FOUNDED IN 2004 BY ACCLAIMED DANCER, MENTOR, AND CHOREOGRAPHER SARAH SLIPPER, NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT IS DEDICATED TO THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF INNOVATIVE, CONTEMPORARY NEW DANCE WORKS FROM ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING DANCE MAKERS CREATED IN AN OPEN AND ARTISTICALLY STIMULATING ENVIRONMENT.

Our dedication to providing dancers and dance makers the resources and creative room needed to realize new, inspired dance works led Dance International Magazine to proclaim that we were “changing the way dance is created” and established Northwest Dance Project as “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe and North America.”

In order to produce the next wave of significant dance works, we are also committed to advancing dance education and community involvement. Northwest Dance Project established our beautiful Creative Center in the heart of Portland’s vibrant and historic Northeast Neighborhood where we lead dance education for adults and children through our various projects, intensives, workshops and classes as well as opportunities for established and emerging dance makers to choreograph and refine new works set on our company of classically trained, fearless contemporary company dancers. ABOUT Because dance cannot survive without new audiences and deepened appreciation of the art form, we strive to engage individuals and communities with dance through accessible performances by our Company, studio sessions, dance samplers, outdoor performances, special events, master classes, collaborations with artists of other performing arts and visual genres and conversation with artists. We even do the unexpected bringing performances to the streets, coffee shops, hospitals and the occasional escalator in shopping malls! We also love offering the experience of dance to youth of all ages (from 4 to 80!) through our interactive Dance Moves community outreach program.

“ONE OF THE HOTTEST DANCE COMPANIES IN AMERICA” -- PORTLAND STAGE REVIEWS SARAH SLIPPER

“SARAH SLIPPER IS TRULY GIFTED. THIS IS WHAT DANCE SHOULD BE... SHE FOUND THE POINT AT WHICH THE FORM OF DANCE (STEPS, TECHNIQUE, FEET, PERFORMANCE) COMBINE TO CREATE A WORK OF ART.” — THE NEWS RECORD

Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. In 1980, she made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet 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, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and Alla Savchenko. Ms. Slipper was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker. In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux.

After Ms. Slipper left the stage, she continued her passion for music and drama, studying theatre at the honours level at University of Winnipeg, 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 Ballet Theatre. Ms. Slipper’s command of classical and contemporary styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger dancers. As a guest master teacher, Ms. Slipper has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers, and Dance Departments of University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, and University of Iowa.

An award-winning independent choreographer, Ms. Slipper is presently based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, Ballet NY, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, Northwest Dance Project, and The Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography at the International Choreographic Competition Saint Sauveur 2000 for her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Canada, her ballet, A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.” Ms. Slipper’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable... grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Oregonian) and “... a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, smoothly unfolding skein of dance.” (The New York Times)

A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during Northwest Dance Project’s inaugural year, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the award’s gala celebration.

Ms. Slipper is the founding Artistic Director of Northwest Dance Project and has created over thirty original works for the company to date.

“ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SARAH SLIPPER’S DANCERS JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER - SHARPER,

MORE ELASTIC, MORE SELF-ASSURED.” -- THE OREGONIAN DIRECTOR ARTISTIC DANIELLE AGAMI Danielle Agami was born in Israel in 1984. She studied at the High School of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and was a member of the Batsheva Dance Company from 2002-2010. Between 2007-2009, Agami served as the artistic director of Batsheva Dancers Create and functioned as the company’s rehearsal director from 2008-2010, during which she received the Yair Shapira Prize for Excellence in Dance in 2009. After 8 years with the Batsheva Dance Company, Danielle relocated to New York, where she functioned as senior manager of Gaga U.S.A. In 2011, she created original works at Rutgers University, Boston Conservatory, and Springboard Montreal. After relocating to Seattle, Agami founded Ate9 dANCEcOMPANY as her first longitudinal project - a discovery of her artistic voice as a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Danielle created her first work for Northwest Dance Project, This Time Tomorrow, in 2013.

