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Gregg Bielemeier
is an Oregon-born dance artist who has worked on the West Coast and in Europe as a featured choreographer, performer and teacher for over 35 years. He is a frequent improvisor/collaborator with musicians, actors and visual artists, creating suave, witty dance works that have been described as "wonderfully inventive," by the Los Angeles Times, and as "marvelously goofy," by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A founding Conduit core artist, Bielemeier's work has been presented in Los Angeles by Dance Kaleidoscope, in Seattle at On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival, at Holland's International Dance Festival, and in Portland by PSU's Contemporary Dance Season, Portland Art Museum, Imago Theater and for White Bird's inaugural subscription series. Bielemeier has been awarded grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and on two occasions received Individual Artist Fellowships from the City of Pasadena, CA. Recent projects have included the creation of Askew, for Tere Mathern Dance, and a new commission for Polaris Dance Theater, slated to premier in October 2006.

Tahni Holt
Much of Tahni Holt’s work is created with contributors and collaborators. She collaborates with video artists, musicians, architects, visual artists and object makers. She is interested in the space these dialogues create. She thinks of choreography as the map of ideas exchanged back and forth and how these ideas land and take shape in one's body. Tahni has performed throughout the Western U.S. as a soloist and with her past company, Monster Squad. She has performed numerous times through On The Boards and Bumbershoot in Seattle and PICA's International TBA Festival. Tahni's work continues to be supported through grants and private donors and is a recipient of a 2007 Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship. Her work takes on multiple forms. A recent project could be seen through PDX Film Festival in the form of a five channel video installation. Whereas Endless Ocean Endless Sky, a performance created with contributing architect Andrew Kudless, is experienced inside an inflatable iceberg/airplane. This work is currently on tour in Austin TX and San Francisco CA. with dates pending in other locations. Along with choreographing Tahni has been a guest teacher at at Lewis and Clark College, University of Oregon, Reed college, PNCA and Conduit Dance.

Linda K. Johnson
co-founder of Conduit, has been a practicing professional dance artist based in Portland for the last 20 years. She has taught, performed, created and produced extensively throughout the region. Her concerns as an artist are social and environmental, and her projects have often addressed these interests in unconventional compositional forms, formats and venues. Her teaching and making is informed by her interest in improvisation, somatic practices, architecture, biodynamics, sustainability and beauty. An Oregon Artist's Fellow in 1999, her work has been generously funded by public, private and individual sources, and has received serious critical review in many venues including Metropolis Magazine, NPR and the Core Sample catalogue. She is honored to be a custodian of Yvonne Rainer's seminal post-modern work, Trio A, and has performed solo works by Bebe Miller, Mary Oslund, Kristy Edmunds, Bonnie Merrill, Gregg Bielemeier, Stephanie Skura, James Canfiled, among others. She is a sought-after teacher in this region by both professional dancers and serious hobbyists, and has taught for extended periods as a guest and/or as faculty at the University of Oregon, Reed College, Lewis and Clark College, Jefferson High School, Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.

Tere Mathern,
co-director of Conduit Dance, Inc., has been a contemporary dance performer, choreographer, and educator for over 17 years. Described as "lucid, limpid, and smart" showcasing "intuitive, elegant partnering," her work has been performed

in venues throughout the US including, Seattle, San Diego, Anchorage, Portsmouth NH, Madison WI, NYC, and Ohio. She received her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from NYU in 1994. She became a certified movement analyst (CMA) in Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in 1996 while living in NYC. Returning to Portland in 1997, she became a Conduit core artist and then its director in 1998, and in 2002/03 began working with current company members of Tere Mathern Dance. Tere has received support for her work from the Oregon Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and PSU's (former) Contemporary Dance Season, the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and received a Professional Development Grant from the City of Portlands Artistic Economy Initiative. In 2006 she participated in The Pacific NW Dance Lab, part of the Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) of the National Dance Project. Tere's most recent project, The Grammar of Regret premiered at Conduit in December 2005, excerpts of which were presented at Dance USA National Roundtable convening in June 2006.

Mary Oslund
is Artistic Director of Oslund + Company/Dance. With a BFA/MA in Dance from Ohio State University, she has been on the faculty of The University of Oregon, Lewis and Clark College, and Reed College, founded Dance Works in Eugene, and co-founded Conduit Studio, acting as director from 1995-8. Mary Oslund has been actively producing work seasonally since 1977, and she and the Company are generously funded for creative and operating support through public and private sources both regionally and nationally and have conducted many residencies and tours.

