Esther LaPointe Dance
Merchandise with the Wheel logo for sale!
T-shirts ---- $12
Pint Glasses ---- $8
Drawings of logo ---- $20-$50
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO HELPED US REACH OUR FUNDRAISING GOAL BY PLEDGING TO OUR KICKSTARTER!!
ALSO, THANKS TO THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT GREGG! WE RAISED $975 FOR THE ODD DUCK FUND!!!
Music from Videos:
"What a Wonderful World" - Louis Armstrong
"Girls Just Wann To Have Fun" - Cyndi Lauper
"Time" - Pink Floyd
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" - Radiohead
"Kettle Whistle" - Jane's Addiction
Music from Movement Sections:
"Ebla" - E.S. Posthumus
"The Thunder Rolls" - Garth Brooks
Train Sounds Recording - Esther LaPointe
"Kettle Whistle" - Jane's Addiction
"Clutter" - Ronal Jenkees
"Valtari" - Sigur Ros
"Protest" - Philip Glass & Johann Johannson
"Fjarskanistan" - Amina
"Skeletons" - Drehz
"Long Stem" - DJ Shadow with voice recordings by Esther LaPointe, Erin Zintek, and Taryn Johnson
"Knee 1" - Philip Glass & Nosaj Thing
"Le Contact" - Lemongrass
"Opening" - Philip Glass & Cornelius
"Nocturne" - Daft Punk
Stacy Medina was an amazing addition to the show! Thank you for your awesome pre-show performance!!!
Stacy Medina, a native of Chicago, expressed her passion for dance even as a young girl, improvising in her front yard with the music blaring. Her passion led her to earn a BFA in Dance at the University of Illinois. Post graduation, Stacy studied Balinese dance in Indonesia and performed professionally with Chicago modern dance companies, including "The 58 Group" with Ginger Farley and "Estradanza" with Juan Estrada. Embracing a desire to change locales, Stacy, along with her husband Eric, relocated to Portland in 2010. Stacy began taking modern dance class at Conduit with Gregg Bielemeier where she was warmly welcomed by a beautiful and fun community of modern dancers. Aside from enjoying Saturday morning dance meet ups, Stacy integrates the art of dance as an Occupational Therapist and created a Dance for Seniors class at her former place of work.
MEET THE CAST OF "THE WHEEL"!
Taryn Johnson began dancing at 3 years old, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother. She began her training at the British Dancing Academy in Renton, WA, where she studied Ballet, Modern and Jazz under the direction of Sandy Baca. She continued her studies with Marcia Quigley-Neel at the Maple Valley School of Ballet. In Portland, Taryn has added Hip-Hop, Salsa, Lindy-Hop, and Argentine Tango into the mix while also earning a BA in Applied Linguistics. Currently, Taryn teaches at the Center for Movement Arts, PCC, and the Multnomah Athletic Club. She enjoys working as a freelance dancer and choreographer. Most recently, her work was presented at the 2011 fundraiser for OHSU's Knight Cancer Institute, and in the 2011 production of SWEAT. You might have seen her perform with Erin Zintek, Ko&Co, LizzyMoves, Faith Hunt Levine, Esther LaPointe, and the Agnieszka Laska Dancers; or as a guest artist with In.Gauge Dance Company, Northwest Conservatory of Dance, and Oregon Coast Dance Center.
Originally from Wisconsin, Erin Zintek trained in jazz, ballet, tap, musical theater, and modern. She received her BFA from the University of Iowa in dance. This is where she fell in love with modern dance, and never looked back. She toured across the midwest with the University's Dancer's and Company.Erin performed for ACDFA two years in a row and received multiple scholarships. Professionally she has danced with Charlotte Adams & Dancers, David Dorfman & Dancers, Poetic Rebound Co., Bill Young, Armando Duarte, Daniel Stark, to name a few. In 2008, she traveled to Brazil to study Capoeira and dance with Bale Folclorico. She moved to Portland OR in winter 2009, and has since worked with Paige Mckinney, Esther LaPointe, The Detail, and even produced a few of her own shows. She is now assistant coach for the Multnomah Athletic Club dance department, where she oversees the company with Head Coach Laura Haney. She is certified in Pilates and Yoga, and teaches at two other studios. She is passionate about exploring movement in all forms, and hopes to continue her quest to help her students find their best selves.
Being born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio inspired Sara Himmelman to strike out and make it rich after graduating with her B.F.A. from the University of Akron. Listening to her adventurous spirit took her on a real magical mystery tour. She has lived in a van, traveling the national parks and even spent 3 months living in Texas. After resting her bones in Denver and waking up to the Rockies every morning she has chosen to make a name for herself in this fine city of Portland. She is thrilled to be working with Esther and the cast of The Wheel and cannot wait for you to experience the show.
Grace Hwang is an artist and educator with an MS Ed. in Museum Education at Bank Street College of Education in NY and a BA in Sociology and Education at UCLA. Her areas of research and work include collective interpretation, performance, the study of games, alternative education and dance. Often working collaboratively with artists and non-artists of all ages, her work in the form of teaching, performance, exhibition and experience making has been included at Portland Art Museum, (OR), Open Engagement Conference (OR), Southern Exposure (SF), Center for Architecture Foundation (NY), SALT art space (NY), Museum of Modern Art Education Center (NY). She is currently based in Portland as an MFA candidate in the Art and Social Practice Program at Portland State University.
Celeste Olivares came to dance through the inspiration and encouragement of her twin, Estelle, with whom she has performed in Kinetic Images and tEEth and assorted random happenings in support of the arts in fair Portlandia. Currently, she enjoys working on and maintaining her technique with ballet and modern at the Center for Movement Arts and Body Vox. She is overflowing with gratitude to dance through this life.
Estelle Olivares has been performing on stage since she was 14 years old. Her background is in theatre and most styles of dance, including contemporary, ballet, jazz, tap, and partner dancing. While she has a deep heart for all the aspects of theatre, dancing is the gift she treasures the most. Estelle has performed with a handful of local choreographers and for several dance and performance companies, including Kinetic Images, The Musical Theatre Co., Portland Opera and tEEth. Most recently she performed Argentine tango on the Ten Tiny stage and choreographed and performed in a collaborative dance film for the local sensory deprivation business, Float On.
Javier Quiroz, originally from California, began his dance training at the University of California at Berkeley where he received a BA in Dance and Performance. While at Berkeley from 2001 - 2004, he performed with Bay Area Repertory Dance and appeared with Joe Goode Performance Group. In 2004 Javier performed with Oxford Street Dance Theater in Los Angeles. From 2005 - 2010 he took a hiatus from dance to pursue music in New York City where he played lead guitar with "the johns". In 2011 Javier returned to his dance roots in Portland, dancing in Esther LaPointe's 2012 "Reasonable Doubts" and in the June 2012 Portland tour of “So I Married Abraham Lincoln” by Pauvfe Dance. In the summer of 2012 Javier began acting and has appeared in two local commercials and an April 2013 episode of NBC’s “Grimm.” In June 2013 Javier danced in Celine Bouly's collaborative work "I am not going to jail."
Caitlin Warren, a Midwestern native, grew up up taking classes at Lou Conte Dance Studio and Joel Hall Dance Center. In 2012, Caitlin graduated from the University of Utah with a B.F.A. in Modern Dance where she performed in 26 works, including six with the University's Performing Dance Company. Caitlin was awarded the 2012 Dee R. Winterton Outstanding Teacher Award for her work and dedication as a teaching assistant within the Department of Modern Dance. After graduation, Caitlin enjoyed choreographing for the Marquette High School Dance Team in Indiana. Most recently, Caitlin performed with Happydog in their Portland premier of “Induction Ceremony”.