LUCAS CRANDALL Lucas Crandall began training in dance at the age of 14. In 1980 he obtained his first professional contract with the Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve. In 1985, he joined Nederlands Dans Theater and two years later, Lucas returned to Ballet du Grand Theatre, working with choreographers including Ohad Naharin, Jirí Kylián, Mats Ek and Christopher Bruce. In 1996 he became the company’s Rehearsal Director. Lucas joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2000 as Associate Artistic Director and served on faculty with the Lou Conte Dance Studio, as well as an in-demand ballet and repertory instructor for master classes throughout the country. Creating works since 1982, his pieces have been performed in the U.S. and abroad. In 2010, Lucas joined NDT as Rehearsal Director, then returned to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2013 to serve as Ballet Master. Lucas created Triptych for Northwest Dance Project in 2006, Blue in 2008 and Caress in 2009, and he has led master classes and workshops for Northwest Dance Project.

PATRICK DELCROIX Choreographer Patrick Delcroix was educated in at the Centre International de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes and the Ecole de Danse Colette Soriano in Orthez, France. In 1982 he joined the Iwanson Dance Company in Munich (director Jessica Iwanson), followed by the Scapino Ballet Amsterdam in 1985 (director Armando Navarro). It was here that he first met Jirí Kylián, when the choreographer came to create Picolo Mondo and cast the young Delcroix. He was subsequently invited by Kylián to join the Nederlands Dans Theater 1, where he danced from 1986 to 2003. In these 17 years with NDT he worked with many celebrated figures, namely William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Edouard Lock, Nacho Duato, Hans van Manen and of course Jirí Kylián. As a choreographer, Patrick has created 40 works and re-staged numerous others for a variety of companies, including Nederlands Dans Theater 1, 2 & 3, Royal Danish Ballet, Basel Ballet, Ballet du Capitole Toulouse, Cape Town City Ballet, Ballet of the Croatian National Theater, Vienna Staatsoper Ballet, Aalto Ballett Theater Essen, Cisne Negro Sao Paolo, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Introdans, Prague Chamber Ballet, Northwest Dance Project, Junior Ballet Genève, It Danza Barcelona, Artscape, New English Contemporary Ballet, Tanztheater am Staatstheater Braunschweig, Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporâneo, Royal Conservatory Den Haag, Royal Conservatory Antwerp, Nationale Ballet Academie – Amsterdam and ArtEZ in Arnhem, Netherlands. His relationship with Jirí Kylián continues to this day as a repetior for the Kylian Foundation. He has re-staged ballets on such companies as the Paris Opéra Ballet, Boston Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet de l’Opéra du Rhin, Norwegian National Ballet, Bern Ballet, National Theater Ballet Prague, Aalto Ballett Theater Essen, Kobe Ballet, Dresden Semperoper Ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet and the Georgian National Ballet. In 2001, he was knighted by the French government for services to the arts, being made “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”. Patrick’s first creation for Northwest Dance Project in 2011, Harmonie Défigurée, is a rich exploration of human relationships filled with inventive, breathtaking partnering The Oregonian reviewed as “mesmerizing... gave the dancers the kind of space-eating, tempo- shifting movement -- from fast, aggressive unison to lyrical duets -- that makes this company such a pleasure to watch.” CHOREOGRAPHERS Director ofNorthwest Dance Project. multiple works for NWDP, is currently working on several new creations as the and serves Artistic performed attheBolshoi Theatre oftheaward’s aspart galacelebration. Sarahhaschoreographed Project,Dance Northwest Danse prestigious la the finalist de for a Benois was was and award 2006 in andPacifica Dancers. Ballet Jefferson The Nashville Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, BalletJorgen,Ballet, Louisville Ballet,Alberta BalletNew York, Saint Sauveur in2000. Sarahhascreated over 20works for theRoyal Winnipeg Ballet,Ballet, Cincinnati was awarded the GrandPrizefor Choreography attheInternationalChoreographic Competitionat Balletand OregonAlberta Ballet Theatre, and teaches master classes throughout North America. She Dantzig, HansvanManen, JiríKylián