Dance

The following is a selected list of arts festivals throughout western Oregon that feature or include dance performances and workshops.

Listed below are performance venues in and around Eugene that offer dance performances.

A selected list of organizations dedicated to promoting dance and arts education in Oregon:

Linked below are research guides to dance from other Oregon libraries.

The following studios offer classes in ballet and modern dance in Oregon:

Albany

• Legacy Ballet

Bend

• Academie de Ballet Classique
• Gotta Dance!
• Terpsichorean Dance Studio
• Victor School of Performing Arts

Corvallis

• Downtown Dance
• Modern Dance Technique
• Regional School of Ballet

Eugene

• Ballet Fantastique Academy
• Eugene Ballet Academy
• Eugene Modern Dance
• Flex Studios
• Oregon Ballet Academy
• Unity School of Dance
• Upstart Crow Studios

Portland

• Center for Movement Arts
• The Portland Ballet
• Rose City Ballet School
• Classical Ballet Company
• Oregon International Ballet Academy

Salem

• City Dance Theatre
• The Lotus Studio
• Starr Studios

The following studios offer classes in hip hop, jazz, or tap dance:

Bend

• Gotta Dance! Studio

Corvallis

• Downtown Dance
• Pacific Tap Dance Company

Eugene

• All That Dance Company
• Identity Dance Company
• Unity School of Dance
• Zapp Academy of Dance

Salem

• Starr Studios

Portland

• Center for Movement Arts
• Hip Hop Soulsation Academy
• NW Dance Project
• Vega Dance+Lab

The following studios offer classes in social dances in Oregon:

Eugene

• Coalessence Ecstatic Dance Jam
• Crossroads Blues Fusion Dance
• ELLA Swing Dance & Lindy Hop Club
• Eugene Contact Improv Dance Jam
• Staver Dance Sport
• UO Ballroom Dance Club

Detroit [Breitenbush Hot Springs]

• Breitenbush Contact Improv Jam and Conference

Portland

• The Ballroom Dance Company
• The Joint is Jumpin'! Swing Dance Studios (also in Salem, Eugene, and McMinnville)
• The Portland Lindy Society
• SomaSpace (ballroom, ecstatic, and contact improv dance)

The following studios offer classes in various kinds of ethnic and world fusion dance forms:

Corvallis

• Rumbananos (Cuban Casino Salsa)

Eugene

• Celebration Belly Dance and Yoga (Middle Eastern dance, capoeira, world fusion dance)
• Dale Tumbao (Salsa)
• Denbaya Drum and Dance (West African drumming and dance)
• Eugene Argentine Tango
• Eugene Bhangra
• Eugene Flamenco Arts
• Island Arts (Hula)
• Salseros (Salsa)
• West African Cultural Arts Institute (West African drumming and dance)

Portland

• The Marissa Mission (Middle Eastern dance for girls 8-18)
• Murray School of Irish Dancing
• Natya Leela Academy (classical Indian dances)
• Norske Runddansere (Scandinavian dance)
• Portland Israeli Dance
• Portland Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
• Tam Tam Mandingue (West African drumming and dance)
• Studio Datura (Middle Eastern dance)
• Stomptown Collective (flamenco, Irish sean-nos, other percussive dance forms)
• Zabava Balkan Dancing

Ashland

• Dancing People Company

Eugene

• Joint Forces Dance Company
• University of Oregon Repertory Dance Company

Monmouth

• Rainbow Dance Theatre

Portland

• Agnieszka Laska Dancers
• BodyVox
• Lyrik: A Contemporary Dance Company
• Minh Tran & Company
• Northwest Dance Project
• Polaris Dance Theatre
• Push/Fold
• Skinner/Kirk Dance Ensemble
• Ten Tiny Dances
• White Bird Dance Series

Eugene

• Work Dance Company
• ZAPP Dancers

Bend

• Gypsy Fire (American Tribal Style belly dance)

Eugene

• Americanistan (Middle Eastern dance and live music)
• Dance Africa (University of Oregon African dance company)
• Martita Santiago (flamenco)
• Razia Star (Middle Eastern dance)
• Tribalation! (tribal style belly dance)
• Won Tan Nara Drum and Dance Ensemble (West African dance)

Hood River

• Scarlet Thistle Bellydance (American Tribal Style belly dance)

Monmouth

• Rainbow Dance Theatre (modern dance grounded in world dance traditions)

Portland

• Baksana (belly dance and live music)
• Elena Villa (Middle Eastern dance and flamenco)
• Habiba Addo (West African and Afro-Cuban dance and song)
• Lucine Dance Company (contemporary fusion belly dance)
• Rachel Brice (tribal fusion belly dance)