White Bird

White Bird's 2023-24 season featured nine dance companies from around the country and overseas, divided into a three-show White Bird dance series, three-show uncaged series, two-show we are one festival, and one non-series special event.this season we returned to presenting dance companies from overseas. White Bird has proudly presented companies from over 25 countries, and in february 2024 we continued this legacy with black grace, an exceptional dance company based in aotearoa/new zealand. We closed our season with sydney dance company, australia's leading contemporary dance company. In october, after 25 years of visionary leadership, White Bird co-founders walter jaffe and paul king gave their final remarks from the stage. Building on the strong foundation laid by our co-founders, we are investing in White Bird as portland's accessible, educational, and vibrant home for contemporary dance for the next 25 years.the highlight of this season was our presentation of alvin ailey american dance theater at the the keller auditorium, portland's largest concert hall. Between two performances, over 4,000 people joined us for this storied american dance company's first performances in portland since 2018.