITION FROM THE STUDIO TO THE STAGE AND CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.

“... ONE OF THE HOTTEST DANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICA.” –Portland Stage Reviews

And we are not waiting long to share it further — in just three weeks, it will be included on our touring performance in Long Beach, California.

You’ll see two new dancers featured tonight. We are thrilled to have new company members Katherine Disenhof and Anthony Pucci making their NW Dance Project debuts tonight and we are sure you will recognize their talents and artistry.

Bittersweetly, these shows mark the final NW Dance Project performances for our beloved dancer, teacher, dynamo, prolific sneezer, and goodwill ambassador Ching Ching Wong. After seven amazing years gracing our studios and stages, winning a prestigious Princess Grace Award, and being named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” Ching Ching is heading for new adventures in dance that will take her all over the world (and hopefully back from time to time). Please join us in thanking her for sharing her singular artistry and wishing her well on her upcoming journeys.

NW Dance Project remains dedicated to commissioning, creating, and premiering significant new contemporary dance works in Portland — over 250 since our inception in 2004 — while celebrating the creativity and invention of exceptional dancers and dance makers. We believe tonight’s performance will “knock your socks off” — as The Oregonian has noted our shows will do, and I think you’ll agree with the Calgary Herald that we have “some of the best dancers you will ever see.”

We hope you will join us for the remainder of our 2017-18 season. If you are not a subscriber yet, you can get your special three-show subscription for just $150 and enjoy all of our subscriber perks such as priority seating at the lowest price, full ticket exchange privileges, and exclusive invites to our opening night artists’ receptions and other special events throughout the season.

It’s going to be an inspired and inspiring year of dance. We hope you will be with us to experience each and every stunning step.

For now, we thank you again for being here and we hope you enjoy the show. We appreciate your support of great original dance made right in Portland and of NW Dance Project!

Sarah Slipper | Artistic Director

Scott Lewis | Executive Director

PRESENTS

FALL 2017 PERFORMANCES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis

DANCERS Samantha Campbell Kody Jauron Franco Nieto Julia Radick

William Couture Elijah Labay Andrea Parson Ching Ching Wong

Katherine Disenhof Lindsey McGill Anthony Pucci

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NW DANCE PROJECT

Photo / Blaine Truitt Covert Dancers / Andrea Parson + Anthony Pucci

2017–18 SEASON

NW DANCE PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN PORTLAND IN 2004

BY PRINCIPAL DANCER, AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, AND ACCLAIMED DANCE MENTOR SARAH SLIPPER, AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING A SPLASH AND A NAME FOR ITSELF BY DOING THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN DANCE. Our dedication to providing dancers and dance makers the resources and artistic freedom needed to create and take new, inspired dance works to the stage led Dance International Magazine to proclaim that we are “changing the way dance is created” and established NW Dance Project as “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe and North America.”

NW Dance Project has grown into a world-class contemporary dance company and an international leader in the creation and premiere of significant new contemporary dance works.

We commission gifted choreographers from around the world to create on our classically trained yet daring and fearless professional company, giving them full artistic freedom and all the resources needed to bring their artistic drives, inspirations and dreams to fruition and to the stage. With over 250 new dance works created and premiered in Portland to date — more than any other company in the country — NW Dance Project truly is “the ‘it’ company…one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the country” (Oregon Public Broadcasting) and “an essential part of the city’s arts scene” (The Oregonian), with “some of the best dancers you will ever see.” (Calgary Herald) And while Portland gets to experience our works first, the world is watching.

NW Dance Project took the Audience Award at the prestigious 25th annual Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany in April 2011. Later the same year, we were picked the winner, out of nearly 200 entrants from around the world, of the 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest, and as the winner, enjoyed two sold-out, standing ovation London performances in June 2012 as part of the Cultural Olympiad.

We are so proud that four of our talented company dancers have been awarded the most prestigious award in dance — The Princess Grace Award: Andrea Parson in 2010; Franco Nieto in 2012; Viktor Usov in 2014; and Ching Ching Wong in 2015.

