Oslund and Company

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Oslund and Company is a modern dance and contact improvisation dance company in Portland, Oregon, USA. Founded in 1977, this non-profit company performs locally and occasionally nationally.

[edit] Mary Oslund, Artistic Director

Mary Oslund, a native of Oregon, is the founder and artistic director of Oslund and Company. After graduation from high school, Oslund received a BFA and a MA from Ohio State University. In 1984, Oslund moved to Portland, Oregon, and has remained there ever since. Her primary artistic influences are Merce Cunningham and Viola Farber. Oslund has taught at a variety of educational institutions in the Portland area, such as Reed College, Lewis & Clark College, the University of Oregon, and Portland State University, and Jefferson High School. Oslund is also the founder Dance Works Studio in Eugene, Oregon and co-founder and now co-director of Conduit studio in Portland. Both facilities have provided home bases for Oslund and Company/Dance.

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