#carmen

#carmen

NW Dance Project presented Carmen+ on October 24 and 25 at the Newmark Theatre in downtown Portland. The company, led by Artistic Director Sarah Slipper and Executive Director Scott Lewis, danced a world premiere, followed by the return of its 2017 hit Carmen. As Slipper and Lewis took to the stage to thank the audience and introduce the evening, an excited hush fell over the crowd.

Bizet's opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera L'amour est un oiseau rebelle etched into the public's consciousness. The gritty story combines groundbreaking operatic verismo' within the structural framework of the French Opera-Comique', while being infused with the spirit of the Zarzuela, the Spanish musical theatre that helped define the country's national identity.