UPCOMING EVENTS
Sparrow Dance Company and Cambium Gallery Present:
Blur
October 2nd 2021 2:00-2:40
The Garden of Surging Waves, Astoria (corner of 11th and Duane)
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Cambium Gallery and Sparrow Dance Company are excited to announce Blur, a collaborative performance between Abstract Artist Kirista Trask and Sparrow Dance Company Artistic Director Julia Gingerich. Come experience the improvised journey of dancer and painter interacting with music and canvas. Blur is scheduled for October 2 at 2 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves on the corner of 11th and Duane st. This event is free and family friendly. In event of bad weather the performance will be held at Cambium Gallery.
Blur
October 2nd 2021 2:00-2:40
The Garden of Surging Waves, Astoria (corner of 11th and Duane)
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Cambium Gallery and Sparrow Dance Company are excited to announce Blur, a collaborative performance between Abstract Artist Kirista Trask and Sparrow Dance Company Artistic Director Julia Gingerich. Come experience the improvised journey of dancer and painter interacting with music and canvas. Blur is scheduled for October 2 at 2 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves on the corner of 11th and Duane st. This event is free and family friendly. In event of bad weather the performance will be held at Cambium Gallery.
WITCHES, WIZARDS AND WAFFLES!
Sparrow Dance Company
Oct 29th 6:30pm and 30th 5:30 & 6:30
Location Garden of Surging Waves Astoria Oregon
FREE CHILDREN”S HALLOWEEN EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is bringing Witches, Wizards and Waffles, 30 minutes of Halloween entertainment and imaginative opportunities for children. Come at dusk and howl with Willard the Wizard and cackle with Brunhilda the Witch. Enjoy Halloween themed dances and find out what is brewing in the cauldron. It will be light hearted and perfect for those preschoolers and early elementary age. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes and masks. Join the fun at the Garden of Surging Waves Oct 29th 6:30pm and Oct 30th 5:30 and 6:30pm. Follow our Facebook page Sparrow Dance Company Astoria or website sparrowdancecoastoria.org for performance updates due to weather. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19, and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. Following CDC recommendations there will be no candy distributed.
WITCHES, WIZARDS AND WAFFLES!
Sparrow Dance Company
Oct 29th 6:30pm and 30th 5:30 & 6:30
Location Garden of Surging Waves Astoria Oregon
FREE CHILDREN”S HALLOWEEN EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is bringing Witches, Wizards and Waffles, 30 minutes of Halloween entertainment and imaginative opportunities for children. Come at dusk and howl with Willard the Wizard and cackle with Brunhilda the Witch. Enjoy Halloween themed dances and find out what is brewing in the cauldron. It will be light hearted and perfect for those preschoolers and early elementary age. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes and masks. Join the fun at the Garden of Surging Waves Oct 29th 6:30pm and Oct 30th 5:30 and 6:30pm. Follow our Facebook page Sparrow Dance Company Astoria or website sparrowdancecoastoria.org for performance updates due to weather. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19, and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. Following CDC recommendations there will be no candy distributed.
WHERE IN ASTORIA IS SPARROW DANCE COMPANY?
Online Facebook Giveaway Event
November 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th At 6:00pm 2021
Where in Astoria is Sparrow Dance Company? Join our online photo game to win a $20 gift card to a local business. This is a 5 day giveaway of gift cards purchased by Sparrow Dance Company in the season of Thanksgiving and support of local Astorian businesses. Find the event on our Facebook page November 15th-19th. Each day at 6:00pm one photo of a company dancer will be posted in Facebook and the first person who can correctly post in the comments the name of the Astorian street intersection will win a $20 gift card. Let us be silly, let us find joy and let us come together to support one another! Tis the season of giving!
Where in Astoria is Sparrow Dance Company?
2022 Season
Photo Credit James Anderson
Resolve
DATE TBD
Astoria OR
Sparrow is excited to be back to the theater in their second full length performance of original choreographic modern dance works. The show included collaborations with music by local composers and the addition of dancers from their community company. More info coming soon!
DATE TBD
Astoria OR
Sparrow is excited to be back to the theater in their second full length performance of original choreographic modern dance works. The show included collaborations with music by local composers and the addition of dancers from their community company. More info coming soon!
