If it’s from the mind of Rikki Rothenberg, one of the founders of contemporary dance group Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner, you can bet I’ll be there. Rothenberg has a B.A. in sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art, but most of us know her as choreographer and dancer in one of Portland’s most adventurous and engaging dance groups, marking paths from the pedestrian and modern idioms into a fabulous future.
Nationale tonight opens a solo show of recent work by Rikki Rothenberg, Linus and Osa: We Are Cats. Rothenberg has a sharp and adventurous mind, and I’m curious how it manifests in two dimensions. Expect “glitter silhouettes and repetitive, kaleidoscope-like pen drawings.”
Opens tonight, First Friday, June 5 from 6-9 PM. Woolly is scheduled to perform, but I’m using the word scheduled loosely as I only know that it will be sometime during the hours of the reception and probably more than once.
Tags: contemporary dance, dance, nationale, rikki rothenberg, visual art, woolly mammoth comes to dinner