Audiences in Oregon, New York, Seattle, Arizona, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Los Angeles, Houston, London, throughout Canada and Germany, and even Mongolia have been similarly wowed by the company’s touring performances. NW Dance Project is proud to represent Portland and further our city’s glowing and growing reputation as a destination for dance and inspired new works of art.

We are equally proud of the work we do in our cherished local community that occurs off the theater stage.

Our innovative and interactive Dance Moves outreach program brings free dance classes and workshops to thousands of at-risk and low-income young members of our community each season. Our Arts Access initiative provides numerous fully accessible, professional dance performances locally each season, even drawing a record breaking, 4000-strong crowd to the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater to experience the company perform select works from our all-original-repertoire.

NW Dance Project is also an extraordinary and comprehensive training center for all dancers. We hold open community classes for adults and youth seven days a week in our beautiful Creative Center at 211 NE 10 th Avenue, as well as special opportunities for professional and pre-professional dancers such as our signature LAUNCH project and our esteemed Summer Dance Intensive.

NW Dance Project believes in dance. We believe everyone can dance and anyone can appreciate the beauty and power of human movement. We believe that dance can, and should, touch and enrich each and every person’s life. And with tonight’s special performance, we believe you’ll agree.

“SARAH SLIPPER IS TRULY GIFTED. THIS IS WHAT DANCE SHOULD BE ... SHE FOUND THE POINT AT WHICH THE FORM OF DANCE (STEPS, TECHNIQUE, FEET, PERFORMANCE) COMBINE TO CREATE A WORK OF ART.” —The News Record

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Franco Nieto + Andrea Parson

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR / SARAH SLIPPER Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

In 1980, she made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet member, and became one of the company’s leading dramatic ballerinas. Sarah worked closely with many internationally renowned directors, choreographers and teachers, including Arnold Spohr, Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and Alla Savchenko. Sarah was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker.

In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux. After Sarah left the stage, she continued her passion for music and drama, studying theatre at the honours

level at the University of Winnipeg, and in Oxford, England. During the 1996/97 season, she served as ballet mistress of Alberta Ballet, and from 1997/99 as ballet mistress of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Sarah’s command of classical and contemporary styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger dancers.

As a guest master teacher, Sarah has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers and the Dance Departments of the University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Iowa. An award winning independent choreographer, Sarah is presently based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, BalletNY, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, NW Dance Project and The Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography

at the International Choreographic Competition Saint Sauveur 2000 for her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Canada, her ballet A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.”

Sarah’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable... grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Oregonian) and “...a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, smoothly unfolding skein of dance” (The New York Times). A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during NW Dance Project’s inaugural season, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the award’s gala celebration. Sarah is currently working on several new creations and serves as the Artistic Director of NW Dance Project.

Photo / Blaine Truitt Covert Dancers / William Couture + Elijah Labay + Kody Jauron + Anthony Pucci + Franco Nieto

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER BIOGRAPHIES

FELIX LANDERER

During his career as a dancer Felix Landerer choreographed for the company of Stephan Thoss in the Opera of Hannover and the Balé Teatro Guaira in Curitiba, Brasil. In 2006 Felix Landerer began to work as a freelance choreographer in Hannover and in 2007 beside his own productions began to work for the Commedia Futura, Theater in der Eisfabrik.

Since then he has created various featurelength dance theatre productions for and in the Commedia Futura. Within this period Landerer continuously created a repertoire with two or three productions a year and established his work in Hannover. Since 2010 he receives conceptional support of the City of Hannover. In April 2010 Felix Landerer won the first prize in the International Competition for choreographers in Hannover and the production-prize from Ed Wubbe for the Scapino Ballet in Rotterdam. Recently Felix has been guest choreographing for Luzerner Theater in Switzerland, for Norrdans in Sweden and for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, where he has been appointed as choreographer in residence from 2013.

