WINTER WONDERS DEC 12–14 / 2019 PRESENTS WINTER WONDERS
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SARAH SLIPPER SCOTT LEWIS
DANCERS William Couture Noelle Kayser Kevin Pajarillaga Katherine Disenhof Jihyun Kim Andrea Parson Kody Jauron Colleen Loverde Anthony Pucci Franco Nieto
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Sarah Slipper is truly gifted. This is what dance should be... She found the point at which the form OUR STORY of dance (steps, technique, feet, performance) • NW Dance Project was founded in Portland in 2004 combine to create a work of art. by acclaimed dancer, mentor, and choreographer Sarah Slipper. –The News Record
• NW Dance Project is dedicated to the creation and performance Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, of innovative, new contemporary dance works from talented England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. In 1980, she made her choreographers from around the world, all created in an open professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet and artistically stimulating environment. member, and became one of the company’s leading dramatic ballerinas. Ms. Slipper worked closely with many internationally renowned directors, choreographers and teachers, including Arnold Spohr, Rudi van Dantzig, • NW Dance Project has fostered the creation and Portland- Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and premiere of over 300 original works to date. Alla Savchenko. Ms. Slipper was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, • Four company dancers have won prestigious Princess Grace Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker. In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of Awards while with the company contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux. • Sarah Slipper’s A Fine Balance, created during NW Dance Project’s After Ms. Slipper left the stage, she continued her passion for music and first year, was a finalist for the Benois de la Danse international drama, studying theatre at the honours level at the University of Winnipeg, IHSAN RUSTEM choreographic award and performed at the Bolshoi Theatre. and in Oxford, England. During the 1996/97 season, she served as ballet mistress of Alberta Ballet, and from 1997/99 as ballet mistress of Oregon Resident Choreographer Ballet Theatre. Ms. Slipper’s command of classical and contemporary Ihsan Rustem was born in London and studied at • Resident Choreographer Ihsan Rustem’s debut work for NW styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Project, State of Matter, won the Sadler’s Wells Global dancers. As a guest master teacher, Ms. Slipper has worked with the Royal Dance, during in which time he was a member Dance Contest and was performed twice by the company in Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance of the National Youth Dance Company. His Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers and the Dance Departments of the professional performance career began in the UK London as part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, with Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion and the University of Iowa. Pictures, followed by Ballet Theater Munich, Introdans, and as a founding member of both the • Launched in 2007, our Dance Moves Arts Outreach and An award winning independent choreographer, Ms. Slipper is presently Stadt Theater Bern Ballett and the Tanz Luzerner Participation program brings ongoing cost-free dance classes based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked Theater. Ihsan has worked with many of today’s with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, to underserved youth in our community, as well as adults with leading choreographers including Mats Ek, Jiri Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Kylián, Hans van Manen, Paul Lightfoot and Sol cognitive and physical challenges. Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, Fugate/Bahiri BalletNY, Alberta León avnd others. In 2010, Sarah Slipper invited Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, NW Dance Project and The Ihsan to Portland to create his first commission Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography • In March 2015, NW Dance Project opened our beautiful and for a company. The resulting work, State of at the International Choreographic Competition Saint Sauveur 2000 for bright 8,500 sq. ft. Creative Center in the heart of Portland’s Matter, went on to win the Sadler’s Wells Global her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Dance Contest in 2011 and the Audience Choice Inner Eastside (211 NE 10th Avenue), which houses all creation Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Award at the 25th International Competition for and rehearsal sessions, as well as dance classes and training Canada, her ballet A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Choreographers in Hannover. Ihsan has since gone Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.” opportunities for adults and youth of all ages and abilities seven on to choreograph for Hubbard Street Dance Ms. Slipper’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable … days