Monthly Archives: September 2005

CHEAPER THAN THERAPY: Tell Your Story to Laura Curry

posted by Laura Moulton “I am a lesbian woman working in downtown Portland, trying to make sense of myself in the corporate world.” That’s the first line of a series of stories printed on a giant banner hung from the … Continue reading

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Approaching Locust

Approaching Locust An Instructional Performance Piece in three parts to be executed on three consecutive days Part One 1. Use computerized mapping database (mapquest.com) to locate 211 SE Caruthers Street in Portland, Oregon. (Note: instructions provided by computerized map database … Continue reading

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DBR Musical instrument workshop

Daniel Bernard Roumain musical instrument workshop, 9-10-05, 9:30 am [Conversations for Change] I knew it was gonna be a good time when I woke up before the 7:30 alarm and scrambled outta bed. This is atypical behavior. And then a … Continue reading

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Bruce McClure: Deliberate Obstructions & Calculated Aimlessness

Posted by: Levi Hanes Props to PICA and the Cinema Project for this nugget. I hadn’t had much sleep the night before and this turned out to be a good thing: my tolerance for b.s. is striped and I find … Continue reading

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~*~Guy Dartnell Does the Most with Least, or Bring Guy to Dinner Anytime~*~

Props to the person who put Guy’s show in the Winningstad–it’s my favorite theatre for just this sort of small show. Because it’s a big theatre with a small stage the audience gets to feel like an audience (why 100+ … Continue reading

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elegy getting me down, when it’s time to GET DOWN!!

tiffany mills company – elegy & godard posted by laura becker so…as i started typing this, no one yet had posted distinctly for tiffany mills, but there were EXCELLENT posts for everything else i’ve been to so far…so, even though … Continue reading

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The award for the best use of 10cc in a solo theatrical performance goes to. . .

Guy Dartnell: Travels with my Virginity [Tim DuRoche] I have to admit, I was a little disarmed when Dartnell came out under the lights of the bare stage and uttered with an almost bashful Winnie-the-Pooh-like disposition: “Hello Portland.” Knowing he’d … Continue reading

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Tiffany Mills Company: Elegy & Godard

— posted by Lisa Radon Mills notes in the program that both pieces was choreographed from the score, and the movement tracked so closely to the sound (especially in the first piece which fairly relentlessly alternated between grating/ominous industrial-meets-heavy breathing … Continue reading

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~*~DJ Spooky is a Snappy Dresser, or The Deconstruction of Cultural Symbols ~*~

Hi friends, A lot has been posted on DJ Spooky so I’ll try not to be redundant. Something I didn’t know: “Birth of a Nation” was the first film played in the White House. Before the show Paul Miller (Spooky) … Continue reading

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Paul D. Miller|DJ Spooky|That Subliminal Kid–Trip Tick

[Tim DuRoche] + Rhythm Science Lecture + ReBirth of A Nation + Noontime Chat: Hip-Hop Strategies “When the Sugar Hill Gang rapped, ‘I don’t mean to brag, I don’t mean to boast, but I like hot butter on a breakfast … Continue reading

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