NW Dance Project: A Midsummer Night’s Dream + Piaf premieres

NW Dance Project: A Midsummer Night’s Dream + Piaf premieres

Closing our 21st season with a pair of new works!

NW Dance Project presents two world premiere contemporary dance creations: A Midsummer Night’s Dream + Piaf

May 30+31 / 2025 / 7:30PM at the Newmark Theatre (1111 SW Broadway Portland OR 97205)

Info:  https://nwdanceproject.org/performances

Tickets: $29+ advance at  https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=nwdp

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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 who previously created the set’s for Ihsan Rustem’s remarkable Carmen and NW Dance Project Artistic Director Sarah Slipper’s full evening work Hedda which was performed in Portland in late March (2025). Regarding the sets Oregon Arts Watch noted "a striking minimalist contemporary living room designed by set designer Luis Crespo. This space perfectly balanced light and dark elegance and tension creating dramatic contrasts with flair...The overall image was crisp featuring clean lines and deliberate contrasts offering no unnecessary distractions only the essentials.”

Piaf

Acclaimed international dance-maker Ihsan Rustem returns to the company that provided him with his first commissioned work for his 14th creation for NW Dance Project. 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 vignettes 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. 

You may also like the following events from NW Dance Project:

• Next month, 31st May, 07:30 pm, NW Dance Project: A Midsummer Night’s Dream + Piaf premieres in Portland