Summer Performances - NW Dance Project

“A COMPANY OF SLICK, SKILLED DANCERS” – THE NEW YORKER

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JUN 14 - 16 / 7:30 PM

Photo / Blaine Truitt Covert Dancers / Andrea Parson + Elijah Labay

WELCOME TO SUMMER PERFORMANCES Thank you so much for joining us for our Summer Performances show! We are honored to have you here with us tonight to experience this special evening of dance and music closing out another action-packed season.

Tonight’s program features the latest world premiere from our beloved Resident Choreographer, Ihsan Rustem, and features live music from local duo Savage Nightingale. It’s been a few years since we have had the opportunity to work with original live music and it’s always such a pleasure to collaborate with other local artists. Called “a masterpiece” by the director of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Sarah’s mesmerizing duet, MemoryHouse returns for its first foray onto a Portland proscenium stage, and we are happy to have the Artistic Director of Ate9 Dance Company, Danielle Agami, return to the company to reimagine her delightful This Time Tomorrow, originally created for us in 2013.

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.

“A COMPANY OF SLICK, SKILLED DANCERS” –The New Yorker

NW Dance Project remains dedicated to commissioning, creating, and premiering significant new contemporary dance works in Portland — over 270 since our inception in 2004 — while celebrating the creativity and invention of exceptional dancers and dance makers. We think you’ll agree with the Calgary Herald that we have “some of the best dancers you will ever see,” with The New Yorker’s description of NW Dance Project as “a company of slick, skilled dancers,” and with The Oregonian which proclaimed that NW Dance Project is “an essential part of the city’s arts scene.”

We are thrilled to unveil our exciting 2018-19 season — our 15th! — with our brochure that’s hot off the press. It is going to be another year of stunning dance featuring several ambitious new works for the company. The season will see the return of some dear friends making new works, such as our Resident Choreographer, Ihsan Rustem, the wildly inventive German dance maker Felix Landerer, Cayetano Soto (who had his US premiere with NW Dance Project in 2007), and the one-and-only James Canfield.

We’ll open the season with a revival of our most ambitious and successful production, Carmen, which brought sold-out audiences to their feet and went on to win Dance Magazine’s “Coolest Collaboration” title. Sarah will have another exciting premiere and we will again turn the creative duties over to our immensely talented company dancers for In Good Company — now a Portland holiday tradition.

And we’re taking dance out of the box and reimagining what a collaborative performing arts experience can be with “Trip the Light Fantastic” in the spring…you’ll want to be able to say you were there…stay tuned.

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

Thank you again for being here — we truly appreciate your support of NW Dance Project!

Enjoy the show and we’ll see you in the lobby.

Sarah Slipper | Artistic Director

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Scott Lewis | Executive Director

PRESENTS

SUMMER PERFORMANCES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis

DANCERS Samantha Campbell Kody Jauron Franco Nieto

William Couture Elijah Labay Andrea Parson Julia Radick

Katherine Disenhof Lindsey McGill Anthony Pucci

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Photo / Blaine Truitt Covert Dancers / Lindsey McGill + Will Couture

NW DANCE PROJECT 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.

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We are so proud that four of our talented 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.

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RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER IHSAN RUSTEM Born in London, Ihsan trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance and began his professional career at the age of 17, joining Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures. Engagements followed with the Ballett Theater Munich (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz) and Introdans in The Netherlands. In 2007, Ihsan moved to Switzerland as a founding member of the Bern Ballet and the Tanz Luzerner Theater. During this period, he originated roles in creations by Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Alexander Ekman, Matthew Bourne, Patrick Delcroix, Stijn Celis, Cayetano Soto, Felix Landerer, Guilherme Bothello and worked with choreographers Mats Ek, Ji í Kylián, Sol Leon / Paul Lightfoot, Hans van Manen and William Forsythe, among others.

In 2010 Sarah Slipper of the Northwest Dance Project invited Ihsan to Portland, Oregon USA, where he created State of Matter, a work which received both the 2012 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers Hannover. His sixth original work for NW Dance Project, Carmen, received Dance Magazine’s 2017 Readers’ Choice Award for Coolest Collaboration.

In 2015 Ihsan was appointed Resident Choreographer for NWDP and continues in this position today.

Rustem was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s International Commissioning Project and a featured choreographer for Russia’s TV show ‘The Bolshoi Ballet’.

He is the former Artistic Director of the Dance Art Studio Ballettschule Luzern.

To date, Ihsan has created works for NW Dance Project, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2, Istanbul State Ballet MDT, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Kazan State Opera and Ballet, Whim W’Him Seattle, Ballet Regensburg, Ballet Koblenz, Würzburg Ballett, Salt Contemporary Dance Company, National Youth Dance Company, Aksanat Istanbul, Cinevox Junior Company, Zurich HdK and the Palucca Schule Dresden.