Photo Credit Shanna Gillette
DANCERS UNITE
Date: May 21st 2022
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Liberty Theater, Astoria OR
Cost: $12
Dancers Unite is a family-friendly event, produced by Sparrow Dance Company. During this unique event, the dance community gets the chance to put their talents together and raise money for a cause. This year, we will be raising funds for The Healing Circle/VOCA Camp, a local nonprofit organization since 1988 providing assistance to children who have been victims of sexual abuse. Dancers Unite carries a mission to serve our community through dance. We achieve this through a vision to bring north coast dancers together in an annual fundraiser concert benefiting a local organization.
Date: May 21st 2022
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Liberty Theater, Astoria OR
Cost: $12
Dancers Unite is a family-friendly event, produced by Sparrow Dance Company. During this unique event, the dance community gets the chance to put their talents together and raise money for a cause. This year, we will be raising funds for The Healing Circle/VOCA Camp, a local nonprofit organization since 1988 providing assistance to children who have been victims of sexual abuse. Dancers Unite carries a mission to serve our community through dance. We achieve this through a vision to bring north coast dancers together in an annual fundraiser concert benefiting a local organization.
Summer Street Show Series
Book one of our loved outdoor street shows.
Great for festivals, parks, art walk, children's programs and special events. Enjoy 30 minutes to 1 hour of energetic and interactive dance fun. Experience dance and music from various styles and world dance forms. Something for all ages to enjoy!
2021 PREVIOUS EVENTS
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
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FLASH MOB!
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Newsroom Dance Theater
August 7th 2021 5:00-6:00pm - Liberty Theater Block Party,
12th Street (between Duane St and Commercial)
August 8th 2021 11:00am -12:00pm -Astoria Sunday Market,
Market Square 12th Street (between Duane St. and Exchange)
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Join Sparrow Dance Company for their performance of Newsroom Dance Theater. Inspired by song and dance of the early 1900's, step back in time with Charleston, Ragtime, Theatrical Comedy and more. Follow our narrator and newsies on a tantalizing and hilarious adventure of true love and a villain's demise. This is a family friendly event where audience participation is part of the show! A Sparrow Dance Company artistic collaboration with script written by Julia Gingerich with choreography by Sarah Cohen, sponsorship by the Liberty Theatre and The Astoria Sunday Market.
August 7th 2021 5:00-6:00pm - Liberty Theater Block Party,
12th Street (between Duane St and Commercial)
August 8th 2021 11:00am -12:00pm -Astoria Sunday Market,
Market Square 12th Street (between Duane St. and Exchange)
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Join Sparrow Dance Company for their performance of Newsroom Dance Theater. Inspired by song and dance of the early 1900's, step back in time with Charleston, Ragtime, Theatrical Comedy and more. Follow our narrator and newsies on a tantalizing and hilarious adventure of true love and a villain's demise. This is a family friendly event where audience participation is part of the show! A Sparrow Dance Company artistic collaboration with script written by Julia Gingerich with choreography by Sarah Cohen, sponsorship by the Liberty Theatre and The Astoria Sunday Market.
