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Fresh from the premiere of her latest work, choreographer Nora Chipaumire discusses female iconography, the burdens and freedoms of exile, and ideas of the female African body as subjugated and unknowable.
Learn moreWorking from the proposition that dance is a mode of perceptual inquiry, students will be led through explorations that prioritize sensation and non-rational action and trigger automatic, unprepared physical response.
Learn moreA shameless and sexually infused sewer of live rap and RnB who challenges the American obsession with charm and grace, CHRISTEENE is a new, dangerous breed of entertainer and “Drag Terrorist.”
Learn moreTaking her name from the South African singer, activist, and icon Miriam Makeba, Miriam explores the tensions that women face between public expectations and private desires and the perfection and sacrifice of the feminine ideal.
Learn moreA taste of the alps at TBA. Enjoy sausages, pepper stews, and stone fruit cakes, from chef Chris Israel.
Learn moreOne of the most provocative choreographers of the New York scene, Miguel Gutierrez makes works that translate the experiential nature of performing into a sensory experience for the audience.
Learn moreA bold "documentary" play exploring the radical revolutionary history of 60s Mexico, reigniting the social critiques of an earlier generation.
Learn moreVogt discusses the conceptually complex and layered environments she creates out of videos and objects.
Learn moreRitter's "charged objects"—whether a working fountain or a series of precarious sculptures—are formed from raw and rehydrated clay pulled directly from the Oregon earth.
Learn moreA series sprayed wall paintings derived from 16mm films, recalling Impressionist landscapes and Modernist abstractions. Paired with several films from the artist's oeuvre.
Learn moreBig Art Group director Caden Manson will discuss the group’s serial site-specific project, The People, along with the local Portland residents who participated in the performance.
Learn moreBy using imagination and a sense of absence and presence, butoh invites a constant transformation to your body.
Learn moreThe force behind New York City’s epic GHE20G0TH1K parties, DJ Venus X will mash-up a global mix of chopped and screwed pop songs, club mixes, political newscasts, and big dance beats.
Learn moreFeaturing Alex Cecchetti, Isabelle Cornaro, Claudia Meza, Morgan Ritter, Van Brummelen & De Haan, and Erika Vogt.
Learn moreTBA returns for its tenth anniversary with a slate of international artists and projects that cross the boundaries of forms and ideas.
Learn moreAbby's Table & Fifty Licks Ice Cream will be vending farmer's market "snacks" from the Principal's Office.
Learn moreCast forms suspended by pulleys from the gallery ceiling invite audience interaction, guided by Vogt's enigmatic drawings.
Learn moreA "relay performance" illustrated with found and adapted objects, handed off from the artist to subsequent performers like a game of telephone.
Learn moreA multi-part project re-animating the contested Pergamon Museum frieze, highlighting the contemporary and historic power dynamics between Turkey and Germany.
Learn moreOur kitchen kicks off TBA opening night with Boke Bowl's Japanese steam buns, rice bowls, and more!
Learn moreBlending real-time film, live actors, and a video “chorus” of interviews with a cross-section of Portlanders, Big Art Group pushes the formal boundaries of theater and film.
Learn moreA self-generated 'automatic' performance for two audience members/participants at a time, who take cues from words both written and whispered through headphones.
Learn moreWhether you’ve just emerged from 24 hours with Mike Daisey or you’re winding down after 10 stimulating days of art, join us on closing night to celebrate the moveable feast that was TBA.
Learn moreA class that incorporates contemporary dance technique, composition, and improvisation, as well as repertory material from the company’s acclaimed Home Made.
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