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“Zombie A Go Go”
said. “There may even be — wink, wink
— Astoria ghosts in the show.”
The all-ages event begins at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for a wine and
beer reception.
Reservations are recommended.
Tickets range from $20 to $35 and can
be purchased at libertyastoria.org or at
the box offi ce 2 to 5:30 p.m.
“You can bring a 7-year-old and
they’ll love it, and your 90-year-old
grandma will love it, too,” Hampton
said.
Colorful, scary, fun
Roland and Hampton have been a
creative team since the beginning.
“Anything we make collaborative-
ly is better than what we could do
alone,” Roland said.
The couple met on the East Coast
in a dance company in New York
before moving out west in 1994. They
freelanced until 1997, when they
formed BodyVox, and married that
same year.
One of their fi rst projects in
Portland was choreographing “Car-
mina Burana” for the Portland Opera.
Through that experience, the couple
met dancers who would eventually
form the BodyVox dance troupe.
“The interesting thing about being
co -collaborators and being married
is, in the end, we never know who
said what. We invent the whole thing
together,” Roland said.
She added, “The beauty is the level
of trust we’ve developed in each oth-
er. If you’re making a piece and one
person runs with an idea and stumbles
and stops, you can pass the ball to the
other person. You end up bouncing off
each other, and the original idea can
go even further than you thought.”
BodyVox has become a way of life
for Hampton and Roland. It has con-
sumed most of their time for the last
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20 years. “It is almost my full focus,”
Hampton said. “For fun, I have a band
and play music.”
The dance company performs
regularly in Europe. They recently
performed twice in China in one sea-
son. “We go international whenever
we can. We love it,” Hampton said.
The “BloodyVox” show marks
BodyVox’s fourth time putting on a
show at the Liberty.
“‘BloodyVox’ is very eclectic and
unique,” Roland said. “The themes
we get to explore within the context
of Halloween make the show colorful,
scary and fun.” CW
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