Oslund's work is frequently created in collaboration with artists in music, visual art, film, literature, photography, performance, and lighting, set and costume design. She has been commissioned and presented by Oregon Ballet Theater, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) with support from Leslie Durst Fund for New Work, Portland Art Museum, On The Boards,Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Bumbershoot Festival, and Jefferson Dancers. Individual awards for her choreography include a National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship; an Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Dance; a New York Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts award given annually to ten artists internationally; a Regional Arts and Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship, one of two in the program's inaugural year; and funding for new work and administrative support from the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, additional funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Philip Morris Companies Inc.

class schedule :: descriptions :: workshops :: faculty ::		conduit 07-08 faculty Gregg Bielemeier is an Oregon-born dance artist who has worked on the West Coast and in Europe as a featured choreographer, performer and teacher for over 35 years. He is a frequent improvisor/collaborator with musicians, actors and visual artists, creating suave, witty dance works that have been described as "wonderfully inventive," by the Los Angeles Times, and as "marvelously goofy," by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A founding Conduit core artist, Bielemeier's work has been presented in Los Angeles by Dance Kaleidoscope, in Seattle at On the Boards Northwest New Works Festival, at Holland's International Dance Festival, and in Portland by PSU's Contemporary Dance Season, Portland Art Museum, Imago Theater and for White Bird's inaugural subscription series. Bielemeier has been awarded grants from the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and on two occasions received Individual Artist Fellowships from the City of Pasadena, CA. Recent projects have included the creation of Askew, for Tere Mathern Dance, and a new commission for Polaris Dance Theater, slated to premier in October 2006. Tahni Holt Much of Tahni Holt’s work is created with contributors and collaborators. She collaborates with video artists, musicians, architects, visual artists and object makers. She is interested in the space these dialogues create. She thinks of choreography as the map of ideas exchanged back and forth and how these ideas land and take shape in one's body. Tahni has performed throughout the Western U.S. as a soloist and with her past company, Monster Squad. She has performed numerous times through On The Boards and Bumbershoot in Seattle and PICA's International TBA Festival. Tahni's work continues to be supported through grants and private donors and is a recipient of a 2007 Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship. Her work takes on multiple forms. A recent project could be seen through PDX Film Festival in the form of a five channel video installation. Whereas Endless Ocean Endless Sky, a performance created with contributing architect Andrew Kudless, is experienced inside an inflatable iceberg/airplane. This work is currently on tour in Austin TX and San Francisco CA. with dates pending in other locations. Along with choreographing Tahni has been a guest teacher at at Lewis and Clark College, University of Oregon, Reed college, PNCA and Conduit Dance. Linda K. Johnson co-founder of Conduit, has been a practicing professional dance artist based in Portland for the last 20 years. She has taught, performed, created and produced extensively throughout the region. Her concerns as an artist are social and environmental, and her projects have often addressed these interests in unconventional compositional forms, formats and venues. Her teaching and making is informed by her interest in improvisation, somatic practices, architecture, biodynamics, sustainability and beauty. An Oregon Artist's Fellow in 1999, her work has been generously funded by public, private and individual sources, and has received serious critical review in many venues including Metropolis Magazine, NPR and the Core Sample catalogue. She is honored to be a custodian of Yvonne Rainer's seminal post-modern work, Trio A, and has performed solo works by Bebe Miller, Mary Oslund, Kristy Edmunds, Bonnie Merrill, Gregg Bielemeier, Stephanie Skura, James Canfiled, among others. She is a sought-after teacher in this region by both professional dancers and serious hobbyists, and has taught for extended periods as a guest and/or as faculty at the University of Oregon, Reed College, Lewis and Clark College, Jefferson High School, Oregon Ballet Theatre and the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics. Tere Mathern, co-director of Conduit Dance, Inc., has been a contemporary dance performer, choreographer, and educator for over 17 years. Described as "lucid, limpid, and smart" showcasing "intuitive, elegant partnering," her work has been performed in venues throughout the US including, Seattle, San Diego, Anchorage, Portsmouth NH, Madison WI, NYC, and Ohio. She received her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from NYU in 1994. She became a certified movement analyst (CMA) in Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies in 1996 while living in NYC. Returning to Portland in 1997, she became a Conduit core artist and then its director in 1998, and in 2002/03 began working with current company members of Tere Mathern Dance. Tere has received support for her work from the Oregon Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, and PSU's (former) Contemporary Dance Season, the Metropolitan Arts Commission, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, and received a Professional Development Grant from the City of Portlands Artistic Economy Initiative. In 2006 she participated in The Pacific NW Dance Lab, part of the Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) of the National Dance Project. Tere's most recent project, The Grammar of Regret premiered at Conduit in December 2005, excerpts of which were presented at Dance USA National Roundtable convening in June 2006. Mary Oslund is Artistic Director of Oslund + Company/Dance. With a BFA/MA in Dance from Ohio State University, she has been on the faculty of The University of Oregon, Lewis and Clark College, and Reed College, founded Dance Works in Eugene, and co-founded Conduit Studio, acting as director from 1995-8. Mary Oslund has been actively producing work seasonally since 1977, and she and the Company are generously funded for creative and operating support through public and private sources both regionally and nationally and have conducted many residencies and tours. Oslund's work is frequently created in collaboration with artists in music, visual art, film, literature, photography, performance, and lighting, set and costume design. She has been commissioned and presented by Oregon Ballet Theater, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) with support from Leslie Durst Fund for New Work, Portland Art Museum, On The Boards,Portland Center for the Visual Arts (PCVA), Bumbershoot Festival, and Jefferson Dancers. Individual awards for her choreography include a National Endowment for the Arts Choreography Fellowship; an Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship in Dance; a New York Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts award given annually to ten artists internationally; a Regional Arts and Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship, one of two in the program's inaugural year; and funding for new work and administrative support from the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, additional funding provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Philip Morris Companies Inc.