Oslund+Co/Dance

JIM McGINN
has trained extensively with Portland dance artists Josie Moseley, Gregg Bielemeier, Linda K. Johnson, Mary Oslund, and Tere Mathern. He has received considerable training in studios of major American and European cities. He has attended summer programs at the Colorado Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, the Moscow Contemporary Dance Festival, and the American Dance Festival. Jim has performed in works by several Portland choreographers including Linda Austin, Catherine Egan, Keith V. Goodman, Linda K. Johnson, and Carla Mann. Jim began working with Oslund+Company/Dance in 1997, and has continuously since 2000. He has been a member of Tere Mathern Dance since 2001. Jim is treasurer of the board of directors of Conduit Dance Inc., an organization devoted to the advancement of contemporary dance in the Portland area.

ERIC NORDSTROM
met Mary Oslund during high school at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. He subsequently had the opportunity to study dance at Sarah Lawrence College. Upon returning to Portland, Eric danced with Keith Goodman and Dance Gatherer and has now joined Oslund+Co. as well. Besides dance he enjoys theatre and work with children, and some of his most memorable moments have been teaching dance to children over the summers at Grace Arts Camp.

NOEL PLEMMONS
stumbled into dance by accident during his third year studying anthropology at UC Berkeley. His beginning modern instructor, the Cunningham based Carol Murota, inspired Noel to keep dancing regardless of his lack of training. The seed was planted, and after a few years trying to impress his parents as a corporate drone, he went back to dancing and made it a full-time passion. Noel studied under the SF based site-specific choreographer, Lizz Roman, where he learned unprecedented skills in partnering, inversion and release. He danced for Lizz Roman & Dancers for three years before moving to Portland. He is honored to have worked during his tenure in San Francisco with Erin Mei-Ling Stuart of EmSpace Dance, Manuelito Biag of Shift Physical Theater, Yannis Adoniou and Company Mécanique, and Jenny McAllister of Huckabay McAllister Dance. Since moving to Portland, Noel has co-founded POV Dance, a site-specific project which brings new meaning to site-specificity. POV Dance will be performing at the SW Waterfront on August 2nd. Noel is grateful to have met the talented and acclaimed Mary Oslund and is honored to be on board with Oslund & Co.

MICHELLE ROGERS
has danced her entire life, focusing on ballet and modern dance growing up. In 2005, she attended the East Central American College Dance Festival where she was chosen to perform a solo that she choreographed in the Gala concert. She received a minor in Dance from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. This is her first year with Oslund and Company.


AMBER BAKER moved to Portland in 2004 from her home base on the central coast of California. She graduated in 2003 from Stanford University with a Masters degree in Environmental Anthropology. There she had the opportunity to train through the dance division with a number of Bay Area-based artists including Sarah Shelton Mann of Contraband and Brenda Way of ODC. In addition, she has worked with Carl Flink of the José Limón Company, Robert Moses of Robert Moses Kin, and Brittany Brown Ceres of Dance Ceres. Amber currently farms on Sauvie Island and is thrilled to be joining OsCo this season. RINDA CHAMBERS studied dance at Portland State University and continued her studies in Seattle, Portland and New York. She has performed the works of many regional artists including Gregg Bieleimeier, Linda K. Johnson, Linda Austin and Mary Oslund. Her first appearance with Oslund & Co/Dance was in 1994. Rinda worked with the Company continuously until last season. Rinda is excited to be back working with the Company and looks forward to the coming season.	OSLUND+CO ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PRESS REPERTORY SCHEDULE SUPPORT CONTACT
JESSICA HIGHTOWER Jessica Hightower is originally from Colorado. She attended North Carolina School of the Arts where she received her high school diploma and BFA in dance. She has had the intense joy of dancing, acting, choreographing, and teaching in France, Japan, Australia, and all across the United States. Jessica was curious if the rumors were true about Portland and moved here in 2007 to find out. This is her first season with Oslund+Co. KEELY McINTYRE is originally from Vermont, where she began dancing at the age of four. She continued her training in Boston, and later in Paris while earning a degree in French from the University of Virginia. This is Keely's third season with Oslund+Company. Her two children, ages 6 and 3, keep her moving outside of rehearsal.	JIM McGINN has trained extensively with Portland dance artists Josie Moseley, Gregg Bielemeier, Linda K. Johnson, Mary Oslund, and Tere Mathern. He has received considerable training in studios of major American and European cities. He has attended summer programs at the Colorado Dance Festival, Bates Dance Festival, the Moscow Contemporary Dance Festival, and the American Dance Festival. Jim has performed in works by several Portland choreographers including Linda Austin, Catherine Egan, Keith V. Goodman, Linda K. Johnson, and Carla Mann. Jim began working with Oslund+Company/Dance in 1997, and has continuously since 2000. He has been a member of Tere Mathern Dance since 2001. Jim is treasurer of the board of directors of Conduit Dance Inc., an organization devoted to the advancement of contemporary dance in the Portland area. ERIC NORDSTROM met Mary Oslund during high school at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. He subsequently had the opportunity to study dance at Sarah Lawrence College. Upon returning to Portland, Eric danced with Keith Goodman and Dance Gatherer and has now joined Oslund+Co. as well. Besides dance he enjoys theatre and work with children, and some of his most memorable moments have been teaching dance to children over the summers at Grace Arts Camp. NOEL PLEMMONS stumbled into dance by accident during his third year studying anthropology at UC Berkeley. His beginning modern instructor, the Cunningham based Carol Murota, inspired Noel to keep dancing regardless of his lack of training. The seed was planted, and after a few years trying to impress his parents as a corporate drone, he went back to dancing and made it a full-time passion. Noel studied under the SF based site-specific choreographer, Lizz Roman, where he learned unprecedented skills in partnering, inversion and release. He danced for Lizz Roman & Dancers for three years before moving to Portland. He is honored to have worked during his tenure in San Francisco with Erin Mei-Ling Stuart of EmSpace Dance, Manuelito Biag of Shift Physical Theater, Yannis Adoniou and Company Mécanique, and Jenny McAllister of Huckabay McAllister Dance. Since moving to Portland, Noel has co-founded POV Dance, a site-specific project which brings new meaning to site-specificity. POV Dance will be performing at the SW Waterfront on August 2nd. Noel is grateful to have met the talented and acclaimed Mary Oslund and is honored to be on board with Oslund & Co. MICHELLE ROGERS has danced her entire life, focusing on ballet and modern dance growing up. In 2005, she attended the East Central American College Dance Festival where she was chosen to perform a solo that she choreographed in the Gala concert. She received a minor in Dance from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana. This is her first year with Oslund and Company.