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER DANIELLE AGAMI Originally born in Israel in 1984, Agami studied at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance High School and was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company from 2002-2010. Between 2007-2009, Agami served as the artistic director of Batsheva Dancers Create and functioned as the company’s rehearsal director from 2008-2010, during which she received the Yair Shapira Prize for Excellence in Dance in 2009.

In 2011 Agami relocated to New York City, where she functioned as Senior Manager of Gaga U.S.A. Since arriving in the U.S., Agami has met and taught thousands of dancers. During 2011 she created original work at Rutgers University (NJ), Boston Conservatory (MA), Springboard Montreal, Cornish College for the Arts (WA) and more. In 2012 After relocating to Seattle, Agami founded Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY, as her first longitudinal project and created both Sally meets Stu and Sheila for Ate9. In 2013, she chose Los Angeles as the company’s home. During 2013 she presented TacTics for Ate9, Shula in Israel, for the Batsheva Ensemble, This Time Tomorrow for NW Dance Project in Portland, Oregon, Loose Gravel for Barak Ballet in L.A, and a unique collaboration with L.A. Dance Project for Invisible Cities by The Industry Opera.

Agami is a renowned Gaga teacher and for the past few years, has been traveling across the world as an ambassador of Ohad Naharin. In the past few years Agami has staged Naharin’s work with Alvin Ailey Company, Ballet Atlanta, Ita Dansa / Barcelona, The Juilliard School, and more.

Upcoming creations include the Nederlands Dans Theater 2, National Ballet of Chile, Arts Umbrella Company Vancouver and the Augsburg Ballet.

Ihsan lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

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DANCER BIOGRAPHIES

by Aszure Barton, Nelly van Bommel, Thang Dao, James Gregg, Felix Landerer, Joshua Manculich, Jiří 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, Benoit-Swan 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.

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hails from Phoenix, Arizona where he began his formal dance instruction at age 15 with Andrew Needhammer. Shortly after, Kody furthered his pre-professional 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

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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.

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.

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 Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, Benoit-Swan 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.

JULIA RADICK

was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from LaGuardia Arts 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.

Company Portraits / Michael Slobodian©

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

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SUPPORT

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Photo / Michael Slobodian Dancers / Lindsey McGill + William Couture + Anthony Pucci

THANK YOU PATRON $10,000+ The Collins Foundation Alan & Sharon Jones North Country Productions Ronni Lacroute James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation The Oregonian Media Group The Regional Arts & Culture Council

BENEFACTOR $5,000–$9,999 The Boeing Company Vaunda Carter The Jackson Foundation Gary S. Leavitt Dick & Carole Lewis Scott Lewis Mair & Hugh Lewis Missy & Mark MacDonald Carole Montarou Oregon Arts Commission Marilyn Crilley & George Rowbottom Sarah Slipper Al Solheim Jane & Steve Tighe Peter & Ann van Bever Lucinda Welch & Dennis Nolan Work For Art Juan Young Trust Serena Zilliacus & Pierre-Laurent Baudey

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PRODUCER $1,000–$2,499 Artistic Bliss Portraits Campfire Audio Barbara & Jeff Couture Charles & Kyle Fuchs Roger Griffith David Hill & Katharine Zeller Frank Hilton & Davey Coogan Robert & Terri Hopkins Intel Corporation Gary LeClair & Janice Friend Kaelin & Frank Nieto Opsis Architecture Lesley Otto & Alexander Nicoloff Christopher Peddecord Dean Richardson John & Jill Rissi Richard Schmitz Jaymi & Francis Sladen

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NW DANCE PROJECT DONATIONS: NW Dance Project would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies for their generous support.

Listing reflects gifts received from June 1, 2017 through June 10, 2018.

If you have a question or a correction to the listing, or would like to add or deepen your support, please contact Executive Director Scott Lewis at 503.756.1912 or info@nwdanceproject.org.

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Debora Odom Oregon Children’s Theatre Rose Paisley & Greg Pegegana Sanae & Timo Parra Gabrielle & Greg Parson Melissa Peloquin Vicki Perrett Pix Patisserie Planet Granite The Portland Ballet Portland Baroque Orchestra Portland Youth Philharmonic Lynne Preli Reflect, LLC Molly & Brian Renauer Frank Reppenhagen Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider Dan Meier & Karissa Rippy Tifhani & Travis Ristick Hank Robb Laura & Olivier Rochelois Kerry Rubin Peter Ryder Wire Moore & Jacquilyn Saito-Moore Sapphire Hotel Jillian Henderson & Raj Sapru Teasha Schmidt Mark Schubauer Deanne Seyfert Eric & Lycia Shaffner Julie Sheppard Chris Rianda & Heidi Sickert The Slide Inn Cher Smith Lowell McKelvey & Christine Smith Brian & Justine Snyder Becky Lennon & Patrick Spenger Spring Garden Acupuncture Lisa St. John Elizabeth & Tim Stafford Alexa Stark Kathryn & Trent Stocking

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.

Claudia Streng Toni & Matt Tabora-Roberts Amy Taft Gary Taliaferro Jeri Tess Cheryl Tessler Hoa & Nikhil Thayer Eileen & David Threefoot Kyle Mendez & Cecile Town Tradewinds Charters Lyle Tucker Lance Bangs & Corin Tucker Richa Uppal Urbantopia Spa Stephanie Viegas Dias Sabine & Ted Volchok Benji & Nahanni Wagner Barbara Walton Catherine & Jeff Warren Ryan Wasell Kristy Weidner Andrea & Howard Weinman Brad Johnson & Mei Mei Welker Amy Werner Carly Westling Heather White White Bird Bryan Lin & Emily Whitfield Wendy Wilkinson Karen & Bob Williams Rob & Salina Wood Karen & Nick Wutzke

VERY SPECIAL THANKS Altabira City Tavern Melissa Barry / Missionary Chocolates Frank Blanchard Nita Brueggeman & Kevin Hoover Anna Burnette James Canfield Mona Cordell Blaine Truitt Covert Lucas Crandall

Tom Cremer / ProGraphics Michelle & Jason Davis Ralph Davis Hobbes Family Estate Wines Nick Fish Charlene Hannibal Hank the Dog Bob Hicks Katie Holliday Hoyt & LuLu Barry Johnson Sharon Jones James Kalvelage Tom Kilbane & Lauren Holden Kilbane Patti Koehler Lagunitas Brewing Dick & Carole Lewis David Machado Carla Mann Nel Centro Restaurant Oasis Architecture Christopher Peddecord Portland’5 Center for the Performing Arts Ihsan Rustem Sarah Schwarz Aaron Scott Al Solheim Tony Starlight George & Nancy Thorn Minh Tran & Gary Nelson Henry V Don Vallaster Julie Vigeland Jason Vondersmith Caitlin & Zach Pickens Jamie Watson Scott & Ann Weaver White Bird Richard Winkel, CPA Dr. Katherine Zeller

MEDIA SPONSORS

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

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

DONATE AT 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 SUMMER PERFORMANCES • NW DANCE PROJECT

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STAFF

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Scott Lewis COMPANY MANAGER Michael De Farias Moura EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR Caitlin Warren ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Jennifer Hancock STUDIO STAFF Kolina Chitta + Morgan Lunsford + Kasandra Martinez LIGHTING DESIGNER & TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Jeff Forbes STAGE MANAGER Thyra Hartshorn COSTUME & WARDROBE MANAGEMENT Alexa Stark ACCOMPANISTS Ray McKean + Susan Schroeder GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGN Rachel Beckwith + Christopher Peddecord

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DANCE TEACHERS

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

Andre Baker Allison Brando Samantha Campbell James Canfield Kim Choeychan William Couture Lucas Crandall Jason Davis Michelle Davis Mariecella Devine Cora Guren Charlene Hannibal Izzy Holmes Kody Jauron Sharee Lane Ella Matweyou Lindsey McGill Morgan Moore Thorey Mountain Franco Nieto Abby Parker Andrea Parson Nicholas Petrich Anthony Pucci Julia Radick Yellie Shustack Sarah Slipper Vanessa Thiessen Gerard Theoret Caitlin Warren Deanna White Holly Wooldridge Jessica Zoller

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper

WEB SUPPORT Christopher Peddecord

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

PHOTOGRAPHY Blaine Truitt Covert + Christopher Peddecord + Michael Slobodian

COMPANY MEMBERS

VIDEOGRAPHY Ralph Davis, Action Video + Michael Slobodian HEALTH & WELLNESS Dr. Katharine Zeller PHYSICAL THERAPY West Portland Physical Therapy Clinic ACCOUNTING Richard Winkel, CPA

Scott Lewis

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

BOOKKEEPING Susan Matlack Jones & Associates PRINTING & MAILING ProGraphics + MetroPresort

CONTACT

STUDIO SUPPORT Madeleine Chow + Rachael Diamond + Christine Menges + Mirabel Hickman + Brianna Nerud

503.421.7434

Company portraits by Michael Slobodian

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Studio

Ticket Info

503.828.8285

NW Dance Project PO Box 42488 Portland, OR 97242

Creative Center

Website

nwdanceproject.org

211 NE 10TH Ave Portland, OR 97232

Program Photo / Michael Slobodian

Dancer / Kody Jauron

EVERYONE CAN DANCE PORTLAND’S “BEST DANCE STUDIO” - Willamette Week Reader’s Poll 2015 – 2017

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7 DAYS A WEEK / ALL LEVELS

BALLET | JAZZ | CORE BALANCE | HIP HOP | CONTEMPORARY STRETCH | ROCK YOUR BODY | BROADWAY JAZZ

YOUTH DANCE PROGRAM

SPRING SESSION APR 2 TO JUN 17 SUMMER SESSION JUN 25 TO AUG 26

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NW DANCE PROJECT CREATIVE CENTER

503.421.7434 / nwdanceproject.org