Clatsop County Libraries Summer Reading Program Presents: DANCE DANCE FREEZE
Thursday August 5th 2021
Warrenton 10:30 am -Warrenton Library
Seaside 1:00 pm -TBD
Astoria 3:30 pm -Garden of Surging Waves
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Join Sparrow Dance Company for their performance workshop Dance Dance Freeze, sponsored by Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside libraries as part of their coordinated Summer Reading program. Sparrow will captivate your eyes and body presenting 8 different forms of world dance. Enjoy an hour of high energy music, creative movement activities and performances. This family friendly event has something for all ages. Sparrow Dance Company is a non-profit located in Astoria with a mission to enrich their community through cultural dance performance and education, while supporting local charitable groups. Their vision is to dance across boundaries of age, culture and ideologies. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19 and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. Contact them at sparrowdancecoastoria.org
Thursday August 5th 2021
Warrenton 10:30 am -Warrenton Library
Seaside 1:00 pm -TBD
Astoria 3:30 pm -Garden of Surging Waves
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Join Sparrow Dance Company for their performance workshop Dance Dance Freeze, sponsored by Astoria, Warrenton and Seaside libraries as part of their coordinated Summer Reading program. Sparrow will captivate your eyes and body presenting 8 different forms of world dance. Enjoy an hour of high energy music, creative movement activities and performances. This family friendly event has something for all ages. Sparrow Dance Company is a non-profit located in Astoria with a mission to enrich their community through cultural dance performance and education, while supporting local charitable groups. Their vision is to dance across boundaries of age, culture and ideologies. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19 and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. Contact them at sparrowdancecoastoria.org
CREEK
A SPARROW DANCE COMPANY & KMUN Collaboration
Free Dance Film Released April 23rd 2021
Watch anytime youtu.be/uw0SusxpC2g
Sparrow Dance Company in production with KMUN brings you a dance film titled Creek with music by Bon Iver. Filmed by Colin Smith at Pier 39 you see the tortured look at an individual and their subconscious shadow spirits. What the individual is fighting is open to the viewer's interpretation. With abstract yet raw choreography, soloist Sarah Cohen brings you into the grit, suffocation and surrender of people's inner battles with the triangle of self, subconscious and the outside world. Creek will be released April 23rd on KMUN’s youtube entertainment page.
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A Medley of Here, There, and Everyone
Astoria Pride - June 12th 2-7pm 2021 Barbey Museum, Astoria Oregon Enjoy Sparrow Dance Company performing as one of Astoria Pride's entertainment June 12th 2021 from 2-7pm. The Company will present a medley or world dance, modern dance and incorporate guest artists Julie Kovatch and Jessamyn West. The event will comply with CDC and social distance guidelines and be located downtown Astoria. https://www.lowwww.lowercolumbiaqcenter.org/astoria-pride www.facebook.com/lcqcastoria MIX IT UP! Sparrow Dance Company Street Show Art Walk Gearhart Oregon Saturday June 5th 2-5pm Centennial Park -656 A St, Gearhart, OR 97138 Boogie along as you watch Sparrow Dance Company performing dances from all genres! You will see a little of something for all ages to enjoy. Come feast your eyes on world dances like Salsa Fusion, Irish Dance, and Samba Reggae to name a few or laugh along with comedic typewriters, fumbling dinosaurs and creatures from Astoria’s underground. Don't miss the free family friendly event! Our performance will be 2:30-3:30pm. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19 and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. |
Sunday March 28th 1:00 pm show cancelled due to bad weather.
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CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATER STREET SHOW
Saturday March 27th 11:00am & 1:00pm Sunday March 28th 1:00pm Garden of Surging Waves Duane St. Astoria, OR 97103 FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT! Bring those kids to move and groove with Sparrow Dance Company in another FREE series of children outreach Street Shows. Enjoy the return musical theater hits Under the Sea, I am a Pirate King, and A Spoonful of Sugar. Our children's outreach shows are designed for ages preschool to age 8 and involve optional creative movement led activities. This time we will be introducing our newest dancer, community company member Nate Laport as our Pirate King and Sebastian the Crab. Check our Facebook page, Sparrow Dance Company Astoria or website sparrowdancecoastoria.org for performance updates due to weather. Cozy up with your chairs and blankets for 30 minutes of fun! Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19, and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions and mask up. |
LOVE IS LOVE
Sparrow Dance Company
Premiere March 5th 7:00pm 2021
FREE Liberty Theater Virtual Performance
Sparrow Dance Company presents their dance film, Love is Love, produced by the Liberty Theatre with additional sponsorship by KMUN Coast Community Radio. Love is Love portrays an intimate look at a couples relationship- frustrations, compromises, vulnerabilities, and acceptance. This 4:00 minute dance filmed by Tyler Little explores concepts of how love has no boundaries and love is inclusive- ideologies that continue to challenge society. Please join us on March 5th-7:00pm at libertyastoria.org for a free dance film experience and perhaps you may find yourself loving a little more.
