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Interdisciplinary

Pure Surface Turns One

Pure Surface new performance series celebrates its first anniversary. Over the past year, Pure Surface has explored the collaboration of different forms, with the bodies and minds of multi-disciplinary artists coming together in Portland. I recently learned about the series through co-Founder Stacey Tran, having been moved by her presentation at Poetry Press Week. On a […]

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Dance

The Illusion That Anything Ever Happened

There seems to be a vacuum that opens up in Togetherness. That is a true statement taken alone. The italics indicate that we’re talking about Danielle Ross’ latest work, which debuted this week at Bodyvox. This work extends from an idea rooted in historical narrative, building from actual and fictitious stories, and considers the eventual […]

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Dance

DANCE+ by Conduit Dance, A Review

This weekend, July 26-28, Conduit Dance hosted their first annual DANCE+ series. Different sets of performances were featured from July 19-21, but it was only last night I had the opportunity to see the final run. The purpose of this series is to perpetuate new talent by featuring collaborative performances by young artists. On July […]

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Dance

DANCE+ Closing Night Review

This weekend, July 26-28, Conduit Dance hosted their first annual DANCE+ series. Different sets of performances were featured from July 19-21, but it was only last night I had the opportunity to see the final run. The purpose of this series is to perpetuate new talent by featuring collaborative performances by young artists. On July […]