push/FOLD

enhance arts education, interaction, support, and advocacy. push/FOLD's mission and vision: Community power through arts and movement education, training, and performances. Since our inception, push/FOLD's primary activities include artist commissions, movement and science-focused masterclasses, workshops, presentations using Samuel's Visceral Movement Theory™ technique, while providing student outreach and live dance performances. In 2019 push/FOLD premiered the Union PDX - Festival of Contemporary Dance and the Portland Dance Community Awards to address barriers to visibility and access for professional artists.