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5 years and counting

2003
highlights

Dog star - CD release event
APRIL 10, 11, 12, 13; 2003 - IFCC, Portland - review

program
Somewhere Suite (premiere), Through a gentle rain (premiere), Waltzing the Sun, Pretty Girl (premiere)

dancers
Coleen Farnum, Dana Loewen, Stefanie Gross, Heidi Welter, Michelle Ainza

musicians
Richard Freeman-Toole, Tessa Brinckman

Dreams of a Dancer
October 15, 16, 17; 2003 - PSU, Licoln Hall, Portland

program
Dreams of a Dancer (premiere), Diameter IX (premiere), Winter Solstice (premiere), Autumn, Folk Dance (premiere), Voices & Echoes (premiere)

dancers
Taryn Johnson, Dana Loewen, Stefanie Gross, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Jennifer Kirkpatrick, Morgan Webert, Amber Davis, Brad Cleary, Shakir Najieb + Laura, Evan, A-WOL (Brandy, Jen, Julie, Stacey), Sobotka

musicians
Trio Spektrum

2004
highlights

Songs of Eva
October 8, 9, 10; 2004 - PSU, Licoln Hall, Portland

program
Spring Quartet (premiere), Diameter IX, Hellenic Triptych (premiere) , Somewhere Suite, Folk Dance, Songs of Eva

dancers
Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh, Shakir Najieb + Sobotka

musicians
Fear No Music, Diane Syrcle, Marilyn Shotola, Stan Stanford, PSU Percussion Ensemble directed by Joel Bluestone

2005
highlights

Spring Quartet - CD release event
January 12, 2005 - IFCC, Portland

program
Waltzing the Sun, Wind & the Rain (premiere), Compare & Contrast (premiere), Dog Star, Spring Quartet, Hellenic Triptych

dancers
Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh + Hannah, Audrey, Amy Philips, Raquel Valdes

musicians
Tessa Brinckman, Joel Belgique

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Glass Sky - CD release event
March 6, 2005 - First Presbyterian Church, Portland

program
Pictures of Miró (premiere), Through a gentle rain, Cloven Dreams (premiere)

dancers
Alison Camp, Jodie Hurley, Naomi Miller, Melanie Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh

musicians
Tessa Brinckman & East West Continuo

Baja California Tour
April 27, 2005
International Festival of Contemporary Dance Entre Fronteras - Tecate Centro de Extension Universitaria
April 28, 2005
International Festival of Contemporary Dance Entre Fronteras - Mexicali Teatro Universitario
April 30, 2005
International Choreographers Showcase Cuerpos en transito - Tijuana Sala de Espectaculos del Centro Cultural Tijuana

program
Spring Quartet, Diameter IX, Hellenic Triptych, Dreams of a Dancer, Compare & Contrast, Songs of Eva

dancers
Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Jodie Hurley, Taryn Johnson, Naomi Miller, Melanie Linker, Heidi Welter, Sumi Wu, Nick Cavanaugh, Shakir Najieb

Peace is Every Step
August 27, 28, 29; 2005 - IFCC, Portland

program
Aria (premiere), Bach Suite (premiere)

dancers
Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Taryn Johnson, Heidi Welter, Jenya Lum, Nick Cavanaugh

musicians
Phil Hansen, Janet Coleman

2006
highlights

Mozart Now and Then
Kickoff to Portland's Month of Mozart
April 12, 2006 - Newmark Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Portland

program
Bach Suite, Mozart Now & Then (premiere), The Dissonant (premiere)

dancers
Agnieszka Laska Dancers: Alison Camp, Amber Davis, Taryn Johnson, Allegra Carlson, Heidi Nelson, Nick Cavanaugh, Kristen Overbay, Patricia Germann. Pleyades Danza Contemporanea: Rayito Citlali Zamudio, Carlota Desiree, Karla Rabling, Luis Arreguín

musicians
Oregon Symphony String Quartet: Chien Tan - violin, treble violin; Amy Schwartz-Moretti - violin; Joel Belgique - viola; Nancy Ives - cello. Guest cellist: Justin Kagan

THE FALL '01
Sept. 11, 12, 13, 2006 - Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, México

program
The Fall '01 (world premiere)

dancers
Nick Cavanaugh - guest dancer with Pleyades Danza Contemporánea

Does Debussy Dance?
October 29, 2006 - First Presbyterian Church, Portland

program
Aria, Six Antique Epigraphs (premiere)

dancers
Alison Camp, Allegra Carlson, Patricia Germann, Heidi Nelson

musicians
Maria Choban, Cary Lewis - piano, Dorothy Lewis - cello

2007
highlights

BACH TO BLOCH
May 11, 12, 13; 2007 - Imago Theatre space, Portland

program
Bloch Suite (premiere), Elegy (premiere), Bach Suite

dancers
Alison Camp, Allegra Carlson, Luella Davis, Shelly Misevch, Heidi Nelson, Nick Cavanaugh, Armando Maldonado, Michelle Rogers, Dar Butler, Don Kern, Wayne Haythorn and guest artists: The Phffft! Dance Company, Seattle; Luciana Proaño, Lima, Peru; Traduza Dance Company, Roseburg

musicians
Justin Kagan - cello, Dawn Weiss - flute, Lori Presthus - cello

ALD 2007 Poland Tour

Music for Bodies and Strings
Aug. 23, 24; 2007 - Rozmaitosci Theter, Poznan, Poland

program
Spring Quartet, Bloch Suite, The Dissonant

dancers
Alison Camp, Allegra Carlson, Nick Cavanaugh, Taryn Johnson, Shelly Misevch with Las Pleyades

musicians
Wielkopolska String Quartet

ALD 2007 Poland Tour

Score for the Body
Aug. 29, 31; 2007 - Nowa Huta Cultural Center, Krakow, Poland

program
The Dissonant (Aug. 29) Bloch Suite & THE FALL '01 (Aug. 31)

dancers
Alison Camp, Allegra Carlson, Nick Cavanaugh, Taryn Johnson, Shelly Misevch with Las Pleyades and workshop participants

The Fall '01- US live stage premiere
November 11, 2007 - Imago Theatre space

dancers
Alison Camp, Allegra Carlson, Nick Cavanaugh, Shelly Misevch, Heidi Nelson, Michelle Rogers, Olya Surits, with Las Pleyades

2008

DOG STAR redux - Agnieszka Laska Dancers
5th ANNIVERSARY
APRIL 10 @ 7:00PM
IFCC - 5340 N. Interstate

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email=a.laska@comcast.net

CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE PARTY...5 Years Counting...

...only question: Counting Up, or Counting Down? Answer's still out there, but it won't stop us from presenting a sampling of the best of the best of ALD's 5-year run in and out of Portland. All ALD supporters, lovers of music and lovers of dance, you are all invited to join us for

· live performances
· video screenings
· fine fruit, wine and cheese

What's more, it's not only FREE - we'll give you $5 to attend. That's right! That's $1 a year @ 5 years = $5 per person. That's better than Portland's "Free is still a very good price," the line that put Portland on the map, even before Tonya Harding. And NO, she probably won't be in the audience and NO, the star's celebrity hobby-band namesake won't be on stage, but the real star will, recapping his 2003 debut.

INVITATION to CELEBRATE - ON US
Agnieszka Laska Dancers
5th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION PERFORMANCE PARTY
right where we started
exactly 5-years
to the day

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