Pandemic Ed: Dancing remotely and well
Dancers will dance, together in the studio or, these days, together on Zoom JULY 21, 2020 // CULTURE, DANCE, ED, FEATURED // ELIZABETH...
Dance Writing
Beth Whelan's writing on dance is published in The Philadelphia Dance Journal as well as Oregon Arts Watch. Covering local and touring shows, Whelan offers an introspective look at movement/choreography and its intersection with the public eye.
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Beth Whelan
- Jun 30, 2020
- 12 min
How Portland’s big dance organizations responded to Black Lives Matter
Portland's very white dance companies attracted blowback from the dance community and agreed to change JUNE 30, 2020 // CULTURE, DANCE,...
Beth Whelan
- Mar 31, 2020
- 10 min
The Show Must Go On(line)!
Portland’s dance community responds to the COVID-19 health crisis as dance spaces close, classes shift online, shows are postponed, and...
Beth Whelan
- Mar 3, 2020
- 24 min
Striking a reckoning with death
Jess Evans and Lyra Butler-Denman's paired solo shows "Delicate Fish/BARDO" take a tender look at grief, pain, and death MARCH 3, 2020 //...
Beth Whelan
- Feb 19, 2020
- 7 min
Darvejon Jones Dance Ensemble: Light and shadow
Darvejon Jones dances love and joy, but he understands the darker shadows, too, in his company's first concert FEBRUARY 18, 2020 // DANCE...
Beth Whelan
- Jan 29, 2020
- 5 min
Everything and Nothing
Subashini Ganesan and Yashaswini Raghuram integrate classical Indian dance forms and a modern dance sensibility in "Listening to Silence"...
Beth Whelan
- Dec 17, 2019
- 5 min
Dance review: NW Dance Project’s stocking stuffers
NW Dance Project’s holiday show, conceived by its dancers and resident choreographer, felt a lot like a sampler plate of grandma's...
Beth Whelan
- Nov 19, 2019
- 5 min
A journey home for Israeli choreographer Amy Leona Havin
The Holding Project's new dance at Shaking the Tree Theatre considered how we choose to make things holy NOVEMBER 18, 2019 // DANCE //...
Beth Whelan
- Oct 1, 2019
- 7 min
Union PDX: Making the case for dance
Samuel Hobbs created a dance festival to showcase dance and to confront the problems the art form faces in Portland OCTOBER 1, 2019 //...
Beth Whelan
- Jul 25, 2019
- 4 min
Dance preview: The essence of love in Indian dance
Viraja Mandhre and Shyamjith Kiran focus on the rasa of love in their bharatanatyam concert Sunday night JULY 25, 2019 // DANCE //...
Beth Whelan
- May 15, 2019
- 6 min
Keylock company finds its footing
The contemporary dance company stages its first evening-length performance with work by founder Shaun Keylock and two others MAY 15, 2019...
Beth Whelan
- Mar 12, 2019
- 4 min
Linda Austin’s ‘Ordinary Devotions’ is a peculiar playground
MARCH 12, 2019 // DANCE // ELIZABETH WHELAN Ordinary Devotions, a new contemporary dance work by veteran Portland choreographer and...
Beth Whelan
- Oct 17, 2018
- 3 min
Tapping into memory
Portland Tap Company debuts with "The Man Who Forgot" OCTOBER 17, 2018 // DANCE // ELIZABETH WHELAN “Your stories go on, but who are...
Beth Whelan
- Sep 25, 2018
- 4 min
Contemporary dance befriends vaudeville in ‘Some Are Silver’
Lighthearted antics thread through new and vintage pieces by Carlyn Hudson SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 // DANCE // ELIZABETH WHELAN Carlyn Hudson...
Beth Whelan
- Jun 19, 2018
- 5 min
Dance review: ‘Waters of the World’ is a liquid love story
Heidi Duckler pays homage to the liquid side of the Northwest in her new site-specific dance in the Fair-Haired Dumbbell building JUNE...
Beth Whelan
- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
Dance Preview: BodyVox’s ‘Rain & Roses’ checks some boxes
BodyVox finishes up its 20th anniversary season with a dance concert set to the music of female songwriters MAY 9, 2018 // DANCE //...
Beth Whelan
- Apr 30, 2018
- 4 min
Diversity dances: Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theater
Oluyinka Akinjiola's troupe mixes a social justice message with choreography drawing on the joyous movement of the African diaspora APRIL...
Beth Whelan
- Apr 23, 2018
- 5 min
push/FOLD: The many faces of Adam
The world premiere of Samuel Hobbs's "Early" investigates the human condition, masked and unmasked APRIL 23, 2018 // DANCE // ELIZABETH...