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October 17, 2018
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
White Bird launches its new Uncaged season with Lucy Guerin’s
award-winning ‘Split,’ a thrilling duet featuring two of Australia’s most
gifted dancers.
Fearless, Bold and Stark
Portland’s White Bird dance se-
ries will begin its new Uncaged sea-
son with the West Coast premiere
of Lucy Guerin’s spellbinding duet
titled ‘Split,’ featuring two of Aus-
tralia’s most gifted dancers.
Split received numerous honors
when it premiered in Melbourne
in 2017. In the 60 minute perfor-
mance, the two dancers, Melanie
Lane and Lilian Steiner are con-
fined to an ever diminishing square
space in which the choreography
channels competition, negotiation,
harmony and aggression. While
Lane wears a simple dress, Steiner
moves without any clothes on at all.
This costume choice creates a split
in identity and intensifies the work
by being fearless, bold and stark.
Split plays Thursday through
Saturday, Oct. 18-20 at 8 p.m. in
Lincoln Hall at Portland State Uni-
versity, downtown. For tickets and
more information, visit whitebird.
org.
Gothic Horror Film Screening
Peter Cushing stars as Doctor Van Helsing and Christopher Lee
as Count Dracula in the 1958 classic ‘Horror of Dracula.’ The NW
Film Center gets into the spirit of Halloween with a screening of this
towering achievement of gothic horror on Friday, Oct. 19 at 9:30 p.m.
at the Portland Art Museum, downtown. Tickets are $10 general and
$8 for students and seniors.