In 2015, NW Dance Project invited Felix to

make his US debut with the creation, What We’ve Lost on the Way. He returned again in 2016 for his second original creation with the company, Post-Traumatic-Monster.

NDT2 and premiered in January 2013.

In the same year, Black Clouds Don’t Cry was premiered by Dekkadancers at the New Stage of National Theater Prague.

Jirí’s first creation for NW Dance Project, At Some Hour You Return premiered in 2014 and has been toured by the company internationally, including the acclaimed Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. In 2016, Jirí returned to create his second original work for the company Presence of Absence.

JIRÍ POKORNÝ

Jirí Pokorný was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1981. He started his dance training at the pre-ballet school of the State Opera in Prague when he was eight years old and continued his studies at the Prague National Dance Conservatory. After his graduation, Jiri joined Laterna Magika Praha (2000) and three years later he joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (NDT2) in The Hague, advancing to NDT1 in 2006.

He has worked with many renowned choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite and others. Jiri has also created his own works at the annual choreography workshop, “Switch From Dancer to Choreographer”, collaborated with physical theatre “Spitfire Company” in Prague and taught for Move In, the education department of NDT, Mediterraneo Dance Festival in Italy, and Architanz Japan. His works Dead Nature and Flying Roof were created for NDT’s Summer Intensive in 2010/11. In August 2010, Jiri joined Crystal Pite’s company, Kidd Pivot Frankfurt. Currently, Jiri is continuing his career as a choreographer.

His recent works, Doze, was created for

WEN WEI WANG

Wen Wei Wang began dancing at an early age in China, where he was born and raised. He trained and danced professionally with the Langzhou Song and Dance Company. In 1991, he came to Canada and joined the Judith Marcuse Dance Company after which he danced with Ballet British Columbia for seven years. Since 2003, he has served as Artistic Director of Wen Wei Dance. Wen Wei is the recipient of many awards such as the 2000 Clifford E. Lee Choreographic Award and the 2006 Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography (Unbound). In addition to his works for Wen Wei Dance, he has choreographed for the Alberta Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Dancers Dancing, NW Dance Project in Portland and, most recently, Vancouver Opera’s production of Nixon in China.

DANCER BIOGRAPHIES

Barton, Nelly van Bommel, Thang Dao, James Gregg, Felix Landerer, Joshua Manculich, Jirˇí Pokorný, Ihsan Rustem, and Yin Yue.

KATHERINE DISENHOF

SAMANTHA CAMPBELL

is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007. She was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Samantha has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works

by Didy Veldman, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, BenoitSwan Pouffer, Noam Gagnon, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

was born and raised in Mill Valley, California, where she trained at Marin Ballet. She graduated from Stanford University in 2012 with a B.A. in Human Biology and received the Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing and Creative Arts. Katherine was a member of Robert Moses’ Kin for four years, with which she toured internationally and was part of a cast that received the 2015 Isadora Duncan Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Performance-Company.”

She was also on staff at Alonzo King LINES Ballet for five years as the BFA Program Coordinator and Graphic Designer.

Katherine attended NW Dance Project’s 2017 LAUNCH project.

ELIJAH LABAY

was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington. In 2004, Elijah joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob’s Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen.

In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph Kaos in Wonderland. Elijah attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:4 project where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in NW Dance Project’s premiere of André Mesquita’s duet, A Short History of Walking, and in other original NW Dance Project works created by Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Lucas Crandall, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

KODY JAURON

WILLIAM COUTURE

was born and raised in St. Paul Minnesota, where he attended the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts, and from there went to San Francisco to study at Dominican University of California with LINES ballet. While in college Will traveled as a guest artist to perform with the Southern California Ballet, Santa Rosa Ballet, and LINES ballet. In 2013 Will received a scholarship with the Dizzy Feet Foundation and was invited to perform a solo at their gala event. After graduating in 2015 Will returned to Minnesota to dance with Shapiro and Smith Dance and teach.

hails from Phoenix, Arizona where he began his formal dance instruction at age 15 with Andrew Needhammer.

