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Scott Lewis

Executive Director

Sarah Slipper

Artistic Director

Thank you so much for joining us for our Louder Than Words spring show! We are honored to have you here with us tonight and to premiere the fourth work from our dear friend, “soul mate”, and Resident Choreographer, Ihsan Rustem. Many of you will remember his remarkable State of Matter that won the 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest and took the company to London the following year for two standing ovations performances at the Cultural Olympiad, 2012’s stunning Mother Tongue, and Yidam from last year that was selected by Paul King and Walter Jaffe of White Bird and wowed the packed audiences at the inaugural American Dance Platform at the iconic Joyce Theater in New York City this past January (and will be performed again next week as part of the Dance Salad Festival in Houston). We are also thrilled to bring back two of our most requested works, Sarah Slipper’s epic Airys and the otherworldly Trace in Loss from Brazilian choreographer Alex Soares.

NW Dance Project remains dedicated to commissioning, creating, and premiering significant new contemporary dance works in Portland while celebrating the creativity and invention of the next generation of dancers and dance makers. We believe that tonight’s performance will “knock your socks off” — as The Oregonian has noted our shows will do, and we think you’ll agree with the Calgary Herald that we have “some of the best dancers you will ever see.”

The last year has been full of challenges and great rewards for NW Dance Project. We are approaching the first anniversary in our beautiful new Creative Center at 211 NE 10th Avenue. and we were honored to have a fourth company member, Ching Ching Wong, win a prestigious Princess Grace Award, and we are thrilled to have added another dancer to our eminently talented “family”, dancer Kody Jauron.

Looking ahead, we are excited to perform in Colorado next month and to return to Germany for a show in Bonn, and we certainly hope you will join us for our biggest party of the year — our annual Summer Gala on May 14!

For now, we thank you again for being here, we hope you enjoy the show, and we appreciate your supporting great original dance made in Portland and NW Dance Project!

WELCOME TO LOUDER THAN WORDS

Photo / Christopher PeddecordDancers / Ching Ching Wong + Viktor Usov

ENVISIONED, CREATED, AND LED BY SARAH SLIPPER, WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO PROVIDING CHOREOGRAPHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THEIR ARTISTIC DRIVES AND DREAMS TO FRUITION FROM THE STUDIO TO THE STAGE AND CHARTING THE FUTURE OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE.

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PRESENTS

LOUDER THAN WORDSARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Sarah Slipper Scott Lewis

DANCERS

MAJOR SUPPORT FOR LOUDER THAN WORDS PROVIDED BY

Photo / Christopher PeddecordDancers / Lindsey McGill + Elijah Labay

Samantha Campbell Kody Jauron Elijah LabayLindsey McGill Franco Nieto Andrea ParsonJulia Radick Viktor Usov Ching Ching Wong

The Autzen Foundation

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NW DANCE PROJECT WAS FOUNDED IN PORTLAND IN 2004 BY PRINCIPAL DANCER, AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER, AND ACCLAIMED DANCE MENTOR SARAH SLIPPER, AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN MAKING A SPLASH AND A NAME FOR ITSELF BY DOING THINGS A BIT DIFFERENTLY IN DANCE.

Our dedication to providing dancers and dance makers the resources and artistic freedom needed to create and take new, inspired dance works to the stage led Dance International Magazine to proclaim that we are “changing the way dance is created” and established NW Dance Project as “a laboratory, factory and repository for risk-taking new works from the next generation of choreographers from Europe, and North America.”

NW Dance Project has grown into a world-class contemporary dance company and an international leader in the creation and premiere of significant new contemporary dance works. We commission gifted choreographers from around the world to create on our classically trained yet daring and fearless professional company, giving them full artistic freedom and all the resources needed to bring their artistic drives, inspirations and dreams to fruition and to the stage. With over 180 new dance works created and premiered in Portland to date — more than any other company in the country — NW Dance Project truly is “the ‘it’ company…one of the most dynamic dance troupes in the country” (Oregon Public Broadcasting) and “an essential part of the city’s arts scene” (The Oregonian), with “some of the best dancers you will ever see.” (Calgary Herald)

And while Portland gets to experience our works first, the world is watching.