per week. Chicago 2, Istanbul State Ballet MDT, Lucerne grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Dance Theater Switzerland, Würzburg Ballet Oregonian) and “… a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful Germany, and many others. Ihsan has created five • NW Dance Project was selected to represent the western winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, works for NW Dance Project: State of Matter smoothly unfolding skein of dance.” (The New York Times) United States at the inaugural American Dance Platform with (2010), Mother Tongue (2012), Yidam (2015), Le Fil two performances at the iconic Joyce Theater in New York City. A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during the first year of NW Rouge, (2016), Bolero (2016), Carmen (2017). Ihsan Dance Project, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow as part of • NW Dance Project was selected to represent the western United Chicago’s International Commissioning Project and the award’s gala celebration. Ms. Slipper has created over 45 ballets to Whim W’Him’s inaugural Choreographic Shindig States at the inaugural American Dance Platform with two date and is currently working on several new creations while serving as in 2015. He was appointed NW Dance Project’s performances at the iconic Joyce Theater in New York City. the Artistic Director of NW Dance Project. Resident Choreographer in 2015. DANCERS - WILLIAM COUTURE was born and raised in St. William Couture he attended the Saint where Paul Minnesota, and Arts, Paul Conservatory Performing for to San Francisco to study went there from with of California at Dominican University Will traveled While in college LINES ballet. as a guest artist with the to perform Santa Rosa Ballet, Ballet, Southern California a Will received In 2013 and LINES ballet. Foundation scholarship with the Dizzy Feet a solo at their to perform and was invited Will After graduating in 2015 gala event. to Minnesota to dance with returned William and Smith Dance and teach. Shapiro and has in 2016 joined NW Dance Project by in works in original roles been featured Landerer. Ihsan Rustem and Felix KODY JAURON KODY Arizona where Phoenix, hails from Jauron Kody training at age 15 with he began his dance his studies and continued Needhammer, Andrew Ballet School and Ballet with the Miami City apprentice he became a company where Austin, has trained at Kody seasons. two and danced for Dance Street Hubbard Lou Conte Dance Studio, Spring- Pillow, The School at Jacob’s Chicago, and NW Dance Project’s Danse Montréal, board Prior to joining NW Dance project. LAUNCH Chica danced with DanceWorks Kody Project, and has Nakagawa under the tutelage of Julie go guest artist the Ruth Page with been a featured and Salt Creek Evansville Ballet, Civic Ballet, had the opportunity He has to perform Ballet. van Bommel, Nelly Barton, Aszure by works Joshua Landerer, Felix James Gregg, Thang Dao, Yin and Ihsan Rustem, Jirí Pokorný, Manculich, more. and many Yue, COLLEEN LOVERDE COLLEEN Park Point of is a graduate Loverde Colleen in dance B.F.A. earned her she where University at While training journalism. as a minor in as well of performing she had the privilege Park, Point Luke Martha by Graham, choreographed works Dolbashion, Lemons Gregory Garfield Murphy, Alexandra Damiani. and DANCE, MADBOOTS with Patrick Colleen performed Most recently, dancer as a freelance and worked O’Brien Dance, Danse Montreal At Springboard City. York in New she had the opportunity in original to perform Shannon Dance Company’s Vigor Vim by works Mason, Ryan German choreographer Gillen, and Kassel, Wieland of Staatstheater Johannes While attending TL Collective. of the Taylor Micaela she has project, LAUNCH NW Dance Project’s by original works performing had the privilege of and Meghan Kristen Cere, Alice Klock, Pires, Alysa the company. to join being invited Lou before FRANCO NIETO FRANCO Vancouver, Franco Nieto was born and raised in football Franco was an athlete playing Washington. making his choice to dance. before years seven for School of Vancouver Franco began his training at later and Columbia Dance, Academics, Arts and Durbin as a student and Tracey studying under Franco graduated from an assistant in Portland. Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh, Park University Point Franco has danced in Jazz in 2009. with a B.F.A. by works in NW Dance Project original roles Ihsan Patrick Delcroix, Veldman, Didy Sarah Slipper, Dias, Pedro Veggetti, Luca James Canfield, James Rustem, Wang, Wei Wen Maurice Causey, Gregory Jirí Pokorny, Yue, Yin Miller, Andrea Soares, Alex Gregg, Lauren Loni Landon, Noam Gagnon, Dolbashian, In and Carla Mann. Durbin, Tracey Tran, MInh Edson, six dancers in Franco was one of only August 2012, Dance. for Award Grace to win a Princess the U.S. KATHERINE DISENHOF KATHERINE Valley, Katherine was born and raised in Mill at Marin Ballet. she trained where California, in 2012 University Stanford She graduated from in Human Biology and received with a B.A. and the Louis Sudler Prize in the Performing Katherine was a member of Arts. Creative with which years, Robert four Moses’ Kin for and was part internationally