Biography
Damaris Webb
Damaris Webb is a performer, director and teaching artist who recently (re) relocated to Portland, Oregon, after 26 years making and producing work in New York City. Ms Webb holds her MFA from Naropa’s Contemporary Performance Program, and her BFA from NYU’s Experimental Theater Wing. Her original work is often seen in non-traditional performance venues such as late night parties, warehouses and church basements, it is sometimes epic and may involve zombies, superheroes or sock puppets. In 2012, it was seen in the Aegean Sea and on the cliffs of Andros, Greece, through her collaboration with New York City’s the modern dance awareness society, on somaphrase: dancing the translation, a site specific multimedia dance piece. In Portland, she offers Contemplative Dance Practice through Be Space and is a coach for PlayWrite, Inc.