NW Dance Project took the Audience Award at the prestigious 25th annual Hannover Choreographic Competition in Germany in April 2011. Later the same year, we were picked the winner, out of nearly 200 entrants from around the world, of the 2011 Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest, and as the winner, enjoyed two sold-out, standing ovation London performances in June 2012 as part of the Cultural Olympiad. 

We are so proud that four of our talented company dancers have been awarded the most prestigious award in dance — The Princess Grace Award — while with us: Andrea Parson in

2010; Franco Nieto in 2012; Viktor Usov in 2014; and most recently Ching Ching Wong in 2015. Now half our company are Princess Grace Award winners — something no other company can say. 

Audiences in Oregon, New York, Seattle, Arizona, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Colorado, Los Angeles, London, throughout Canada and Germany, and even Mongolia have been similarly wowed by the company’s touring performances. NW Dance Project is proud to represent Portland and further our city’s glowing and growing reputation as a destination for dance and inspired new works of art.

We are equally proud of the work we do in our cherished local community that occurs off the theater stage. 

Our innovative and interactive Dance Moves outreach program brings free dance classes and workshops to thousands of at-risk and low-income young members of our community each season. Our Arts Access initiative provides numerous fully accessible, professional dance performances locally each season, even drawing a record breaking, 4000-strong crowd to the Washington Park Rose Garden Amphitheater to experience the company perform select works from our all-original-repertoire.

NW Dance Project is also an extraordinary and comprehensive training center for all dancers. We hold open community classes for adults and youth seven days a week in our beautiful new Creative Center at 211 NE 10th Avenue, as well as special opportunities for professional and pre-professional dancers such as our signature LAUNCH project and our esteemed Summer Dance Intensive.

NW Dance Project believes in dance. We believe everyone can dance and anyone can appreciate the beauty and power of human movement. We believe that dance can, and should, touch and enrich each and every person’s life. And with tonight’s special performance, we believe you’ll agree.

Photo / Christopher PeddecordDancers / Lindsey McGill + Elijah Labay

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“SARAH SLIPPER IS TRULY GIFTED. THIS IS WHAT DANCE SHOULD BE ... SHE FOUND THE POINT AT WHICH THE FORM OF DANCE (STEPS, TECHNIQUE, FEET, PERFORMANCE) COMBINE TO CREATE A WORK OF ART.”

- The News Record

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR + CHOREOGRAPHER / SARAH SLIPPER

Photo / Christopher Peddecord Dancers / Andrea Parson + Franco Nieto

Sarah Slipper was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, and received her professional training at the Royal Ballet School in London, England and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. In 1980, she made her professional debut with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a corps de ballet member, and became one of the company’s leading dramatic ballerinas. Sarah worked closely with many internationally renowned directors, choreographers and teachers, including Arnold Spohr, Rudi van Dantzig, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Agnes de Mille, Galina Yordanova, and Alla Savchenko. Sarah was noted for her classical line and dramatic abilities, dancing the principal roles in classical ballets such as Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, Giselle, and The Nutcracker. In addition to the classical repertoire, she received worldwide acclaim for her performances of contemporary ballets, most notably Nobert Vesak’s The Ecstasy of Rita Joe and the award winning Belong pas de deux. After Sarah left the stage, she continued her passion for music and drama, studying theatre at the honours level at the University of Winnipeg, and

in Oxford, England. During the 1996/97 season, she served as ballet mistress of Alberta Ballet, and from 1997/99 as ballet mistress of Oregon Ballet Theatre. Sarah’s command of classical and contemporary styles is demonstrated in her active role of teaching and coaching younger dancers. As a guest master teacher, Sarah has worked with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Jefferson Dancers and the Dance Departments of the University of Utah, Cornish College of the Arts, and the University of Iowa. An award winning independent choreographer, Sarah is presently based in Portland, Oregon, creating dance worldwide. She has worked with prominent dance companies including the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nashville Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet Jorgen, Louisville Ballet, BalletNY, Alberta Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Cornish Dance Theater, NW Dance Project and The Jefferson Dancers. She was awarded the Grand Prize for Choreography at the International Choreographic Competition