Sparrow Dance Company
Premiere March 5th 7:00pm 2021
FREE Liberty Theater Virtual Performance
Sparrow Dance Company presents their dance film, Love is Love, produced by the Liberty Theatre with additional sponsorship by KMUN Coast Community Radio. Love is Love portrays an intimate look at a couples relationship- frustrations, compromises, vulnerabilities, and acceptance. This 4:00 minute dance filmed by Tyler Little explores concepts of how love has no boundaries and love is inclusive- ideologies that continue to challenge society. Please join us on March 5th-7:00pm at libertyastoria.org for a free dance film experience and perhaps you may find yourself loving a little more.
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North Coast Children's Musical Theater Tour
Schedule a musical theater workshop experience for your educational institution or childcare facility. This March we bring you Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid and Pirates! Get those kids moving with 30 minutes worth of live performances and interactive creative movement activities. We provided a social distance and COVID friendly format. Our hybrid performance/workshop format is designed for children ages preschool through grade 3. If this is your first performance/workshop with Sparrow Dance Company your experience will be pro-bono. Please contact us today to schedule our visit! For questions please call 503-502-3118 or email sparrowdancecompany@gmail.com |
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Sparrow Dance Company as digital performers in...
IGNITE! FERNANDA D'AGOSTINO AND SARAH TURNER JAN 9, 2021, 7:00PM https://www.astoriavisualarts.org/ignite.html Astoria Visual Arts presents IGNITE!, a free public event, produced by Portland's Mobile Projection Unit on January 9, 2021 from 7 - 9pm in Astoria, Oregon. Founded by Fernanda D'Agostino and Sarah Turner in 2018, the Mobile Production Unit creates large scale, experimental, site specific projection installations. For IGNITE!, the duo will debut their latest collaboration, Sea Creatures, at 4 locations in downtown Astoria. Digital performers include: Jaleesa Johnson, Sophia Emigh, Yaara Valey, Sahra Brahim, Sarah Turner, as well as, the Kusanagi Sisters in Tokyo and the Sparrow Dance Company in Astoria, which were included through D’Agostino's "Liminal Performance Space." Crystal Quartez from Portland will perform a live musical score at Astoria Visual Arts beginning at 7pm. “Sea Creatures“ was conceived as an investigation of the ocean’s transformational power and its age old position in myth and cosmology in every culture. Each of the installation sites investigates a different mood or aspect of water and how it pervades our consciousness, our mythologies, and our rituals of health and healing. The Mobile Projection Unit used digital programming to allow performers to embody the reality that in our essence we are all “sea creatures.” Please bundle up, adhere to recommended social distancing and wear masks. Learn more at www.astoriavisualarts.org. IGNITE! is made possible through support from the Oregon Cultural Trust, Ford Family Foundation, and the City of Astoria. Other contributors include Hipfish Monthly, Astoria Institute of Music and Center for the Arts, the Labor Temple Diner and Bar, and the Liberty Theater. |
SPARROW DANCE COMPANY
"Convidando está la Noche"
Premieres December 18, 7pm 2020
VIEW ONLINE!
Sparrow Dance Company has partnered with The Liberty Theater to present a lovely holiday gift of dance set to Spanish music of the Baroque period. Enjoy!
Free and available to the public: www.vimeo.com/LIBERTYASTORIA
Premieres on December 18th at 7pm and continues through the holidays!
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KITCHEN TURKEY DANCE RAFFLE
Online Facebook Event November 23rd-25th at 5:00pm 2020 Join us in some turkey kitchen dancing! Thanksgiving gatherings may be limited but there are no restrictions on dancing! Submit a 15 second or less video clip of you dancing in your kitchen to have your name entered in raffle to win a $25 gift card to Finn Ware in Astoria. Earn an extra raffle ticket by adding your children or pets in the video. Please keep those grooving dance moves PG. Submit one video per household in the comments of our Facebook Kitchen Turkey Dance post by Wednesday November 25th by 5:00pm. The winner will be announced Thanksgiving morning! Happy Dancing! |
WHERE IN ASTORIA IS SPARROW DANCE COMPANY?
