artistic directors jamey hampton + ashley roland
by Marty Hughley, The Oregonian
Thursday March 19, 2009
A work of art is always, in a certain sense, under construction: changing subtly from performance to performance, building new thematic connections with the context of the times or simply being completed by the act of an audience watching, listening, interpreting. read more
by Stephen Marc Beaudoin, Special to The Oregonian
Tuesday March 24, 2009
BodyVox has ample reason to celebrate this weekend, as the dance company throws open the doors to its new 10,000-square-foot Pearl District dance center in a collaborative piece with Portland Opera. With the opening of the rehearsal, educational and 150-seat performance home a decade into the company's history, BodyVox makes a major leap into the pantheon of big-league Portland arts groups. read more
by Catherine Thomas, Special to The Oregonian
Monday March 30, 2009
BodyVox's new space, a cavernous 1890s red brick jewel of a building, shouts potential. Co-directors Jamey Hampton and Ashley Roland mined it Thursday evening with their premiere of "The Foot Opera Files," a surprisingly intimate cabaret that wended its way through multiple rooms and a vertiginous, girders-exposed mezzanine for a circuslike theater of opera singers, Gypsy jazz, modern dance and Tom Waits. read more
BodyVox inaugurates its unfinished new digs.
BY HEATHER WISNER
April 1st, 2009
“If we were a band, I’d say, ‘We’re making a live album and you’re all going to be a part of it,’” said BodyVox co-founder Jamey Hampton, as he welcomed a capacity crowd to the BodyVox Dance Center March 26. It was opening night of The Foot Opera Files, and the first show in the new performance space. read more