Saint Sauveur 2000 for her ballet Shattered Night, which was created on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. During her choreographic residency at Festival des Arts in Quebec, Canada, her ballet A River In A Dry Land, was described by the Montreal Gazette as “one of the finest choreographies produced in residency.” Sarah’s works have been described as “absolutely remarkable ... grippingly pits breezy romanticism against a sinister undercurrent.” (The Oregonian) and “... a complete, enclosed world, a somber yet hopeful winter landscape across which the three couples thread in a long, smoothly unfolding skein of dance.” (The New York Times) A Fine Balance, her pas de deux created during NW Dance Project’s inaugural season, was a finalist for the prestigious Benois de la Danse award in 2006 and was performed at the Bolshoi Theatre as part of the award’s gala celebration. Sarah is currently working on several new creations and serves as the Artistic Director of the NW Dance Project.

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2015 he premiered his third work for NW Dance Project Yidam, and was also appointed NW Dance Project’s Resident Choreographer.

Ihsan regularly teaches for companies and universities internationally and was the 2014 recipient of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s International Commissioning Project. 

ALEX SOARES has taken part in Brazil’s contemporary dance companies such as São Paulo City Ballet (BCSP), Balé Teatro Guaíra and Cisne Negro Dance

Company, performing pieces by renowned choreographers like Ohad Naharin, Mauro Bigonzetti, Rami Levi, Gagik Ismailian, Itzik Galili, Angelin Preljocaj, Cayetano Soto, Oscar Araiz, Luis Arrieta,Henrique Rodovalho, among others.

His debut on choreography was in 2006 with Antiprisma, shown at the BCSP New Choreographers Workshop. His second piece “Solo a Dois (2008)” was performed in Curitiba and in São Paulo. Alex has studied filmmaking on a former school and produces videodances. His work For a lost moment (2009) was awarded as the best video at the Festival do Minuto 2010.WiiPrevisto (2009), his dance piece created for São Paulo City Ballet has been shown in Brazil as well in Europe, Switzerland, Germany and Netherlands, with great appreciation.

In 2010 Alex leaves São Paulo City Ballet to dedicate himself exclusively to choreograph as freelancer choreographer and create your own dance group, the Mov_oLA Project, focusing in dance installations, videodance and new formats in dance including new technologies. In 2011 he created Chromaqui Studies for Mov_oLA Project and was invited to create a videodance (Perishable) for Noord Nederlandse Dans, dance company based in Groningen, The Nederlands. After that, he won a British Council prize in São Paulo to create Wii Som Disoriantations with Mov_oLA Project. In 2012 he was one of finalists of the 26th International Choreography Competition in Hannover, Germany, with the duet “Coup de grâce’(finishing blow). Alex Soares won in the same year the “Pretty Creatives” choreographic competition at NW Dance Project in Portland, OR, where he created “Trace in Loss.”

RESIDENT CHOREOGRAPHER IHSAN RUSTEM was born in London and studied from 1998–2000 at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance, during in which time he

was a member of the National Youth Dance Company. His professional performance career began in the UK with Matthew Bourne’s Adventures in Motion Pictures; in Germany at Ballet Theater Munich (Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz); Introdans in the Netherlands; and in Switzerland as a founding member of both the Stadt Theater Bern Ballett (Cathy Marston) and the Tanz Luzerner Theater. Ihsan has worked with many of today’s leading choreographers including Mats Ek, Jirí Kylián, Hans van Manen and Paul Lightfoot and Sol León; has originated roles in works by Matthew Bourne, Alexander Ekman, Wayne McGregor, Hofesh Shechter, Stijn Celis, Guilherme Bothello, Cayetano Soto; and has performed further works by William Forsythe & Twyla Tharp, amongst others. He works extensively with and regularly assists choreographer Patrick Delcroix. 

