by Gary Smith When Stuttgart Ballet gives a party, it’s a big one. Celebrating Vancouver-born Reid Anderson’s 20 seasons as artistic director involved a week of international guest artists joining stars of Stuttgart Ballet and students of the German company’s affiliated John Cranko School, along with more sparkle dust and cascading balloons than you could
by Martha Ullman West Historically, Oregon Ballet Theatre has closed its seasons with a mixed repertoire show in the Newmark Theatre, a jewel-like European opera-style house and Portland’s best venue for dance. This year, Nicolo Fonte’s compelling, evening-length Beautiful Decay concluded the company’s 26th season, opening an eight performance run on April 14. According to
by Pia Lo Trisha Brown has been building movement since the 1960s, creating work that examines how the human body moves in relation to the space around it. Like the Judson Dance Theater artistic collective, of which she was a founding member, Brown’s work rejects dramatic narrative, focusing instead on building complex movement patterns from