Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, April 28, 1999, Page 19, Image 19

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reographic work for m usicals and in­
d u strial shows that have received
reo grap h e r at Je ffe r so n Per­ high acclaim . She won T h e Willie
form in g A rts H igh Sch ool for 18 Award for Best Choreography for the
Civic T h eatre's production of West
years. Raised in her m other’s dance
Side Story and her choreography for
studio, she m atured early and was
Will V inton’s C alifornia Raisins has
selected by the Bolshoi Ballet as the
reached an international audience.
lead child dancer in their repertoire.
At age 16, Ju lan e was dancing pro­ Ju la n e specializes in tailoring events
fessionally with original-cast, princi­ for concerts, video and community
pal roles in the David M errick m usi­ works, and for productions such as
Knotts Berry Farm , Disneyland, C o­
cals, Prom ises, P rom ises and The
lu
m b ia S p o rtsw ear an d A via, to
H appy Tim e. H er credits also in­
nam
e a few. She also choreographed
clude nation al television sp ecials
several
works for Seabury Prepara­
such as The Ed Sullivan Show and
tory
School
in M akawao, Hawaii, as
The Tony Awards, as well as numer­
well
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s
tau
gh t m a ste r c la sse s in
o u s c o m m e rc ia l a n d in d u s tr ia l
K neeland M ethodology throughout
shows.
the country. Stepping out of direc­
After return in g to Portlan d in
1981, Ju lan e becam e artistic direc­ torships, she perform s occasionally.
tor of A M oving Force dance com ­ She enjoyed playing “ Sheila ’ in A
pany sponsored by Mt. H ood C om ­ C horu s Line with The M usical T h e­
munity C ollege, and co-director of atre Company.
d u la n e Stites M allars, company
. I director, has been resident cho
the Stites Centre Studio of Dance
with her mother. T hrough the years,
she has compiled a large body of cho­
Director's Note
April 28, 1999
Focus
rity o f the dance staff.
T h e Jefferso n D ancers
would not be ab le to
execu te the so p h is ti­
cated works of this rep­
ertoire. U nderstanding
the d isc ip lin e n e c e s­
sary to m ake a dancer
takes perseveren ce of
th e m in d a n d b o d y
and n u rtu rin g o f the
so u l a n d sp irit. O u t
t e a c h e r ’ s a b ilit y to
com m unicate these es­
se n t ia l c o n c e p ts is
w hat g iv e s th is p ro ­
g ra m its u n iq u e n e ss
and sets this staff apart
as m aster ed ucators of
this art form. It is with
gratitude and deep re­
sp ect that th is y e a r’s
p erfo rm an c e is d e d i­
cated to the Jeffe rso n
D ance Staff.
he Jefferson Dancer will be performing May 6-9 at the Newmark Theatre at the
W ithout the p rofession al integ-
r»__ f r \ r t h o D o r f n r m i n n A r t ç
Oregon Ballet Theatre Performs
“Moving Signatures” at Tigard
and Parkrose High Schools in May
Oregon Ballet Theatre ( O B I ) will
perform “ Moving Signatures” in the
communities of Tigard and Parkrose
in the month o f May, with perfor­
mances at Tigard High School s Deb
Fennell Auditorium (9000
SW D u rh am R o a d ) on
Tuesday, May 18, at 7:30
PM; and at Parkrose High
S c h o o l’s
A u d ito riu m
(12003 N E Shaver) on Sat­
urday, May 22, at 7:30 PM.
The “ Moving Signatures”
program will consist of five
works from the Com pany’s
repertoire, spanning from
classical ballet to contempo­
rary dance, including works
by O B T Artistic Director
James Canfield, O B 1 Resi­
dent Choreographer Trey
McIntyre, and former Com­
pan y
dan cer
L e slie
Braverman.
G e n e ra l a d m is sio n
P ag ej
tures,” priced at $10 ($7 for students
and seniors), are on sale now. Tick­
ets may be purchased through the
O B T Ticket O ffice (1120 SW Tenth
Avenue in downtown Portland) by
CO0KUCOMPMnmHTS
u o n tu r n u s im e H T
callin g 5 0 3 -2 -B A L L E T (503/222-
5538) or toll free at 1/888-922-5538.
The Portland C en ter for the Per­
forming A rts is located at 1111 SW
Broadway, downtown Portland).
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