Ihsan won the Silver Medal at the Fewster Cecchetti Scholarship and subsequently went on to represent the UK in 2000 at the International Ballet Competition in Melbourne, Australia, where he was the recipient of the Capezio Prize.

In 2010, Sarah Slipper invited Ihsan to Portland to create his first commission for a company. The resulting work, State of Matter, went on to receive international success, winning both the Sadler’s Wells Global Dance Contest in 2011 and the Audience Choice Award at the 25th International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, Germany. Rustem has since gone on to choreograph for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago 2, Istanbul State Ballet MDT, Lucerne Dance Theater Switzerland, BYU Contemporary Dance Theater & Theater Ballet Utah USA, Würzburg Ballet Germany, DSC Company Italy, Akbank Sanat Istanbul, Interdans Festival Belgium, Palucca Schule Dresden and Holland’s ArtEz Dansacademie. He has choreographed three original for works for NW Dance Project to date, his first work State of Matter in 2010, and in 2012 he returned to Portland to create Mother Tongue. In March

GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER BIOGRAPHIESSAMANTHA CAMPBELLSamantha Campbell is from Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of Utah as a Ballet major and graduated with a B.F.A. in May 2007. She

was a member of Utah Ballet for three years while at the University, danced with Alabama Ballet and danced on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio (Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Samantha has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Lucas Crandall, Sarah Slipper, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Noam Gagnon, Edgar Zendejas, Maurice Causey, Lauren Edson, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

KODY JAURONKody hails from Phoenix, Arizona where he began his formal dance instruction at age 15 with Andrew Needhammer. Shortly after, Kody furthered his

pre-professional studies with the Miami City Ballet School and Ballet Austin’s Professional Division Trainee Program where he was honored to become a recipient of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Scholarship. After one year at Ballet Austin, Kody was promoted to an apprentice to the company where he danced for two additional seasons. Kody has supplemented his training at Lou Conte Dance Studio’s scholarship program, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The School at Jacob’s Pillow, Springboard Danse Montréal, and most recently at NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 10. Prior to joining NW Dance Project, Kody danced with DanceWorks Chicago under the tutelage of Julie Nakagawa and has been a featured guest artist with the Ruth Page Civic Ballet, Evansville Ballet, and Salt Creek Ballet. He has had the opportunity to perform works by Aszure Barton, Nelly van Bommel, Thang Dao, Christian Denice, James Gregg, Felix Landerer, Joshua Manculich, Jirí Pokorný, Ihsan Rustem, and Yin Yue.

ELIJAH LABAYElijah Labay, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, started training at Ballet Arts Academy in Spokane, Washington. In 2004, Elijah joined

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet Professional Division and then attended

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the Fellowship Program at The Ailey School on full scholarship. He received a Professional Advancement Award at Jacob’s Pillow to work with Aszure Barton, Helen Pickett, and Tero Saarinen. In 2009, Elijah joined Florida Dance Theatre directed by Carol Erkes and had the opportunity to choreograph Kaos in Wonderland. Elijah attended NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 4 project where he worked with choreographers Loni Landon and James Gregg. He was featured in NW Dance Project’s premiere of André Mesquita’s duet, A Short History of Walking, and in other original NW Dance Project works created by Patrick Delcroix, Ihsan Rustem, Lucas Crandall, Pedro Dias, Loni Landon, Sarah Slipper, Noam Gagnon, Olivier Wevers, Carla Mann and Minh Tran.

LINDSEY MCGILLLindsey McGill was born in Houston, Texas. She began her formal dance training under Elizabeth and Rosemary Molak in Orange County, California

and continued training at the Houston Ballet Academy under the direction of Ben Stevenson, Clara Cravey and Priscilla Nathan Murphy. Since graduating from Houston Ballet Academy, Lindsey has worked with Jane Weiner’s Hope Stone Dance, Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble, iMEE, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, O Dance, NobleMotion Dance, The Next Stage Project, KDNY and Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2. She has also had opportunities to dance in projects by a number of independent artists including Jhon R. Stronks, Paola Georgudis, Teresa Chapman, Amy Ell’s Vault and Freneticore. Lindsey participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 5 project.

