Dancers: Beatriz García Díaz and Armando Brydson.Photo by Blaine Truitt Covert
WHEN:
May 30 - 31, 2025
WHERE:
Newmark Theatre
1111 SW Broadway
Portland OR 97205
TICKETS:
$29+
For more information and tickets visit the Newmark Theatre website.
Choreographer Ihsan Rustem with company dancers Alejandra PreciadoPhoto by Blaine Truitt Covert
Choreographer Gustavo Ramírez Sansano with NW Dance Project company dancers Quincie Bean and Beatriz García DíazPhoto by Blaine Truitt Covert
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare’s iconic comedy and one of his most popular and widely performed plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, gets a contemporary treatment from Spanish choreographer and former Luna Negra Artistic Director, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, with help from his award-winning set designer friend and fellow Spanish artist Luis Crespo,
...Completely inspired by and featuring the unmistakable music and voice of French songbird Edith Piaf, who would have turned 110 this year, Ihsan’s movement and series of lyrical vignette’s serve as homage to the music of France's greatest popular singer, and nothing more. Usually known for his sweeping narrative works brimming with tension and focus, this time around he’s jumping headlong into the music to lead and shape the movement..."
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