We are located at Chapel Theatre in Milwaukie, Oregon. We are excited to be housed in a theater where we perform our shows. We hold our tap classes in this space as well as rehearsals and performances. If you are interested in renting the space, […]
Past Events
Babel Echo Music Video Collaboration August 2014 Street Roots Promotional Musical May 2014 David Saffert’s Birthday Show January 2014 Galaxy Fest 2013 August 10, 2013 Free Body Project June 3, 2013 The Piano Fort November 3, 2012
Video
To see all our public videos, check out our YouTube page. Dance of the Dream Man “Twin Peaks Pageant” Choreography: Erin Shannon “Leland Palmer” Choreography: Stephanie Seaman “Black Lodge” Choreography: Corinn deWaard “Meet Bob” Choreography: Cara Defillippis, Stephanie Seaman I Carried A Watermelon Behind the Scenes […]
I Carried A Watermelon
I Carried A Watermelon: A Dirty Dancing Story April 2015 TriptheDark’s fifth season as a dance company invites you into the world of Patrick Swayze’s hips. Keeping to our tradition of bringing entertaining dance performances to Portland, I Carried A Watermelon: A Dirty Dancing Story is […]
Picture Sentence Picture
Picture Sentence Picture February 2014 How many translations does it take to change the meaning of a story? If more layers are piled on, is the picture more clear? What if we insert swan tossing, dancing in the dark and kitty snacks – does that […]
Just Right
Just Right April 2013 Triangles are my favorite shape; three lines, three points of connection, three points of perception. This show is about perspective. How many times do you experience an event, a moment, a comment, a feeling, and look back on it later only […]
Wolf-Child’s Mother
The Wolf-Child’s Mother April 2012 Fairy tales are really in right now, right? Yep. We jumped on the bandwagon and created our own version of Little Red Riding Hood where Red gets impregnated by the Wolf, her controlling boyfriend, and her conservative parents kick her […]
Throwing Stones
Throwing Stones April 2011 Knowing how much time musicians spend on creating an album, carefully crafting sounds and transitions, melodies and themes, we decided to perform The Album Project: creating a show that followed an album from start to finish. Dancing to Radiohead’s Amnesiac offered us many challenges that we […]
Pancake Breakfast
September 2010 Our friends at Pancake Breakfast invited us to open for their album release party, giving us freedom to create a show on a carpeted stage for a sold out audience. And thus TriptheDark was formed. This show told the story of lovers torn apart by the changing […]
Press
Goblin King Portland Mercury Willamette Week The Wolf Child’s Mother OPB Portland Stage Review Just Right Whale Heart Productions Picture Sentence Picture Willamette Week General Press Willamette Week
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