Reed College
Reed College

Community Dance at Reed

Spring 2026 Schedule

Free and open to the public. No previous dance experience required. No registration required.

When: Thursdays from 6:10-7:30 pm (except 2/26 & 3/26). Sessions begin on Thursday, February 12, 2026. Click here to sign participation waiver.

Where: Performing Arts Building, Room 240, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR 97202

Final Performance: Friday, May 8 at 7:30 pm and Saturday, May 9 at 7:30 pm on Greenwood Performance Stage

Community Dance at Reed is a project that aims to bring together members of the Reed College and broader Portland communities. We practice community dance as a mode of dancemaking and social intervention based on the principles of collective creation. Weekly creative movement sessions—offered one semester each academic year—are free and open to the public. No previous dance experience necessary. These sessions offer a forum for dancing and talking about social, cultural, and identity based issues. We welcome all bodies, with a critical awareness of how race, class, ability, gender, and sexuality impact the ways we relate to ourselves and one another in public. Together, we collaboratively create dance works and perform in the Dance Department’s biannual concerts.

Additional Information

Community Dance at Reed is informed and inspired by a broad range of community based dance projects. For related projects, resources, and community partners see: