Ballet

Oregon Ballet Theatre Debuts 3 World-Premiere Dances By Women

Choreography XX showcases brand-new work from three female choreographers.

06/28/2017 By Anyi Wong-Lifton

Fashion Events

White Bird and Michelle Lesniak Team Up for a One-Time Fashion Experience

The Portland dance producers and fashion designer present a special summer fashion show promising "pureness with the warbling of evil."

06/21/2017 By Eden Dawn

The Essentials

From Beth Ditto to Wonder Woman, June's Pop Culture Hot List

The records, dance show, and books you can't miss this month

05/15/2017 By Fiona McCann

Arts News

Dance Presenter White Bird Launches New Speaker Series

The Portland institution invites audiences to join intimate conversations with some of its longtime collaborators. First up: Judith Jamison and Ronald K. Brown.

03/23/2017 By Fiona McCann

Dance

Skinner/Kirk’s Latest Is a Stormy Dance Set to Elliott Smith

Portland choreographers Eric Skinner and Daniel Kirk talk Elliott Smith and their 30-year dance partnership.

03/23/2017 By Lauren Kershner

Q&A

Project Runway's Michelle Lesniak Brings Her Sexy Style to Carmen

The award-winning local designer teams up with NW Dance project to update the classic story of passion and murder.

03/14/2017 By Eden Dawn

Dance

With Fresh Talent and Energy, Oregon Ballet Theatre Makes a Big Leap

OBT was all but pronounced dead near the start of the decade. Now, very much alive, it forges ahead into a bold, ambitious future.

02/20/2017 By Fiona McCann Illustrations by Nick Iluzada

Dance

In Tahni Holt’s New Work, Dancers of Many Ages Collide

The highly conceptual Portland choreographer unveils a new, intimate piece for six women.

12/20/2016 By Rebecca Jacobson

Wise Up: Get Artsy

6 Places in Portland to Embrace Your Inner Artist

Darkroom photography to improv comedy, here are the city’s best spots to get artsy.

11/14/2016 By Ko Ricker

Dance

Dancers Turn Their Backs in PDX Contemporary Ballet's New Show

Portland's newest dance company launches its first season with Incipio, a show in the round.

10/26/2016 By Jason Buehrer

TBA 2016

Juggling, YouTube Videos, Whispering Children: Notes from TBA 2016

From a spread-eagle performer in a Barbie mask to a newly birthed musical supergroup, here are our highlights from Portland’s high-concept, high-density arts festival.

09/21/2016 By Eden Dawn, Rebecca Jacobson, and Fiona McCann

ON THE CATWALK

Sequins, Drama, Gold Nipples, and Gravity-Defying Hair: Welcome to Critical Mascara

At Time-Based Art’s annual competitive drag spectacle, the stakes (and surrealism) run high. Plus: a dive into the fashion behind Portland’s vogue balls.

08/15/2016 By Fiona McCann and Eden Dawn

Fall Arts 2016

Five Can’t-Miss TBA Shows

From meditative juggling to masked avant-porn, here’s what to see at the annual extravaganza.

08/15/2016 By Fiona McCann

Fall Arts 2016

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Finally Has a Home of Its Own

The city’s premier avant-garde arts organization prepares for the 14th annual Time-Based Art Festival—and a new era in a new space.

08/15/2016 By Fiona McCann

DANCE

Portland Vogue Dancers Show You How to Buy Groceries

These stars of Portland’s vogue battle scene are fast going viral with their video of shopping at QFC.

06/09/2016 By Fiona McCann

PERFORMANCE

The Surprising Gender Bending of Drag Queen Cherdonna Shinatra

Seattle's Jody Kuehner is a female-bodied, female-identified dance artist. But when she performs as high-camp clown Cherdonna, people sometimes get confused.

04/27/2016 By Rebecca Jacobson

DANCE

Cirque Alfonse Comes to Portland

A troupe of Quebecois acrobats reminds us that for a timber town, we could be a bit more strapping.

04/14/2016 By Ramona DeNies

DANCE

Dance, Glitter, and Drag: Unleash Your Inner D.I.V.A.

Pepper Pepper's new show, D.I.V.A. Practice, is both a glitter-filled drag show and part of a research project, from a Portlander with an advanced degree in "fabulousness."

04/13/2016 By Fiona McCann

BALLET

A Spellbinding Short Film Reveals the Magic Behind Every Oregon Ballet Theatre Performance

It takes a lot of pliés, push-ups, primping, and pulleys to make it all happen.

04/05/2016 By Fiona McCann

Dance

Twenty-Somethings and Sexagenarians Dance Together at Oregon Ballet Theatre

Beautiful Decay is a balletic meditation on the passage of time.

03/25/2016 By Fiona McCann

Dance

Oregon Ballet Theatre Debuts 3 World-Premiere Dances By Women

White Bird and Michelle Lesniak Team Up for a One-Time Fashion Experience

From Beth Ditto to Wonder Woman, June's Pop Culture Hot List

Dance Presenter White Bird Launches New Speaker Series

Skinner/Kirk’s Latest Is a Stormy Dance Set to Elliott Smith

Project Runway's Michelle Lesniak Brings Her Sexy Style to Carmen

With Fresh Talent and Energy, Oregon Ballet Theatre Makes a Big Leap

In Tahni Holt’s New Work, Dancers of Many Ages Collide

6 Places in Portland to Embrace Your Inner Artist

Dancers Turn Their Backs in PDX Contemporary Ballet's New Show

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Oregon Ballet Theatre Debuts 3 World-Premiere Dances By Women

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Juggling, YouTube Videos, Whispering Children: Notes from TBA 2016

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Five Can’t-Miss TBA Shows

The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Finally Has a Home of Its Own

Portland Vogue Dancers Show You How to Buy Groceries

The Surprising Gender Bending of Drag Queen Cherdonna Shinatra

Cirque Alfonse Comes to Portland

Dance, Glitter, and Drag: Unleash Your Inner D.I.V.A.

A Spellbinding Short Film Reveals the Magic Behind Every Oregon Ballet Theatre Performance

Twenty-Somethings and Sexagenarians Dance Together at Oregon Ballet Theatre

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