The Indie Concert
Choreography by Mary Oslund and guest artist Gregg Bielemeier
Conduit Dance, 918 SW Yamhill, Portland
8 PM, Tickets: $15 general $13 artists, students and seniors
A gathering of summer 2009 choreography by Oslund and Bielemeier, independent of their company and commissioned work in the region. Performers are from a wide ranging pool of movers including Matt Kaylor, Paige McKinney, Taylor Alan Young, Rinda Chambers, Jim McGinn, Jessica Hightower and Bielemeier. Lighting Chris Balo, composers Joe Janiga/ VONIGA, Katie Griesar, Darrin Verhagen, and David Bryant. This performance project is generously funded by The Regional Arts and Culture Council.
DECEMBER 18-19, 2009 @ 7 & 9 PM
Waltzing + Wassailing
Northwest Dance Project Studio + Performance Center
833 N Shaver Street (at Mississippi Ave), Portland
Tickets / $27 Advance (no service fees), $30 at the door
Here we come a-wassailing! Join the Northwest Dance Project and the Vagabond Opera for a wonderful holiday evening of dance, song and music! Waltzing + Wassailing will premiere new works from Portland-based choreographers Sarah Slipper, Mary Oslund, Jamey Hampton, Gregg Bielemeier, Andrea Parson, Patrick Kilbane and Linsdey Matheis created on our extraordinarily talented Project Company as the Vagabond Opera plays live.
UPCOMING
Winter 2010
Rehearsals for a May performance to include:
1) a reconstructed and revitalized version of Anatomica
2) A remount of Fauna (2009) with music by Joe Janiga
3) a new work by director Mary Oslund and dramaturge Jerry Mouawad of Imago Theatre
January 2011
White Bird presents Oslund+Co as part of the 2010-11 Season at Lincoln Hall. Collaborators commissioned by their new works fund, composer Darrin Verhagen and Visual Artist Christine Bourdette.