CONDUIT DANCE INC

Programs: Work space program over 50 artist members had access to plentiful space to incubate, experiment, and realize their creative work. We hosted the first ever artist member gathering, an event that we intend to turn into a monthly showing, potluck, and artist talk. The independent artists that utilize conduit need time and space - to make work, to show works-in-process, to share feedback and resources, and to celebrate their community. The plan is to open these events to the public for the purposes of audience education, donor engagement, and community outreach. Ultimately, this forum is inclusive of all portland dance-makers, no matter where they work and dance. Education program we maintained rigorous, ongoing training for dance professionals, students, and hobbyists with a curated weekly schedule. A dynamic range of accomplished and emerging dance educators, including gregg bielemeier, linda k. Johnson, tere mathern, and jen hackworth brought in over 300 students every month. This was also an outstanding year for workshops: a high-frequency gaga method intensive in december and again in august; welcomed back favorite teachers including seattle's shannon stewart, elia mrak, stephanie gilliland, peter kalivas and tiffany mills. We hosted master classes in continued partnership with white bird dance, providing students with opportunities to study with visiting international artists including maguy marin (france), phillip adams/balletlab (australia), stephen petronio (new york), and emio greco (the netherlands). Performance & presenting program our 3rd annual dance+ convened 37 artists from portland, seattle, and new york. Choreographers and dancers, composers, costumers, set designers, filmmakers, animators, and musicians converged to manifest the 3rd incarnation of portland's only fully-funded, regional contemporary dance festival. In addition to allocating funds from conduit's robert rauschenberg seed grant to support space grants for dance+ artists, generous support came from the autzen foundation, the regional arts & culture council, and the jackson foundation to present artists, produce and market the festival. In addition to dance+, conduit welcomed over 2000 audience members to 27 performances, such as a choreographic debut of portland's emerging vitality dance collective, from seattle who's afraid of deborah hay? , a set of solo performances shannon stewart and mary margaret moore and a pre-show dialogue between stewart, moore, the audience, and hay residency participants tracy broyles, linda austin, mike barber and tahni holt. Hosted performances under the conduit guest artist series included khambatta dance company, tiffany mills, matt hannafin, stephanie gilliland and alicia mullikin. Conduit sponsored the performance/residency of co/mission, in which four portland dancers commissioned local choreographers to set new solo work on them. Conduit partnered with risk/reward to produce the debut of like a sun that pours forth light but never warmth, by choreographer allie hankins, and lastly, conduit hosted a 5-night production of australian artist luke george's not about face, presented within the portland institute for contemporary art's time-based arts festival. In june, conduit was honored in white bird's come fly away gala, where tere mathern, mary oslund and conduit dance received the community engagement award for their contribution to the portland dance field and for bringing together dance artists and community members.

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