PWNW Winter Season
Performance Works NW (PWNW) launched their winter season at the end of December and continues it in January. SMALLER is the dance improvisation duo of Karen Nelson and Nica Portavia, […]
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DRIVE WOLVES MAD Performance
Bringing their recent debut to Portland for two nights only, Seattle duo Jenny Peterson and Kaitlin McCarthy present a dance work of horror, humor and friendship to Performance Works NW
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PWNW January Events
January is going to be epic at Performance Works NW (PWNW). In just the first week there is an art gallery opening and they will host three award-winning artists in
Imposter/Switch
Performance Works Northwest holds their quarterly interdisciplinary arts showcase, Imposter/Switch, Friday, August 11. Celebrating the imposter syndrome living in each of us, the show pokes a little fun at the
Alembic Artist Series Shows
Four Alembic Artists have been in residence at Performance Works NorthWest since January–researching, dancing, vocalizing, creating videos, brainstorming and sharing ideas and snippets of work with each other. They are
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RISK/REWARD Presents Allie Hankins
Following her successful performances at On the Boards’ Fragmented Flow Festival in June, Allie Hankins brings By My Own Hand, Part 1: GHOSTING to Performance Works NorthWest Friday, August 5-Sunday,
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3 miles of possible
Performance Works NW, 4625 SE 67th Ave., presents 3 miles of possible, a durational solo by PWNW director Linda Austin “exploring poetic and practical associations of ‘the possible’ in a
Mo’s Playtime
Performance Works NW presents Mo’s Playtime, by Maura Campbell-Balkits, Friday, Saturday, August 13-14, 8 pm at 4625 SE 67th Ave. The show is a 15-minute work-in-progress with a 15-minute discussion.
PWNW Alembic Artists Go Live
Performance Works NorthWest (PWNW) Alembic Artists’ present in-person performances before a masked, limited audience every weekend this month beginning July 9. July 9-10, 8 pm: Maura Campbell-Balkits, Mo’s Playtime –
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PWNW April Happy Hour
Performance Works Northwest Happy Hour returns Thursday, April 15, 5 pm featuring work by Stephanie Lavon Trotter and IXNAY. Trotter is an electro-acoustic vocal-instrument, composer, improviser performer who has been
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A Single Pink Cloud
Performance Works NorthWest presents Linda Austin and Allie Hankins in an offering phonetically expressed as /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/. It streams online Friday-Sunday, March 26-28 at 7:30 pm. Austin and
Performance Works NW’s Happy Hour
Performance Works NW’s Happy Hour continues this month with pieces by founder Linda Austin and new work by Maya Vivas, presented Thursday October 15, 5 pm. In Three Miles of
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PNW Happy Hour
Performance Works NorthWest (PWNW) continues their first and third Wednesday online Happy Hour events with featured artists maximiliano, claire barrera, and Maura Campbell-Balkits, all PWNW’s Alembic Artists. The shows stream
Performance Works NorthWest
From PWNW founding director Linda Austin: For close to 20 years now, Performance Works NorthWest (PWNW) has thrived as a site for transformative experimentation. Programs and initiatives such as Linda
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Panoply!
Dancers, performance-makers, musicians and rabble-rousers all converge for two nights of performance and merry-making Friday and Saturday, November 15-16. The ensemble creates original five-ten minute works from photo prompts in