Online Facebook Event
November 9th, 10th , 11th, 12th and 13th At 6:00pm 2020
Where in Astoria is Sparrow Dance Company? Join our online photo game to win a $20 gift card to a local business. This is a 5 day giveaway of gift cards purchased by Sparrow Dance Company in the season of Thanksgiving and support of local Astorian businesses. Find the event on our Facebook page November 9th-13th. Each day at 6:00pm one photo of a company dancer will be posted in Facebook and the first person who can correctly post in the comments the name of the Astorian street intersection will win a $20 gift card. Business included are Lucy's Books, Sea Gypsy Gifts, The Green Door, and Purple Cow Toys. Let us be silly, let us find joy and let us come together to support one another! Tis the season of giving! Where in Astoria is Sparrow Dance Company?
EVENT CANCELLED
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WITCHES, WIZARDS AND WAFFLES!
Sparrow Dance Company Oct 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th 6:30pm at the Garden of Surging Waves FREE CHILDREN'S HALLOWEEN EVENT! Sparrow Dance Company is bringing Witches, Wizards and Waffles, 30 minutes of Halloween entertainment and imaginative opportunities for children. Come at dusk and howl with Willard the Wizard and cackle with Brunhilda the Witch. Enjoy Halloween themed dances and find out what is brewing in the cauldron. It will be a light hearted and safe social distance event. Children are encouraged to wear their costumes and masks. To honor Willard and Brunhildas favorite food, waffles, children in costume will be given a voucher for a $1 waffle to be redeemed at local food cart Waffle OR Coffee, owned by Josh Jensen. Join the fun at the Garden of Surging Waves Oct 26th, 27th, 28th or 29th at 6:30pm. Follow our Facebook page Sparrow Dance Company Astoria or website sparrowdancecoastoria.org for performance updates due to weather. Sparrow Dance Company will be following CDC guidelines surrounding COVID 19, and we respectfully ask all audience members to please maintain social distancing precautions. Following CDC recommendations there will be no candy distributed. |
WE ARE RELIEVED TO ANNOUNCED ALL COVID-19 TESTS WERE NEGATIVE
SPARROW DANCE COMPANY STREET SHOW!
Featuring Musical Theater
Sept 25th 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column
Sept 26th 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves
Sept 27th 5:00 pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is back this fall presenting another free series of Street Shows. This time enjoy some musical theater classics such as Under the Sea, I am a Pirate King, A Spoonful of Sugar, and O What a Beautiful Morning. Come enjoy outdoor dance entertainment while social distancing! Boogie and sing along as you watch Sparrow Dance Company and our guest vocalists Celeste Olivares, Daric Moore, and Julian Gingerich. There will be three shows, catch one or catch them all! Friday September 25th 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column, Saturday September 26th 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and Sunday September 27th 5:00 pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza. Alternate dates due to weather are the following week October 2nd at 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column, October 3rd 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and October 4th 5:00 pm at the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
Featuring Musical Theater
Sept 25th 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column
Sept 26th 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves
Sept 27th 5:00 pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is back this fall presenting another free series of Street Shows. This time enjoy some musical theater classics such as Under the Sea, I am a Pirate King, A Spoonful of Sugar, and O What a Beautiful Morning. Come enjoy outdoor dance entertainment while social distancing! Boogie and sing along as you watch Sparrow Dance Company and our guest vocalists Celeste Olivares, Daric Moore, and Julian Gingerich. There will be three shows, catch one or catch them all! Friday September 25th 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column, Saturday September 26th 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and Sunday September 27th 5:00 pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza. Alternate dates due to weather are the following week October 2nd at 6:00 pm at the Astoria Column, October 3rd 2:00 pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and October 4th 5:00 pm at the Columbia River Maritime Museum.
SPARROW DANCE COMPANY STREET SHOW!
July 24th 6:00pm at the Astoria Column
July 25th 2:00pm at the Garden of Surging Waves
August 2nd 5:00pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is presenting Sparrow Street Show. Come enjoy outdoor dance entertainment while social distancing! Boogie along as you watch Sparrow Dance Company performing Irish dance, Salsa Fusion, Samba Reggae and performances by local dance artists, Erin Carlsen, Julie Kovatch, Tawni Regier, Estelle Olivares and Celeste Olivares. This is a free family friendly event! There will be three shows, catch one or catch them all! Friday July 24th 6:00pm at the Astoria Column, Saturday July 25th 2:00pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and Sunday August 2nd 5:00pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza.
