David Durosier is a dance teacher, drummer and choreographer from National Ballet of Haiti, where he worked for 15 years. David has been performing since he was 12 years old and is the only designated cultural ambassador for Haiti on the West Coast. With this designation from the Haitian government, he has traveled and taught people all over the world. He is passionate about sharing his talents and culture with everyone.

BodyVox’s JAG is a pre-professional program for dancers ages 14+. Members of our Junior Artist Generator, “JAG” for short, perform existing repertoire and exciting new works by renowned choreographers. Dancers train in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and student’s choice of 2-4 elective dance techniques.

Estampa Mexicana is a baile folklórico dance group from Gresham Oregon. Baile folklórico is an incredibly important part of Mexican culture and it incorporates the traditional music, dress, and dance from Mexico’s many diverse regions and states. Dance is an international activity shared among all peoples and Estampa Mexicana is honored to share Mexico’s beautiful dance tradition with the world.

Catalyst: NWCT’s Youth Company  is an advanced training program for performing arts and technical and design theater students ages 12 to 18. At Spotlight, they’ll be performing a musical revue!

Jeff Sanders (aka Brick Bending) is a local Portlander whose geometric LEGO creations have been seen 250 millions times across online platforms. Come help him use his iconic LEGO building style to create larger-than-life community builds unlike anything you have ever seen! Come build, play, or just sit back and watch the magic unfold.

Mo Phillips is a teaching artist and a fun-time maker in Portland, Oregon. He writes and records songs, makes oddball videos, produces choose-your-own-adventure musicals, all in Mo-Fi. Mo-Fi is a way of making art centered on joy and exploration, primarily of inexpensive apps that do silly stuff. When not teaching song writing in schools or shredding ukulele for the people, Mo is a dad. That’s his favorite job, the rest is just gravy.

Matt the Traveling Typist is first and foremost a fan of all things analog! He’s been a fan of typewriters since 2018, when he purchased his first machine, a 1965 Olympia SM9. He immediately fell in love with it, thus beginning his passion for typewriters. Matt began street typing in 2022 and has been honored to perform On the Spot typing at many funplaces, including Mike Bennett’s Wonderwood, Gallery Go Go, The Museum of Museums, the Portland Night Market, and the Bend Night Market.

John Ellingson is NWCT’s Associate Artistic Director. He’s been designing sets, props and puppets for NWCT for more than 10 years. John’s designs have won multiple awards, including Drammys for The BFG (2013) and James and the Giant Peach (2014). In 2015, he designed the set for NWCT’s Mary Poppins, which won both the Drammy and Portland Area Musical Theater Awards for Outstanding Set Design—the PAMTAs also awarded John’s prop design for the same production.

Saturday, February 1

THE STAGE

11:05am & 1:05pm: BODYVOX Junior Artist Generator
12:05pm & 2:05pm: Estampa Mexicana

THE BLACK BOX

11:25am & 1:25pm: Mo Phillips
12:25pm & 2:25pm: David Durosier

THE FAMILY CINEMA

11:05am (all day): Brick Bending

THE LOBBY

11:05am (all day): Matt the Traveling Typist

Sunday, February 2

THE STAGE

11:05am & 1:05pm: BODYVOX Junior Artist Generator
12:05pm & 2:05pm: Catalyst

THE BLACK BOX

11:25am & 1:25pm: Mo Phillips
12:25pm & 2:25pm: David Durosier

THE FAMILY CINEMA

11:05am (all day): John Ellingson Builds a Puppet

THE LOBBY

11:05am (all day): Matt the Traveling Typist