and Agnes de Mille. as Ballet Mistress SarahSlipperserved of worked with internationally renowned directors and choreographers such as Arnold Spohr, Rudi van a principaldancer with theRoyal Winnipeg Balletand appeared worldwide. as a guest artist Shehas An award winningindependentchoreographer,studied Sarah at theRoyalSlipper Ballet School, was SARAH SLIPPER Project performed Choreographic Competition and won the 2011 Sadler’s Wells GlobalDance Contest. Northwest Dance Northwest Dance Project, workshops of Ballet Theater Munich, Introdans and Dance Made In Bern(BernBallet). Ihsan’s work for Studio Luzern,Art Playground Bern, Peter Williams Designfor Dance London, and the choreographic Company, Tanz Luzerner Theater, Dansacademie ArtEz Arnhem (NL), Arnhem Mode Biennale, Dance creating over tenpiecesfor the Academy, andhassincecreated works for theNational Youth Dance and Cayetano Soto, amongst others. Ihsan began choreographing School, as a student at the Rambert Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Maurice Béjart, Battle, Robert David Parsons, Karol Armitage, Ek, JiriKylián, HansvanManen, Forsythe,William PatrickDelcroix, PaulLightfoot /SolLeon, Alexander Bern Ballet, and the Tanz Luzerner Theater (Switzerland), working with and dancing repertoire by Mats in Motion Pictures (Matthew Bourne, UK), Ballet Theater Munich (Germany), Introdans (Netherlands), Dance. He was a member of the National Youth Dance Company before being engaged by Adventures SchoolofBalletandContemporary Ihsan RustemwasborninLondonandtrainedattheRambert IHSAN RUSTEM Stage ofNational Theater Prague, andwasperformed by Dekkadancers. NDT2 andpremiered 2013. inJanuary Inthatsameyear, Pivot inFrankfurt. Currently, heisfree-lance achoreographer. Hisrecent work, created for NDT’s SummerIntensive in2010and2011. In August 2010, Pite’sjoined Crystal Jiri Kidd works, larger first and Architanz,Japan.ItalyHis in Festival Dance Company inPrague. Jirialso teaches for Spitfire “Move In,” theatre ofNDT, theeducation department physical Mediterraneo with collaborated Choreographer,” and to Dancer from “Switch workshop Naharin, Pite and others. Crystal Jiri has also created works his own short at the annual choreography worked with many renowned choreographers like Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Leon, Mats Ek, Ohad three years later he joined NDT2in The Hague, and continued his career in2006 with NDT1. He has Prague National DanceConservatory. Afterhisgraduation,joined LaternaMagika JiriPraha (2000), school oftheStateOperainPrague when hewaseightyears oldandcontinued hisstudiesatthe Jiri Pokorny was born in Prague, Czech Republic in1981. his dance training at the pre He started ballet JIRÍ POKORNY State ofMatter State of Matter, atthe2012CulturalOlympiad inLondon. A FineBalance received the Audience Award at the 25th Annual Hanover , her pas de deux created during the inaugural Black Clouds Don’t Cry Clouds Black Dead Nature premiered attheNew Doze, and Flying Roof, was created for were were CHOREOGRAPHERS ALEX SOARES Alex Soares danced for more than a decade with the most important contemporary dance companies in São Paulo, Brazil, performing pieces by Ohad Naharin, Mauro Bigonzetti, Rami Levi, Gagik Ismailian, Itzik Galili, Angelin Preljocaj, Cayetano Soto, Oscar Araiz, Henrique Rodovalho and others. He had his choreographic debut in 2006 with Antiprisma which shown at the São Paulo City Ballet’s (BCSP) New Choreographers Workshop. Alex has also studied filmmaking and produces videodances. His work, For a Lost Moment, in 2009 was awarded the Best Video prize at the Festival do Minuto in 2010. WiiPrevisto (2009), his last dance piece created for BCSP, has been shown in Brazil as well in Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands to great acclaim. In 2010, Alex left BCSP to dedicate himself exclusively to choreography and creating videodances. He also created a unique dance platform, Mov’o LA Project, focusing on relationship between video art, technologies and dance. In 2011 he created a piece for Mov’o LA Project, Chromaqui Studies, and in the same year, Alex was invited to create a videodance for Noord Nederlandse Dans in Groningen, The Netherlands. After that, Alex won a British Council prize in São Paulo to create Wii Som Disoriantations. Alex received the Residency Award for Northwest Dance Project’s 2012 Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition and created Trace in Loss for the company the same year.

