Work
Recharged - 2024
Recharged was a mixed repertory dance program, presented June 21-23, 2024 at Lincon Performance Hall.
For this program, SKC commissioned three female choreographers—Keely McIntyre, Tere Mathern, and Jessica Hightower—who share a deep connection to Portland’s vibrant dance community. The program opened with a remount of McIntyre’s Drift (2009), followed by the revival of Mathern’s Evidence of Division (1999), and concluded with the world premiere of Hightower’s Now Is Hard To Remember (2024).
Filmed at Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, OR., June 23, 2024.
Rusalka, or ‘The Mermaid Opera’ - 2023
In 2023, Shaun Keylock was commissioned by Portland Opera to choreograph Antonín Dvořák’s lyric opera Rusalka, directed by Eric Simonson
In this centuries-old lyrical folktale with roots in Slavic mythology, a mermaid falls in love with a prince. With the help of the moon and a witch, she defies her father's advice—giving up her home and voice to win the prince's love on dry land. When it doesn't go as planned, the regretful prince seeks redemption, and heartbreak reigns in the land of true love.
Filmed at Keller Auditorium, Portland, OR.; April 22, 2023
Counterpoints — 2022
Counterpoints was a mixed repertory dance program presented Dec 8-10, 2022 at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.
Shaun Keylock Company opened the 2022/23 season with a contemporary dance performance that addressed the distinct experience of time. This mixed repertory bill featured company and world premieres by choreographers Josie Moseley (“Travis John”, “Arms Reach”) and Jessica Hightower (“Problem of Bias”).
Taken together these works, along with the return of Artistic Director Shaun Keylock’s “Anthem,” made for evening of contemporary dance that continued SKC’s tradition of cultivating new works and perspectives.
Filmed at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; December 8, 2022
Lovely Beautiful — 2022
Lovely Beautiful was a mixed repertory dance program presented June 2-4, 2022 at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art.
Through an intergenerational perspective, in this program, SKC drew from its extensive catalog of works by two of Portland’s most beloved modern dance choreographers, Josie Moseley ("With") and Gregg Bielemeier ("Lovely Beautiful," "Odd Duck Lake") and premiered a new work by SKC Artistic Director Shaun Keylock ("Anthem").
Filmed at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland Oregon;
June 4, 2022
Moving Archive: ‘Odd Duck’ Documentary - 2021
As part of SKC’s merger with Conduit Dance, Inc., the company collaborated with Judah Switzer of DOCUMENT to produce a mini-documentary capturing the creative process behind Romp—a retrospective of works by Gregg Bielemeier, a seminal Portland-based modern dance choreographer—during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Romp – 2021
Romp was a retrospective of nine works by Portland choreographer Gregg Bielemeier, created between 1993 and 2002, and presented Nov 12-13, 2021 at Lincoln Performance Hall.
Described as “wonderfully inventive” and “marvelously goofy,” Bielemeier’s work has captivated audiences for over 50 years.
Filmed at Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, Oregon; November 13, 2021