FRANCO NIETO — 2012 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNERFranco Nieto was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. Franco was an athlete playing football

for seven years before making his choice to dance. Franco began his training at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and Columbia Dance, later studying under Tracey Durbin as a student and an assistant in Portland. Franco graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a B.F.A. in Jazz in 2009. Franco has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman,

James Canfield, Sarah Slipper, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Maurice Causey, Wen Wei Wang, Andrea Miller, Noam Gagnon, Loni Landon and Lauren Edson. In August 2012, Franco was one of only six dancers in the U.S. to win a Princess Grace Award for Dance. Franco received a full page feature in the February 2014 issue of Dance Magazine.

ANDREA PARSON — 2010 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNERAndrea Parson began her early dance training in Hillsboro, Oregon, at NW Conservatory of Dance

under the direction of Anita Mitchell. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2008. Andrea has taught dance throughout Oregon and Washington and has participated in workshops with the Joffrey Ballet, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, anoukvandijk dc and the NW Dance Project. She has danced original roles in NW Dance Project works by Patrick Delcroix, Sarah Slipper, James Canfield, Luca Veggetti, Pedro Dias, Ihsan Rustem, Andrea Miller, Aszure Barton, Noam Gagnon, Benoit-Swan Pouffer, Maurice Causey, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Cayetano Soto, Loni Landon, Edgar Zendejas, Carla Mann and Minh Tran. In June 2010, Dance Magazine named Andrea their dancer “On the Rise.” The following month, Andrea received her biggest career honor to date, winning a 2010 Princess Grace Award for Dance and she appeared on the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine in Febuary 2011, which did a feature on her and another on the company.

JULIA RADICKJulia Radick was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from LaGuardia Arts High School and earned her BFA in Dance from the Tisch School of

the Arts at New York University. She has also trained at North Carolina School of the Arts, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King LINES Ballet, and with Batsheva. Julia has danced original works by Nathan Trice, Brunilda Ruiz, James Sutton, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Aszure Barton, and Kate Weare. She was a member of the Yomoco and has performed with Classical Contemporary Ballet Theatre. Julia is a certified Mind Body Dancer™ yoga instructor. Julia took part in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 7 project.

VIKTOR USOV — 2014 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNERViktor Usov was born in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. Immigrating to the United States, he began his

dance training in Portland with John Gardner at Portland Festival Ballet. Viktor began his extensive training with Sarah Slipper at the age of 14 and was a featured member of The Jefferson Dancers. Viktor attended The Juilliard School on scholarship. After graduating with a BFA in Dance in 2010, Viktor moved to Germany to dance as a soloist with Johannes Wieland at the Staatstheater Kassel. Viktor returned to dance with NW Dance Project in 2013. He has had the privilege of performing works by José Limón, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Sarah Slipper, Johannes Wieland, Aszure Barton, Donald McKayle, James Canfield, Lucas Crandall, Wen Wei Wang, Stephanie Thiersch, Chris Haring, and others. Viktor has been awarded a 2014 Princess Grace Award, in Dance making him the third member in NW Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.

CHING CHING WONG — 2015 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD WINNERChing Ching Wong was born in Manila, Philippines, but since the age of three calls

southern California her home. She began her dance training at Allegria Dance Theater under the direction of Alia Harlan. She received her B.F.A. in Dance Performance and minor in Education and Psychology & Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine. During her UCI days, she was a member of Donald McKayle’s Etude Ensemble and also performed works by Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, Lisa Naugle, Rennie Harris and William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Ching Ching participated in NW Dance Project’s LAUNCH: 3 & LAUNCH: 4 projects, and has danced original roles in new NW Dance Project works by Didy Veldman, Patrick Delcroix, Wen Wei Wang, Ihsan Rustem, Pedro Dias, Lucas Crandall, Loni Landon, Noam Gagnon, James Gregg, Lauren Edson, Tracey Durbin and Minh Tran. Ching Ching has been awarded a 2015 Princess Grace Award, in Dance making her the fourth member in NW Dance Project to receive this coveted honor.Company Portraits / Paul Thacker ©

