The Dancer Hotel Package
If you love dance – from classical and contemporary ballet to modern and experimental – you couldn’t pick a more exciting time to visit Portland than now. The city’s dance scene is abuzz with must-see performances, unique collaborations, and a landmark visual arts exhibition. Here’s a list of what’s what – along with a special hotel package so enticing, it might make you want to dance.
Book your Dancer package in two easy steps:
- Use the tool on the right (or the hotel links below) to book your room. Rates include double-occupancy accommodations; free overnight parking; complimentary continental breakfast for two; and discounts on shopping, dining and the arts.
- After selecting your rate, you can add a premier ticket to your order, which you will receive when you check in at your hotel. Premier tickets are good at any time and entitle you to express entry.
Avalon Hotel & Spa
A luxurious riverfront retreat just minutes from the city. This boutique hotel and spa basks wraps guests in the contemporary sophistication and warm hospitality of the Pacific Northwest.
0455 S.W. Hamilton Court, Portland.
Check availability and book online.
The Governor Hotel
Newly renovated four-diamond historic landmark hotel in the heart of downtown. 24-hour room service, complimentary broadband, award-winning Jake’s Grill. Close to shopping, theaters, streetcar and light rail.
614 S.W. 11th Ave., Portland.
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The Heathman Hotel
Condé Nast 2004 and 2005 Gold List, Travel + Leisure 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 “Top 500 Greatest Hotels in the World.” Where service is still an art.
1001 S.W. Broadway, Portland.
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The Mark Spencer Hotel
Portland’s hotel to the arts. Come experience exceptional value and long-forgotten, Old-world hospitality. Fully equipped kitchens. Wireless Internet access.
409 S.W. 11th Ave. at Stark Street, Portland.
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Paramount Hotel
Downtown's new luxury boutique hotel. Exquisite lobby, stylish rooms, opulent baths, fusion cuisine and the perfect heart-of-downtown location.
808 S.W. Taylor St. at Park Avenue, Portland.
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The Dancer Hotel Package
Available through May 11
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Portland Art Museum
Through May 11
The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition
White Bird Dance
April 30
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
May 8 - 9, 2008
4x4 The Ballet Project
photo Andy Batt
Oregon Ballet Theatre
April 18 - 27
Program 3: America
Experience more Portland Dance 2008
The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec
Portland Art Museum
Through May 11, 2008
The Portland Art Museum explores the dancer in the works of three renowned artists of 19th century France: Edgar Degas, Jean-Louis Forain, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Dancer presents an international roster of more than 110 works of art, including rarely seen paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and sculptures from collections in Europe and the United States. This landmark exhibition appears exclusively at the Portland Art Museum.
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205
503·226·2811
Portland Art Museum’s The Dancer Premier Ticket: $17
Receive express entry into The Dancer: Degas, Forain, and Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition. Your premier ticket is good any day, even when the timed spots are sold out and the lines are long.
Photo credits:
Edgar Degas, Dancer Adjusting Her Dress, c. 1885, Pastel on paper, 24 1/4 x 181/4 in., Portland Art Museum, Bequest of Winslow B. Ayer, 35.42
Jean-Louis Forain, Dancer and Abonné at the Opéra, c. 1925, Watercolor on paper, 21 7/8 x 15 in., Private collection
4X4 — The Ballet Project
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Thursday and Friday, May 8 & 9, 2008
4 Ballet Companies, 4 Contemporary Ballets, All Portland Premieres!
With enormous pride, White Bird announces 4X4 – The Ballet Project, an exclusive collaboration created for White Bird’s 10th Anniversary season. Oregon’s two outstanding companies, Oregon Ballet Theatre and Eugene Ballet Company, along with Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, have become vital incubators of contemporary ballet in the United States. White Bird has invited the four West Coast companies to share the stage together for the first time, and each will perform a Portland premiere of a strong contemporary work. This will be a dazzling evening you will remember for years to come.
Eugene Ballet Company
Artistic Director Toni Pimble
Oregon Ballet Theatre
Artistic Director Christopher Stowell
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Artistic Director Peter Boal
San Francisco Ballet
Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson
White Bird
503.245.1600
More information, including tickets
White Bird photo: Stephen Petronio Company by Sarah Silver
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