cast of a she toured Award Isadora Duncan the 2015 that received Achievement “Outstanding for in Performance- King Alonzo She was also on staff at Company.” Program BFA years as the five LINES Ballet for Designer. and Graphic Coordinator ANTHONY PUCCI ANTHONY Iowa, born and raised in Cedar Rapids, Anthony, under began his dance training at Studio Dance of Iowa, He attended the University Michele Burke. in Dance Performance a B.F.A. received he where he While attending university, and Choreography. in faculty, extensively had the privilege to perform — most notably work and undergraduate graduate, Foundation work at the Barnes a site-specific Tori stunning in Philadelphia with the visually work evening-length as an as well & Co, Lawrence Anthroprocene at an exploring energy cultures Wyoming of the University symposium hosted by the danced for Anthony Arts. with Incite Insight Theatre Opera with Cedar Rapids years past four and Don Giovanni, of Carmen, in their productions yoga is also a 200-hour certified Anthony others. Alliance. Yoga the instructor through JIHYUN KIM started dancing at South Korea, born and raised in Seoul, Kim, Jihyun University. Hanyang in dance from her BS degree the age of 8 and got “The 41st contemporary senior the Golden-Prize for She won in Dong-A Dance Competition” and started to gain attention as a City York to New moved Jihyun graduation, Post dancer. remarkable and in experiences, and life to enhance her dance career in order Arts, Tisch School of the in dance from she earned her MFA 2017, Brown, Trisha Crystal by in works Pite, She has performed NYU. Rohan Pires, Alysa Alice Klock, Louis, Gaspard Stefanie Batten Bland, others. and many Hernandez, Joseph Boyadjev, Kaloyan Bhargava, her own has presented Jihyun as a choreographer, Additionally, Art Gallery at Columbia Wallach such as at a variety of venues work Sans Limits Translate, Dumbo Dance Festival, KoDaFe, University, and Gallery Max Soho. Spark Spring Film Festival, Dance Spring, member in 2019. as a company joined NW Dance Project Jihyun ANDREA PARSON ANDREA in Hillsboro, dance training began her early Parson Andrea her She received Conservatory at Northwest of Dance. Oregon, in 2008. Angeles Marymount in Los University Loyola from B.A. Dance Magazine joining NW Dance Project, 2010 after In June received Andrea “On the Rise.” their dancer Andrea named of winning a 2010 Princess Grace honor the high professional of Dance on the cover Dance and she appeared for Award on her and which did features Spirit Magazine in February 2011, Sarah by in works danced original roles She has the company. Pedro Veggetti, Luca Canfield, James Patrick Delcroix, Yin Slipper, Jirí Pokorny, Barton, Aszure Miller, Andrea Rustem, Ihsan Dias, Lucas Agami, Danielle Maurice Causey, Pouffer, Benoit-Swan Yue, Alejandro Cayetano Cerrudo, Wang, Soto, Wei Wen Crandall, and others. Tran, and Minh Carla Mann, Edgar Zendejas, NOELLE KAYSER began in 2011 at Luna career dance Noelle Kayser’s Atlanta- an joining glo, Theater before Negra Dance founded platform performance based collaborative include credits Other performing Lauri Stallings. by Ripple, Thurmond’s Erik Dance Project, the Proia The Gathering Wild, Chicago Theater, Shakespeare member Noelle was a Theater Group. and Scrap 2015 through from Visceral Dance Chicago of Marguerite Donlon, by works performing 2018, Stephanie Klock, Alice O’Day, Kevin Agami, Danielle Noelle has set her own and others. Martinez, Dance Rivera Cerqua on Chicago’s choreography Atlanta’s and Moonwater Dance Project, Theater, to dance and choreography, In addition Kit Modus. Listen 16 audiobooks for Noelle has narrated in / audible.com and appeared Up Productions and Television Grey for industrial advertising Kitchenaid. KEVIN PAJARILLAGA native D.C Washington Pajarillaga is a Kevin who trained at CityDance Conservatory before 2012 to from Park University attending Point YY with has danced professionally Kevin 2016. Dance Company, Tayeh Sonya Dance Company, and I.C. Dance, Wood Bruce PrioreDance, as being a guest as well Project, Movement Pittsburgh artist with Parsons Dance Company, Contemporary Dance Dayton Theatre, Ballet Cia De Danca in Brazil. and Focus Company, School The Juilliard for has choreographed Kevin the Dance Project, Wanderlust senior showcase, Washington’s T and Booker Gala, DREAMscape of is also the associate director Kevin REP II. Dallas”. Forward “Moving a dance program, 2018 participated in NW Dance Project’s Kevin join the to being invited before project LAUNCH company. THANK YOU. Maddy Lewis Allison Beebe & Eric O’Connell Matthew Simons Dobbes Family Estate NW Dance Project would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies for their generous support. Henry Louderbough Shiloh Halsey Marigold Coffee Laura Smith & Wines Listing reflects gifts received from December 1, 2018 through December 3, 2019. If you have a question or correction to the listing, or would like Mad Science Sharon Bierut Ashley & Jon Marshall Erik Velasquez Elephants Delicatessen to add or deepen your support, please contact Executive Director Scott Lewis at 503.756.1912 or [email protected]. 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