YIN YUE Yin Yue was born in Shanghai, China. She studied Chinese classical dance and Chinese ethnic dance at Shanghai Dance School from 1995 to 2001 and contemporary modern dance in Shanghai Normal University from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, she graduated from New York University, Tisch School of The Arts with MFA in dance. Yin Yue was a finalist and grant recipient in The A.W.A.R.D. Show! 2010: New York City, which was presented by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. Yin Yue founded Yin Yue Dance Company in 2010, a New York City based contemporary modern dance company. The company has presented evening length dance production at Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance, FLIC fest 2013 at The Irondale Center, The New York International Fringe Festival at The New School for Drama and individual dance pieces at Joyce SoHo Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Inside Out Dance Festival, The Current Session Festival, Wave Rising Series and Cool New York Festival at John Ryan Theater. In Jan, 2013, Yin Yue Dance Company took Within Reach, an evening-length production, on tour to China. Yin was selected as a winner of Northwest Dance Project’s 2013 Pretty Creatives International Choreographic Competition and created the high energy You Are In My Waltz for the LAUNCH project. She returned to Portland in June 2014 to create her first work for the company, Before Dawn.

WEI WEI WANG Wen Wei Wang began dancing at an early age in China, where he was born and raised. He trained and danced professionally with Langzhou Song and Dance Company. In 1991, he moved to Canada and joined Judith Marcuse Dance Company, after which he danced with Ballet British Columbia for seven years. In 2000 he received the Clifford E. Lee Choreographic Award and since then has choreographed for Alberta Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, and Dancers Dancing. Since 2003, he has served as Artistic Director of Wen Wei Dance. The company has performed at major venues across Canada, the Vancouver International Dance Festival, Dancing on the Edge Festival, the Canada Dance Festival, and the International Contemporary Dance Festival in Colombia, South America. Wen Wei is the recipient of the 2006 Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography and the Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award — Dance 2009. Wen Wei created Chi in 2009 and Conjugations in 2012 for Northwest Dance Project. CHOREOGRAPHERS “SOME OF THE BEST DANCERS YOU WILL EVERSEE.” --CALGARY HERALD Watch us–we are onthemove! Tracey Durbin. from SarahSlipper,Pokorny, Jirí Minh Tran, Yin Yue,In 2014/15, Ihsan Rustem, the company will continue to develop RachelErdos, its fantastic repertoire and will premiere new works LucasCrandall, and Pedro Dias, andNoamGagnon, tonameafew. Edgar Zendejas, IhsanRustem, Gregory Dolbashian, André Mesquita, LoniLandon, Thaddeus Davis, Alejandro Cerrudo, Aszure Barton, LucasCrandall, Benoit-SwanPouffer, Paul Vasterling, Alex Soares, Patrick Delcroix, Didy Veldman, Andrea Miller, MauriceCausey, Wen McKayle,Luca Canfield,Slipper,Veggetti,WeiDonald Soto, James fromAgami,Danielle CayetanoSarah Wang, JamesGregg, Yin Yue, Since 2004, Northwest DanceProject has fostered thecreation of over 160 innovative new creations Dance Moves community outreach program andotherevents andperformances duringtheseason. choreographerscollaborates with contemporary on new dance creations, and leads our interactive Northwest Dance Project performs and tours works from our extensive, all-originalrepertoire, the company was flawless.”“virtually from dust and sweat,” while the Portland Tribune said the company “took the stage by storm” and that doing right since she launched Northwest Dance Project in 2004” and “the company creates diamonds dancers. The Oregonian described thecompany as “an impressive distillationofwhatSlipperhas been The company isclassically trained, versatile, incredibly talentedandafearless collectionofdynamic PROMISING NEW TALENTS IN THE FIELDOFDANCE. AN ECLECTICROSTER OF ACCOMPLISHED CHOREOGRAPHERS AS WELL AS THE MOST CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY PERFORMING AN ALL-ORIGINAL REPERTOIRE FROM NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT HASESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A BOLD AND INNOVATIVE

COMPANY SAMANTHA CAMPBELL is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007. She was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet, and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Samantha has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Patrick Delcroix, James Canfield, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Ihsan Rustem, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Carla Mann, Gregory Dolbashian, and Alex Soares.

PATRICK KILBANE is from Bainbridge Island, Washington. He began his dance training with Vera Bullen at the age of 14 and studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, School of American Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and with Suzanne Farrell at The Kennedy Center. Patrick also served as an apprentice with Oregon Ballet Theatre for two seasons where he performed works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Patrick has danced in new works by Maurya Kerr, Gregory Dawson, Yannis Adoniou, and Josie Moseley. Patrick participated iNorthwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 1, 2, and 3. Patrick has danced many featured roles in original Northwest Dance Project works, including Cayetano Soto’s Last But Not Least, and André Mesquita’s A Short History of Walking, and has also danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Andrea Miller, Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, Edgar Zendejas, Ihsan Rustem, James Canfield, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Alex Soares, Donald McKayle, and Carla Mann.

