Alaska

BY TEMPLE LENTZ
The Portland Mercury

One of the fantastic things about dance is that it doesn’t require translation. The emotions expressed in a successful dance performance come through clearly, regardless of where the work is created or performed. Though a few of us Pacific Northwesterners might argue the accuracy of the reference, the Alaska of Argentinean choreographer Diana Szeinblum’s imagining is indeed “that place we all know, but where no one has ever been.” The Alaska in this instance is a cold, inhospitable tundra that traps memories and feelings, presenting only a bleak landscape as far as the eye can see. Read More