Occurring in roaming venues, Public Nature is a performance series curated and produced by Danielle Ross. It includes artists working across disciplines including dance, experimental performance, sound, and text. Meant to stay on the move in terms of place and people, Public Nature aims to bridge disciplinary communities, foster a scrappy, head first approach to performance, and allow for a risk-friendly space for artists to show improvised or in-process work.

Public Nature Installments

Installment 12: Judy Nahum (text), Takahiro Yamamoto and Brandon Conway (dance/movement and sound), ari lynn (sound), Passages Bookshop, July, 2026

Installment 11: Sophia Ahmad (dance/performance), Thick in the Throat Honey (text/sound), warm canopy (sound), private backyard, May, 2026

Installment 10: claire barrera (dance/performance), Gregory Flores (sound), Chris Ashby (text), Fumi, March, 2026

Installment 9: Dao Strom (sound), Stephanie Adams-Santos (text), Rachel Slater (dance/performance), Leach Botanical Garden, December, 2025

Installment 8: Subashini Ganesan-Forbes (dance/performance), Endi Bogue Hartigan (text), Sam Hamilton (sound), Jaster Farms Art Space, November, 2025

Installment 7: Tom DeBeauchamp (text), Juniana Lanning (with Linda Austin) (sound/performance), Midnight Variety Hour (video/performance), *Special Installment for Performance Works Northwest’s 25th Anniversary, August, 2025

Installment 6: Lucy Cotter (text), Jordan Isadore (dance/performance), John Niekrasz (sound), Ramona Street Art Farm, June, 2025

Installment 5: Emmi Greer (text), Helen Spencer-Wallace (sound), Hannah Krafcik and Emily Jones (dance/performance), Performance Works Northwest, May, 2025

Installment 4: Katherine Longstreth (dance/performance), Carolyn Supinka (text), Stephanie Lavon Trotter (sound), FLOCK Dance Center, February, 2025

Installment 3: Jules Tillinghast (text), Allie Hankins (sound), dee bustos (performance), PDX Arts Collective, October, 2024

Installment 2: Marissa Niederhauser (dance/performance), Samuel Klapper (sound), Private backyard, September, 2024

Installment 1: Linda Austin (dance/performance), JP Jenkins and Bryan Eubanks (sound), Catherine Lamb (viola/voice), Leaven Community Center, August, 2024