ELIJAH LABAY, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington. In 2004, Elijah joined Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob’s Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen. In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph Kaos in Wonderland. Elijah attended Northwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 4 where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in Northwest Dance Project’s premiere of André Mesquita’s A Short History of Walking, Alex Soares’ Trace in Loss, and Sarah Slipper’s Casual Act, and in new Northwest Dance Project works created by Ihsan Rustem, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Patrick Delcroix, Gregory Dolbashian, and Wen Wei Wang.

LINDSEY MATHEIS grew up in Colorado before moving to North Carolina. She began dancing under Kirstie Tice Spadie at NC Dance Institute and later at the North Carolina School of the Arts under the directorship of Susan McCullough. After graduating from the modern department in May 2008, Lindsey trained for a year at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet School in San Francisco. Lindsey has appeared in original new works by Alonzo King, Amy Raymond, Robert Moses, and Yannis Adoniou. In addition, she has studied at the Alvin Ailey School, American Dance Festival, and with Northwest Dance Project. Lindsey has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Maurice Causey, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Andrea Miller, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Yin Yue, Alex Soares, Patrick Delcroix, Loni Landon, Ihsan Rustem, and Wen Wei Wang.

LINDSEY MCGILL was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY< and Dayton Contemporary ARTISTS COMPANY Dance Company 2. She has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Sarah Slipper, Carla Mann, James Gregg, Danielle Agami, Yin Yue, Minh Tran, Loni Landon, and Ihsan Rustem. FRANCO NIETO was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football for seven years before making his choice to dance. He began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco participated in Northwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 2 and 3 and graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Dance before joining Northwest Dance Project where he has danced original roles in works by James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Maurice Causey, Luca Veggetti, Andrea Miller, Alex Soares, Edgar Zendejas, Patrick Delcroix, Yin Yue, Gregory Dolbashian, and Wen Wei Wang. Franco was awarded a 2012 Princess Grace Award Fellowship in Dance.

ANDREA PARSON began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at Northwest Conservatory of Dance under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and Northwest Dance Project. She has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Aszure Barton, Sarah Slipper, Patrick Delcroix, Luca Veggetti, Andrea Miller, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Ihsan Rustem, Loni Landon, and Edgar Zendejas. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer “On the Rise.” The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance.

JULIA RADICK was born and raised in New York City. She attended LaGuardia Arts High School and graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance from tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and with Batsheva. Julia has danced original works by Nathan Trice, Brunilda Ruiz, James Sutton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Aszure Barton, and Kate Weare. She was a member of the Yomoco and has performed with Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre. She participated in Northwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 7 and joined the company immediately after. She worked with Sarah Slipper, James Gregg, Minh Tran, Danielle Agami, and Carla Mann.

VIKTOR USOV was born in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. He began his dance training in Portland with Sarah Slipper at the age of 14 and was a featured member of The Jefferson Dancers. Viktor attended The Juilliard School on scholarship. After graduating in 2010 with a BFA in Dance, Viktor moved to Germany to dance as a soloist with Johannes Wieland at the Staatstheater Kassel. Viktor returned to dance with Northwest Dance Project in 2013. He has had the privilege of performing works by Jose Limon, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Sarah Slipper, Johannes Wieland, Aszure Barton, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Stephanie Thiersch, Chris Haring James Gregg, Danielle Agami, and others. Viktor has been awarded a 2014 Princess Grace Award, making him the third member in Northwest Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.

CHING CHING WONG was born in Manila, Philippines, but calls southern California her home where she began her dance training at the age of three at Allegria Dance Theatre under the artistic direction of Alia Harlan. She received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from University of California, Irvine. During her UCI days, she was a member of Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble and also performed works by

Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, Lisa Naugle, Rennie Harris and William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Ching Ching ARTISTS COMPANY participated in Northwest Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 3 & LAUNCH: 4, and has danced original roles in Northwest Dance Project works by Loni Landon, James Gregg, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Danielle Agami, Yin Yue, Alex Soares, and Ihsan Rustem. 503.421.7434 •[email protected] •nwdanceproject.org Katie Holliday, Company Manager FOR BOOKINGINFOCONTACT Modern, Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, styles: dance of variety a Improvisation. in offered be can Classes Master between aprofessional dancerandstudents. Workshops are 45to60minutes inlength(dependant on age group) and offer one-on-one interaction Student workshops are taughtby ateamoftwo orthree company dancers depending onclasssize. outreach programs. Company members are also highly skilled master teachers and conduct all Northwest Dance Project demonstrations, andpost-performance audiencediscussions. can teach master classes. She and company are artists also available for open rehearsal sessions, DirectorArtistic SarahSlippertravels withthecompany, anddependingonproduction schedule, area, orruralcommunity. Week-long residency programs are available. sophistication andaudienceinterest, ofauniversity, whetherthe organizationispart metropolitan dance needs, of levels community all your thereby fit reaching to programs educational our tailor can Northwest DanceProject audiences at homeand on tour. iscommittedtotheeducation of new arts We WORK WITH PRESENTERSFORREGIONALBLOCK-BOOKING. OUR COMPANY BE BOOKED FOR SINGLE OR MULTIPLE CAN PERFORMANCES. WE ALSO Select repertoire requires whitemarley floor. Approximate Running Times —1:30to2hours(includingintermissions) State ofMatter This TimeTomorrow MemoryHouse Chi SAMPLE PROGRAM This TimeTomorrow A FineBalance Chameleon Airys Mother Tongue Trace inLoss MemoryHouse Thoughts Drifting Casual Act Ensemble For Somnambulists/ Chi Blue Before Dawn After theShake / State ofMatter WITH PRESENTERS. SAMPLES OF REPERTOIRE PROGRAMMING — PROGRAM IS TAILORED IN DISCUSSION / Wen Wei Wang / Wen Wei Wang /LucasCrandall /SarahSlipper / SarahSlipper /PatrickDelcroix /YinYue / Alex Soares / Alex /SarahSlipper /IhsanRustem /SarahSlipper /SarahSlipper /IhsanRustem /IhsanRustem /PatrickDelcroix Sarah Slipper /Danielle Agami /Danielle Agami LucaVeggetti

DETAILS CASUAL ACT

Choreographer / Sarah Slipper Premiere / 2013 Length / 39 minutes “shifting couples that convey a complexity of emotions, including tenderness, passion and heartbreak.”

BLUE

Choreographer / Lucas Crandall Premiere / 2008 Length / 18 minutes “gracefully athletic ballet”

DRIFTING THOUGHTS

Choreographer / Patrick Delcroix Premiere / 2013 Length / 25 minutes “rhythmic drums evoking a sexy night club...taking full advantage of the dancers’ expert technique while celebrating their ability to get funky.”

CHI

Choreographer / Wen Wei Wang Premiere / 2009 Length / 24 minutes “the highlight of the show…a small feast of images.” CURRENT REPERTOIRE TRACE IN LOSS

Choreographer / Alex Soares Premiere / 2012 Length / 22 minutes “awesome, dynamic, industrial, technical, and had a very digital feeling.”

MEMORYHOUSE

Choreographer / Sarah Slipper Premiere / 2011 Length / 21 minutes “Bodice-ripping passion drama…the pair grappling sweetly, erotically and then violently in movement.”

THIS TIME TOMORROW

Choreographer / Danielle Agami Premiere / 2013 Length / 20 minutes

“An apt demonstration of continuous fluidic movement through space and narrative time.”

STATE OF MATTER

WINNER / 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest WINNER / Audience Prize — 25th Annual Hannover Choreographic Festival Choreographer / Ihsan Rustem Premiere / 2010 Length / 17 minutes “impetus for some propulsive, flexed foot movement, following an opening duet… beautifully danced.” CURRENT REPERTOIRE AIRYS

Choreographer / Sarah Slipper Premiere / 2012 Length / 32 minutes “...sharp and dramatic...apocalyptic distopia... an urban wasteland with those moving, seeking protection in concert together.”

CHAMELEON

Choreographer / Patrick Delcroix Premiere / 2012 Length / 25 minutes “...vibrant colors in motion...we see the very fullest these relations in movement can intertwine and take us.”

A FINE BALANCE

Finalist / Benois de la Danse Award Performed at the Awards Gala / Bolshoi Theater Choreographer / Sarah Slipper Premiere / 2004 Length / 15 minutes “ This is what dance should be… see the point at which the form, of dance (steps, technique, feet, performance) combine to create a work of art.”

MOTHER TONGUE

Choreographer / Ihsan Rustem Premiere / 2012 Length / 21 minutes “a model of contemporary choreography – a piece very much of its own time but also fiercely focused and sure of itself.” CURRENT REPERTOIRE