I thought this was a well thought out and executed performance and I look forward to seeing more similar events occurring in our public spaces. - Jonah Dart-McLean, Astoria Director of Parks and Recreation
July 24th 6:00pm at the Astoria Column
July 25th 2:00pm at the Garden of Surging Waves
August 2nd 5:00pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza
FREE FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT!
Sparrow Dance Company is presenting Sparrow Street Show. Come enjoy outdoor dance entertainment while social distancing! Boogie along as you watch Sparrow Dance Company performing Irish dance, Salsa Fusion, Samba Reggae and performances by local dance artists, Erin Carlsen, Julie Kovatch, Tawni Regier, Estelle Olivares and Celeste Olivares. This is a free family friendly event! There will be three shows, catch one or catch them all! Friday July 24th 6:00pm at the Astoria Column, Saturday July 25th 2:00pm at the Garden of Surging Waves and Sunday August 2nd 5:00pm at the Maritime Museum Plaza.
I thought this was a well thought out and executed performance and I look forward to seeing more similar events occurring in our public spaces. - Jonah Dart-McLean, Astoria Director of Parks and Recreation
Photo Credit: Shanna Gillette
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO COVID-19
DANCERS UNITE
Date: May 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Liberty Theater, Astoria OR
Cost: $12
Dancers Unite is a family-friendly event, produced by Sparrow Dance Company. During this unique event, the dance community gets the chance to put their talents together and raise money for a cause. This year, we will be raising funds for The Healing Circle/VOCA Camp, a local nonprofit organization since 1988 providing assistance to children who have been victims of sexual abuse. Dancers Unite carries a mission to serve our community through dance. We achieve this through a vision to bring north coast dancers together in an annual fundraiser concert benefiting a local organization.
What's the Weather?
Children's Creative Movement Workshop
Astoria Public Library hosts Sparrow Dance Company as they present a free children's creative movement workshop inspired by the weather. The workshop will include interactive creative movement and short performances by Sparrow Dance Company. Recommended for audiences preschool to eight years.
Date: Saturday February 29th
Time: 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Location: Astoria Public Library, Flag Room
Cost: Free
Wow- I just wanted to share how super duper amazingly awesome the Sparrow Dance story time was Saturday!!!!!!!!! Seriously! That lady has a knack!!! ...SO glad to have been introduced to such an awesome alternative form of expression and performance. -Anonymous Parent
Children's Creative Movement Workshop
Astoria Public Library hosts Sparrow Dance Company as they present a free children's creative movement workshop inspired by the weather. The workshop will include interactive creative movement and short performances by Sparrow Dance Company. Recommended for audiences preschool to eight years.
Date: Saturday February 29th
Time: 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Location: Astoria Public Library, Flag Room
Cost: Free
Wow- I just wanted to share how super duper amazingly awesome the Sparrow Dance story time was Saturday!!!!!!!!! Seriously! That lady has a knack!!! ...SO glad to have been introduced to such an awesome alternative form of expression and performance. -Anonymous Parent
photo credit: Jay Simpson
FLIGHT
Sparrow Dance Company Debut Performance
JANUARY 10th & 11th 7:15 pm at The Ten Fifteen Theater
1015 Commercial St. Astoria OR 97103
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE DOOR $10
The Ten Fifteen Theater presents FLIGHT
Friday, January 10th at 7:15 pm
Saturday, January 11th at 7:15 pm
Sparrow Dance Company will provide an evening of 10 modern dance pieces including 5 original never before seen pieces. The show will encompass choreography by Artistic Director Julia Gingerich, Afro Caribe choreographer Kimberly Miguel Mullen, Portland choreographer Valarie Grudier, live performance by tenor Julian Gingerich, narration by poet Kimberly O’Bryant and art by Glen Herman of Astoria Makers. It is sure to be an evening of thought provoking and inspiring modern dance.