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Stephen BeaudoinBridge City MercantileKelly BrignellDennis BuehlerAmy Drake CampbellCelia CarlsonCascadia MetalsJake CaseyEllie ClappLorette Conopio-MoraTom CreamerEliza CrockettJoseph DavidsRoberta DeppeKathy DoddsDoug Fir LoungeKathy EatonJulia EtsteinNick Fish &

Patricia SchechterKaren FoggMarilyn FonescaFor PawsLaraine GladstoneLindsay GoesbehindHelen GoodwinDoug &

Theresa GossleeGreen SalonLeslie GrollmanRobert GrossnickelJennifer HeilbronnerMelissa HoganKathryn HollandTim HornDebbie HutchinsInnerscape Art ClassesCel JarvisKelly JeskeHeidi KaczmarekStephanie KnightPaula KoellerJoni KutnerJennifer & Zach LaneyMichael LaPeterMatthew LatterellLauretta Jean’s Le PigeonTiffany LeClairLee LeightonPamela & William

LemusMichael & Michele LinnJonathan & Vida LohnesHenry LouderboughShirley MasonMcMenaminsMeat for Cats & DogsLinda MengDr. Maryam MotlaghLaura MullenDavid NijhawanPetra NominaThuy NguyenOaks Park Roller

Skating RinkOregon Ballet TheatrePaula OrkinJean ParsonSusan PeresVicki PerrettPistils NurseryPortland Art MuseumGary Rawson & Julie

ZehetbauerJo RiemenschneiderRistretto RoastersRoman Candle

Baking Co.Anna RyanDavid & Kate SacamanoCharles SaxJudith SchrammSarah SchwarzStephen SchwarzJayne Scott

Susan ShugermanMichael SiegelSidecar 11Tani SmihulaKemba StaleyLaura StockmanTeoteCheyenne TerbrueggenSimon ThompsonAshley TrimbleBob & Karen WilliamsTim WilliamsMarsha WhiteWild RootsGwendolyn WongNick & Karen Wutzke

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La Vie FlowersBoora ArchitectsNita BrueggemanBob BuckerAnna BurnetteJames CanfieldMona CordellBlaine Truitt CovertLucas CrandallTom Creamer /

ProGraphicsMichelle & Jason DavisRalph Davis /

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Estate WinesTracey DurbinNick FishJohn GardnerBob GossHank the DogBob HicksHostBabyHoyt & LuLuBarry JohnsonJennifer KalezTom KilbaneAlexis KurlandPatricia KoehlerMatthew LarsonDick & Carole LewisKatie HollidayJames KalvelagePaul King & Walter JaffeSam LowryJim LykinsDavid MachadoCarla MannMarisa & Wayne

Mutchlernel centro RestaurantOpsis ArchitectureChristopher PeddecordJohn PlueardPSU College of the ArtsAmy RunningIhsan RustemAaron ScottAl SolheimTony StarlightKerri StarnsLisa StringfieldPaul ThackerGeorge ThornKaitie ToddMinh Tran &

Gary NelsonDon VallasterJulie VigelandJason VondersmithCaitlin WarrenJamie WatsonScott & Ann WeaverWhite BirdRichard Winkel, CPAMiles Woofter /

Woofter Architecture

NW DANCE PROJECT DONATIONSNW Dance Project would like to thank the following individuals, foundations, corporations and government agencies for their generous support. Listing reflects gifts received from February 1, 2015 through February 3, 2016.

If you have a question or a correction to the listing, or would like to add or deepen your support, please contact Executive Director Scott Lewis at 503.756.1912 or info@nwdanceproject.org.

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