The Inhabitants of this DREAM

Ira Keller Fountain Park

Southwest Clay Street, 97201, Portland, OR, United States

Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest

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Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest (HDD/NW) redefines relationships between artists and audiences by curating and presenting original site specific performances and learning experiences in historic and iconic places in the Pacific Northwest. HDD/NW collaborates with diverse artists and communities in Oregon, creating meaningful, multidisciplinary performances and opportunities for dialogue to explore themes of social justice and civic engagement. Since its inception in 2010 Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest (HDD/NW) has been creating captivating storytelling through site-specific dance. HDD/NW has produced over 55 site-specific works, films and festivals in Portland, OR and the surrounding metropolitan areas and its performers have animated iconic Pacific Northwest locations such as a contemporary coworking office space, the paths through local forests and lumber mills, the graffiti-decorated ruins of a burned out building across the bridge and the historic vacant US Customs House. The practice of Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest encourages engagement and investment in Portland's creative, diverse, locally-rooted and globally conscious communities, made up of artists, activists, educators, entrepreneurs, and community members. Working with a diverse range of artists, HDD/NW curates original performances around architecture, audience members, and each other. With input from creative partners and collaborators (dancers, musicians, architects and community partners, among others), a truly site-specific and environmentally responsive work emerges, capturing the multiple dimensions of each place, performer, and collaborator.