May 2. 2007
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Jefferson Dancers are ‘Must See’
Spring concerts
at Newmark
Having j ust returned from a whirl­
wind to u ro f Europe, with 11 perfor­
m ances in 12 days in 5 cities, the
Jefferson Dancers are ready to share
their incredible energy and talents
on the hom e front.
A ppearing in concert on May 9,
10,1 L and 12,at7:30pm andalsoon
M ay 12 at 2 p.m „ this well known
troupe o f dancers take the stage at
the N ew m ark Theater, I 111 S.W.
Broadway.
D raw ing from the incred ib le
talents o f are a ch o re o g ra p h ers,
m any o f w hom a re fo rm e r
Je ffe rso n D an c ers, th is y e a r ’s
co n c ert w ill feature w orks from
w orld renow ned ch o re o g ra p h er
S arah S lipper; A rtistic D irecto r
Steve G onzales; fo rm er Jefferson
D a n c e ra n d m em b er o f the N o rth ­
w est A frik an A m erican B allet,
M ic h e lle W o o d a r d ; a n o t h e r
PHOTOS COURTESY OE B l AINE C O VERT
fo rm er Je fferso n D ancer, tap and
Olivia Ancona and Maddi Evans (above) perform as members of the
hip hop ch o re o g ra p h er D am on
Jefferson Dancers. Both are seniors, with Ancona set to continue
K eller; and from co m p an y m em ­
her studies at the Juilliard School in New York and Evans attending
bers. Lex D ones and M ariea M iles.
the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
A nother featured choreographer
will he body percussionist and
rhythm dancer Keith Terry. A self-
defined body m usician, Terry uses
the hum an body as the basis to
“explore, blend and bend traditional
and contem porary rhythm ic per­
cussive and m ovem ent possibili­
ties.”
The Jefferson D ancers consists
o f some o f the area’s m ost talented
dancers. M any will go on to presti­
gious perform ing arts colleges and
universities.
Seeing their upcom ing perfor­
m ance will help explain why they
are invited back to Europe year after
year, why they continue to win
scholarships and aw ards at every
national high school dance festival
they attend; and why this program
is one o f the prem ier high school
Maryam Baghdadi
dance program s in the country.
excels as a Jefferson
Tickets are priced at $ 11.50, $ 16
Dancer and as a
and $20 and are available at the
musician with the
Portland C enter for the Perf orm ing
Portland Youth
A rts b o x o f f ic e o r at an y
T ic k e tm a s te r o u tle t, v is itin g
Philharmonic.
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