Shortly after, Kody furthered his preprofessional studies with the Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Trainee Program where he was honored to become a recipient of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship. After one year at Ballet Austin, Kody was promoted to an apprentice to the company where he danced for two additional seasons. Kody has supplemented his training at Lou Conte Dance Studio’s scholarship program, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Springboard Danse Montréal, and most recently at NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:10. Prior to joining NW Dance Project, Kody danced with DanceWorks Chicago under the tutelage of Julie Nakagawa and has been a featured guest artist with the Ruth Page Civic Ballet, Evansville Ballet, and Salt Creek Ballet. He has had the opportunity to perform works by Aszure

LINDSEY MCGILL

was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY and

Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2.

She has also had opportunities to dance in projects by a number of independent artists including Jhon R. Stronks, Paola Georgudis, Teresa Chapman, Amy Ell’s Vault and Freneticore. Lindsey participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:5 project.

Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, BenoitSwan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Loni Landon, Edgar Zendejas, Carla Mann and Minh Tran. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer “On the Rise.” The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance and she appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine in February 2011, which did a feature on her and another on the company.

High School and earned her B.F.A. in Dance from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She has also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and with Batsheva. Julia has danced original works by Nathan Trice, Brunilda Ruiz, James Sutton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Aszure Barton, and Kate Weare. She was a member of the Yomoco and has performed with Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre.

Julia is a certified Mind Body Dancer™ yoga instructor. Julia took part in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:7 project.

FRANCO NIETO — 2012 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Jazz in 2009. Franco has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Noam Gagnon, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson.

In August 2012, Franco was one of only six dancers in the U.S. to win a Princess Grace Award for Dance. Franco received a full page feature in the February 2014 issue of Dance Magazine.

ANTHONY PUCCI

was born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, began his dance training at Studio Dance under Michele Burke. He attended the University of Iowa, where he received a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Choreography. While attending university, he had the privilege to perform extensively in faculty, graduate, and undergraduate work — most notably a site-specific work at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia with the visually stunning Tori Lawrence & Co, as well as an evening-length work exploring energy cultures at an Anthroprocene symposium hosted by the University of Wyoming with Incite Insight Arts. Anthony danced for the past four years with Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre in their productions of Carmen, Don Giovanni, and others. Anthony is also a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance. In 2017 he attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH project.

ANDREA PARSON — 2010 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at NW Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and the NW Dance Project.

She has danced original roles in NW Dance

CHING CHING WONG — 2015 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNER

was born in Manila, Philippines, but since the age of three calls southern California her home. She began her dance training at Allegria Dance Theater under the direction of Alia Harlan. She received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. During her UCI days, she was a member of Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble and also performed works by Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, Lisa Naugle, Rennie Harris and William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Ching Ching participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH:3 & LAUNCH:4 projects, and has danced original roles in new NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Ihsan Rustem, Pedro Dias, Lucas Crandall, Loni Landon, Noam Gagnon, James Gregg, Lauren Edson, Tracey Durbin and Minh Tran.

Ching Ching has been awarded a 2015 Princess Grace Award in Dance, making her the fourth member in NW Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.

Company Portraits / Michael Slobodian ©

JULIA RADICK

was born and raised in New York City.

She graduated from LaGuardia Arts

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JOIN US in applauding the following corporations, foundations, agencies, and government institutions for their commitment to enriching the cultural fabric of our community by supporting the arts and NW Dance Project.

Bob Hicks HostBaby Hoyt & LuLu Barry Johnson Tracy Julias James Kalvelage Tom Kilbane & Lauren Holden Kilbane Alexis Kurland Patricia Koehler Lagunitas Brewing Matthew Larson Dick & Carole Lewis Jim Lykins David Machado Carla Mann Carole Montarou Nel Centro Restaurant Opsis Architecture Christopher Peddecord PSU College of the Arts Ihsan Rustem Aaron Scott Al Solheim Tony Starlight Lisa Stringfield George Thorn Minh Tran & Gary Nelson Don Vallaster Julie Vigeland Jason Vondersmith Caitlin Warren & Zach Pickens Jamie Watson Scott & Ann Weaver White Bird Richard Winkel, CPA Dr. Katharine Zeller