Last night's performance by Sparrow Dance Company Astoria, OR...where to begin? I cried almost the entire way through- the importance of connectedness, slowing down, devotion, peace, Spirit, love, and sisterhood communicated through the choreography and dancers' bodies was overwhelming in the most important of ways. - Jessamyn West, Director of Astoria Arts and Movement Center
Sparrow Dance Company Debut Performance
JANUARY 10th & 11th 7:15 pm at The Ten Fifteen Theater
1015 Commercial St. Astoria OR 97103
TICKETS ON SALE AT THE DOOR $10
The Ten Fifteen Theater presents FLIGHT
Friday, January 10th at 7:15 pm
Saturday, January 11th at 7:15 pm
Sparrow Dance Company will provide an evening of 10 modern dance pieces including 5 original never before seen pieces. The show will encompass choreography by Artistic Director Julia Gingerich, Afro Caribe choreographer Kimberly Miguel Mullen, Portland choreographer Valarie Grudier, live performance by tenor Julian Gingerich, narration by poet Kimberly O’Bryant and art by Glen Herman of Astoria Makers. It is sure to be an evening of thought provoking and inspiring modern dance.
Last night's performance by Sparrow Dance Company Astoria, OR...where to begin? I cried almost the entire way through- the importance of connectedness, slowing down, devotion, peace, Spirit, love, and sisterhood communicated through the choreography and dancers' bodies was overwhelming in the most important of ways. - Jessamyn West, Director of Astoria Arts and Movement Center
Winter Holiday Celebration!
FREE Children’s Creative Movement Workshop!
Winter themed creative movement workshop led my Sparrow Dance Company. Workshop includes 30 minutes creative movement exploration followed by a craft. Snowflakes, snowmen, and jingle bells oh my! Ages preschool to 8 years old. Wednesday December 18th from 12:30-1:30pm at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall, entrance on Harrison and 11th.
Halloween Children's Creative
Movement Workshop
Friday October 25th, 10-11am 2019
The First Presbyterian Church Astoria
Entrance on 11th & Harrison
Suggested donation $5 per child $10 a family
Bring your preschoolers and young children to enjoy interactive creative movement activities themed around Halloween! This is a family friendly event and children are invited to wear their Halloween costumes. Parents are asked to stay present with their children. Also enjoy performances by the company.
Movement Workshop
Friday October 25th, 10-11am 2019
The First Presbyterian Church Astoria
Entrance on 11th & Harrison
Suggested donation $5 per child $10 a family
Bring your preschoolers and young children to enjoy interactive creative movement activities themed around Halloween! This is a family friendly event and children are invited to wear their Halloween costumes. Parents are asked to stay present with their children. Also enjoy performances by the company.
Dancers Unite- Pier Pressure Productions
May 23 & 24 2019
Dancers Unite is a collaboration of local artists in the area coming together and supporting a local charitable organization.
This year Dancers Unite ticket sales will go toward aiding Pier Pressure Productions in the construction of their black box theater. Over fifteen dance works will be performed encompassing a variety of music, dance genres and age levels. The show will include performances by Sparrow Dance Company, The Spirit Moves Dance Company, Coast Fusion Belly Dance, Dream Circles Ecstatic Dance, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Astoria Argentine Tango, Astoria School of Ballet, Trixie and the Kerfuffles, and Triple Moon Belly Dance Group. All proceeds from the fundraiser are donated to the organization. Giving back to our community is very important to Sparrow Dance. Buy tickets at the door, Friday May 24 and Saturday May 25 at 7pm Pier Pressure Productions, 1015 Commercial st, Astoria. $10 admission.
May 23 & 24 2019
Dancers Unite is a collaboration of local artists in the area coming together and supporting a local charitable organization.
This year Dancers Unite ticket sales will go toward aiding Pier Pressure Productions in the construction of their black box theater. Over fifteen dance works will be performed encompassing a variety of music, dance genres and age levels. The show will include performances by Sparrow Dance Company, The Spirit Moves Dance Company, Coast Fusion Belly Dance, Dream Circles Ecstatic Dance, Tribal Fusion Belly Dance, Astoria Argentine Tango, Astoria School of Ballet, Trixie and the Kerfuffles, and Triple Moon Belly Dance Group. All proceeds from the fundraiser are donated to the organization. Giving back to our community is very important to Sparrow Dance. Buy tickets at the door, Friday May 24 and Saturday May 25 at 7pm Pier Pressure Productions, 1015 Commercial st, Astoria. $10 admission.
