PSA, Portland Dance Theater (1977)

PSA, Portland Dance Theater (1977)

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Description

Performed by Susan Howard and Carl Rowe in Portland, Oregon.

Performance Date

1977

Comments

In 1971, Portland Dance Theater began as a professional dance company, originally formed by four former Portland State University students and professional dancers: Jann McCauley, Cathy Evleshin, Bonnie Jo Merrill, and Pat Wong.

They started out teaching dance at the Hillside Center, the former Catlin Gabel School facility, which then developed into a center for the arts. The Hillside Center offered classes and studio space for visual and performing artists. It had four buildings, one of which housed the Playmakers and Portland Dance Theater.

Later that year, Judy Patton joined Portland Dance Theater as a principal dancer, and Penelope Boals, Adrian Kahtany and Gregg Bielemeier joined as apprentices. The Portland Dance Theater performed at various venues around Portland, supported by funding that included a grant from the NEA.

Portland Dance Theater ended in October 1979. Many dancers continued on with their own companies, and some of its members reorganized as the Cirque studio. Jann McCauley was the artistic director and choreographer of Cirque.

Rights

This recording is made available through the Portland State University Library Special Collections and University Archives with permission and is for educational and non-commercial use only. It cannot be reproduced in any form, distributed or played for commercial purposes. For more information, please contact Special Collections at Portland State University Library at: specialcollections@pdx.edu or (503) 725-9883

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18981

PSA, Portland Dance Theater (1977)

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