THRU Magazine Archive
Last night’s performance of ROCCO—the final presentation of White Bird’s 2014 “Uncaged” season—left quite an impact. Emio Greco and Peter C. Scholten are Dutch choreographers and long time collaborators. They put together a wild performance, inspired by Rocco and his Brothers, a 1960 Italian crime drama. The film was pre-screened several days ago, but sadly, […]
I recently attended the 10th Anniversary Director’s Choice performance by NW Dance Project. The event was in itself a compelling collection of contemporary dance, created here in Portland, Oregon. It also provided a great digest in to the company itself. Relatively young in the standard of things, I hope to see Ten More Years of […]
Director’s Choice Sweeps Away Anniversary with Debut Will NW Dance Project fans fill the house for a series of reruns? Probably. It’s not like a bad movie that for some reason you just keep seeing on TV or can bring up on Netflix any time. What if a debut was added to the balance? Definitely. […]
NW Dance Project 10th Anniversary Performance begins with a piece entitled, “State of Matter.” As the title suggests, this work explores the melancholy beauty held in the contemplation of human impermanence. Dancers seem to melt and move into one another while spoken word implores the viewer to contemplate the transient nature of existence, ever altering […]
Like Lazarus Did Presented by White Bird Dance March 6-8, 2014 To a frustrating degree, the Stephen Petronio Company is purely mesmerizing with Like Lazarus Did. Why that frustrates me is because I am having a difficult time repeating my impressions for you. My intellect grapples with the physical response of stillness, heart opened, spellbound […]