MEDIA SPONSORS

PLEASE SUPPORT NW DANCE PROJECT WITH YOUR TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION DONATE AT ACTION VIDEO

The Autzen Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, The Jackson Foundation, The Shubert Foundation

nwdanceproject.org or send your gift to: PO Box 42488 | Portland, OR 97242 503.421.7434 info@nwdanceproject.org nwdanceproject.org NW Dance Project is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization

NW DANCE PROJECT

STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis COMPANY MANAGER Katie Holliday EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR Caitlin Warren ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Jennifer Hancock STUDIO STAFF Justine Highsmith + Kasandra Martinez + Lindsay Spoonmore LIGHTING DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeff Forbes STAGE MANAGER Thyra Hartshorn COSTUME & WARDROBE MANAGEMENT Alexa Stark ACCOMPANISTS Ray McKean + Susan Schroeder

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DANCE TEACHERS

Pierre-Laurent Baudey Jacqueline Cape Alan Jones Gary Leavitt Scott Lewis Mark MacDonald Missy MacDonald Carole Montarou Steven C. Neighorn Sarah Slipper Jane Tighe John Tracy Peter van Bever Lucinda Welch Serena Zilliacus

Andre Baker Allison Brando Diana Bustos Samantha Campbell James Canfield Kim Choeychan William Couture Lucas Crandall Jason Davis Michelle Davis Mariecella Devine Selina DiPronio Tracey Durbin Cora Guren Kathryn Harden Izzy Holmes Kody Jauron Tracy Julias Sharee Lane Ella Matweyou Lindsey McGill Morgan Moore Faith Morrison Thorey Mountain Franco Nieto Andrea Parson Nicholas Petrich Julia Radick Jesus Rodales Rachel Slater Sarah Slipper Vanessa Thiessen Gerard Theoret Kitty Tibbals Jasmin Trotter Viktor Usov Caitlin Warren Ching Ching Wong Holly Wooldridge

GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN Rachel Beckwith + Christopher Peddecord

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

WEB SUPPORT Christopher Peddecord

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarah Slipper

PHOTOGRAPHY Blaine Truitt Covert + Christopher Peddecord + Michael Slobodian

Scott Lewis

VIDEOGRAPHY Ralph Davis, Action Video + Michael Slobodian

Samantha Campbell William Couture Katherine Disenhof Kody Jauron Elijah Labay Lindsey McGill Franco Nieto Andrea Parson Anthony Pucci Julia Radick Ching Ching Wong

HEALTH & WELLNESS Dr. Katharine Zeller PHYSICAL THERAPY West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic ACCOUNTING Richard Winkel, CPA BOOKKEEPING Susan Matlack Jones & Associates PRINTING & MAILING ProGraphics + MetroPresort STUDIO SUPPORT Jonathan Floyd + McKaye Harris + Allison Irby + Sophia Kongshaug + Kasandra Martinez + Genna McAllister + Raelynn Webb

COMPANY MEMBERS

CONTACT Studio

503.421.7434

Ticket Info

503.828.8285

Company Portraits By Michael Slobodian

Website

Flowers Donated By Portland Flower Works

Email

nwdanceproject.org

NW Dance Project PO Box 42488 Portland, OR 97242

Creative Center

211 NE 10TH Ave Portland, OR 97232

info@nwdanceproject.org Program Cover Photo / Christopher Peddecord

Dancers / Elijah Labay + Julia Radick

SUPPORT

See our table in the lobby to pick up a donation envelope and make a gift.

DANCE MOVES

All year round, we give dance, laughter, and life changing experiences to homeless children and teens, at-risk youth, adults with physical and developmental disabilities, and more. Help us share the gift of movement by making a contribution to support our Dance Moves Outreach Programs that spread endless amounts of art, fitness, and smiles.

NW Dance Project is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.