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Page 28 September 26, 2012 Largest Dance Ever on Sunday Portland's White Bird dance group pre sents Le Grand Continental, starring 150 Portlanders who’ve taken a break from their day jobs as FedEx drivers, professors, city planners, etc. to learn and perform the company’s season opening production. Le Grand Continental’s premiere features line dance, infused with contemporary move ment that incorporates the rhythms of coun try, techno, cumbia, waltzes, and R&B. Two free performances will be held Sun day, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Pioneer Courthouse Square, downtown. For three months, volunteer photogra pher Carolyn Campbell has followed the diverse team to every rehearsal, capturing the dancers learn the nine sections to Le Grand Continental under the direction of M o n tre a l’s acclaim ed c h o reo g rap h er Sylvain Emard. Drop into the Alberta Street’s Living Room Realtors, 1422 N.E. Albera St., on Last Thursday, Sept. 26, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., to see a photo display documenting the evo In the largest outdoor line dance this city has ever seen, 150 Portlanders of all ages move their hands, bodies and feet in lution of the largest dance ever held in White Bird's production of Sylvain Émard’s Le Grand Continental to take place Sunday, Sept. 30 at Pioneer Courthouse Pioneer Courthouse Square. Square. JOE KASSAB JEWELERS. BERKLEY NORTH PACiFIC, anOTT. POWELL BADEN & BAKER PRESENTS OREGON MUSIC HALL OF FAME K —- INDUCTION CEREMONY & CONCERT A SPECIAL NIGHT FEATURING HOSTED &YJONY STARLIGHT DOORS OPEN AT 6PM | SHOWTIME 7PM • . $25 G e n e ra l A d m is s io n | $100 VIP Tickets a v a ila b le a t T ic k e tm a s te r a n d A la d d in T h e a te r BENEFIT FOR MUSIC EDUCATION Live Auction of Autographed Guitars •* FOR MORE INFO VISIT WWW.OMHOF.ORG photo by C hristopher P eddecord Northwest Dance Project dancer Ching Ching Wong (left) and choreographer Ihsan Rustem rehearse his new work, "Mother Tongue" for the dance company’s upcoming show. Three for One Dance Three award-winning choreog raphers converge in Northwest Dance Project’s season opener “New Now Wow !” a world premiere of works by Ihsan Rustem, Gregory Dolbashian and Alex Soares. Rustem is follow ing up oh his 2010 prem iere State of M atter which won m ultiple international awards. Dolbashian and Soares are winners of the Pretty Créatives I n te r n a tio n a l C h o re o g ra p h ic Competition. “New Now Wow! plays on Thurs day, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 6 with 7:30 p.m. performances at Lin coln Performance Hall on the Port land State University campus, 1620 S.W. Park Ave. Tickets are $25 and up. For more information, visit nwdanceproject.org orcall 503-828- 8285.
