What
BodyVox is a dance company based in Portland, Oregon, and was formed in 1997 on commission from the Portland Opera. The company blends contemporary dance with innovative dance theater, and often makes use of other performance art form such as live music. In addition to their performances, the company has worked extensively with film and multi-media. BodyVox’s collection of short films “Modern Daydreams” was a collaboration with performance artist and film maker
Mitchell Rose, and the film won the American Choreography Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film in 2002.
Repertory
Carmina Burana
– 1997
The Big Room
– 1998
A thousand little cities
– 2000
Reverie
– 2001
Zapped
– 2001
Water Bodies
– 2004
Civilization Unplugged
– 2005
First Impressions Series Volume 1-5
– 2001-2007
Horizontal Leanings
– 2008
Foot Opera Files
– 2009
Who
Jamey Hampton
– Cofounder and Co-artistic Director:
A Portland native, Jamey Hampton began his dance training in his hometown and furthered his study of artistic mediums at Dartmouth College, where he graduated with a BFA in Drama. In 1978 Jamey joined
Pilobolous Dance Theater; he later was an original member of
MOMIX, and co-founded ISO Dance with his wife Ashley Roland. The duo later founded BodyVox in 1997.
Ashley Roland
– Cofounder and Co-artistic Director:
Ashley Roland is Connecticut native and began her dance training in New York in the David Howard and
Alvin Ailey studios, continuing her studies at North Carolina School of the Arts. Ashley joined
MOMIX Dance Theater as a choreographer and dancer in 1983 and four years later she cofounded ISO Dance with her husband Jamey Hampton. The duo later founded BodyVox in 1997.
References:
BodyVox. 2009. BodyVox. 4 August 2009
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Mitchell Rose. Mitchell Rose: Comedic Short Films. 4 August 2009
BodyVox in Portland Oregon. 2009. Travel Oregon. 4 August 2009
BodyVox gets a new space and the community confronts a paradox. 3 January 2009. Oregon Live. 4 August 2009.
Dance Celebration. 2009. Dance Affiliates. 4 August 2009. < http://www.danceaffiliates.org/DanceCelebration.html>
First Movement. 2009. Just|Out. 5 August 2009.
New Bodyvox Show: Horizontal Leanings…. 3 May 2008. The Portland Mercury. 5 August 2009.
DANCE REVIEW; BodyVox, Grown From Pilobolus But Also a Distinctive Departure. 11 March 2004. The New York Times. 6 August 2009.