Hidden Gem-Eric Zimmer

The changing of the calendar year always feels like the Monday after a nice weekend. The party is over and you know you should get back to work but it takes a little while to get into it. This past weekend I finally felt into it. i met up with a friend I hadn’t seen [...]

Opa!

Last night I headed through a typical damp and chilly Portland night to get to Reed College. It was a blind-date of sorts and it was for some research I’m doing on a top secret project. Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, it won’t be so top secret at all. Anyway, I was headed [...]

Marketing, Music, and Mystery

So there are some very big plans in the works for the near future of Lane Hunter [dance}. The only problem? I’m not sure how much to divulge. Where is that line that divides what you should be getting excited about without spoiling the mystery of attending to the theater and being surprised?
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Return to School

Well, it’s official. They were bound to do it sometime. They made me go back to school. Actually, they asked me to teach some high school students at Jefferson. It’s a great arts magnet school in Portland that provides many opportunities to youth interested in the arts. I can’t imagine where I would have ended [...]

Masterclass

I just got finished teaching a masterclass at The Multnomah Athletic Club, a prominent club here in Portland. The dancers ranged from young teen to adult and we had a great time doing the Gladys Knight and the Pips pliĆ© sequence. If you are gonna have to squat repeatedly it’s nice to have some Pips [...]

Bravo!

Lane Hunter {dance} performed at the Bravo! Live Entertainment Showcase yesterday and i feel like it was a great success. Being the perfectionist that I am I was nervous about being a young company at this event of seasoned event planners, restaurants, and entertainers. Barb from Bridgeport Brewpub stopped by my booth and it really [...]

The Beginning Is Here

For those of you who came to the inaugural performance of Lane Hunter {dance} it was an amazing first move. Since then I expected, like the great sculptor Gustav Vigeland, to be scooped onto the shoulders of people on the streets and lauded as a hero. Afterall, what many may not know is that every [...]