Daniel Switzer

🏔️ Mt. Hood in Portland
One of my favorite things about Portland is how Mt. Hood just appears beside you sometimes. Different streets, different neighborhoods, different moods, always beautiful.
The mountains are healing. Seeing them, something shifts. I haven’t visited Hood yet, but seeing it from all these corners of the city makes it feel strangely familiar.
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Been itching to put your tap shoes back on? Missing the joy of making music with your feet alongside other dancers?

Come dance with us. This tap class is a welcoming space for fellow tappers to move, groove, brush up on skills, build confidence, and reconnect with the rhythm that made you fall in love with tap in the first place.

Whether you’re returning after a break or just looking for a fun, supportive place to keep your feet moving, you’re invited.

Saturdays
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM
Intermediate Adult Tap Class
Broadway Rose in Tigard

Register at BroadwayRose.org and come make some noise with us!

Love Miss Dolly So Much!
"If you don't like the road you're walking start paving another one"

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Meet your 2026 Portland Q***r Arts Spectacular Artistic Director.

Daniel Switzer (he/him/they) is a performer, director, choreographer, and multidisciplinary creative whose work lives at the intersection of theatricality, collaboration, and community. Daniel has spent more than a decade performing on Broadway - including Wicked, Newsies, Frozen and more - before planting roots in the Pacific Northwest and turning his attention to directing, choreography, and making things from scratch.

This year’s theme, The World We Create, explores q***r identity through the act of creation. The act of making something that didn’t exist before you did.

In Daniel’s words: “I’ve alwavs believed art can change how people see the world. The World We Create is our chance to ask: what world are we making? What does it look like when we build it together?”

This fall, that question takes the stage again for two nights at the Alberta Rose Theatre (.theatre).

🏳️‍🌈 2026 Portland Q***r Arts Spectacular: The World We Create
📅 September 19 & 20, 2026 • 7:00 PM
📍Alberta Rose Theatre

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Auditions for the 2026 Q***r Arts Spectacular are officially open!

All disciplines are welcome. Drag.
Dance. Vocals. Spoken word. Poetry.
Original music. Short film. Visual art.
Burlesque. Cabaret. Circus. Street Performance. Voguing. Aerial. Clowning. Miming. Puppetry. Any other experimental or whimsical performance styles? If you make something, we want to see it.

Two ways to audition: In person on April 27 or 28, 2026 at Resound NW - 7:30-9:30 PM each evening. Or by video: submit a recording of an existing piece. A previous performance or rehearsal recording is great.

Your piece should reflect this year’s theme: The World We Create - or your interpretation of what that means. Stipend included for each performer.

Portland Q***r Arts Foundation
celebrates and affirms q***r and trans artists of all races, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and experiences. BIPOC, trans, nonbinary, disabled, and other historically marginalized artists are strongly encouraged to apply.

After the rain, comes the bloom. Portland’s Cherry Blossoms only happen for a short time before the petals come snowing down, about 2 weeks of bloom.

Let our homes be the places we want them to be. A little messy, a little quiet, a little all over the place, a little ours.

In my natural habitat: explaining the thing I wish someone explained to me sooner. 🧠🎤
There’s a special kind of joy in watching the lightbulb moments happen in real time, when it clicks, when confidence shows up, when someone realizes they can do it too.
That’s why teaching matters so much to me. It’s bigger than technique, it’s about opening doors, building confidence, and reminding people they belong in the room now, not “someday.”
No gatekeeping. No mystery. Just real tools, real support, and seeing the next generation moving further than we ever could alone. 🌱✨
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Coming back to Rockford University as a graduate and now standing in front of the room as a teacher hits differently.

This place helped shape me, and this week I had the privilege of pouring back into the next generation through two specific workshops, “The Bigger Picture” and “I’m a Mover, Not a Dancer.”

Passing down what I’ve learned about confidence, resilience, and showing up fully, feels like the most meaningful kind of full circle. Im super grateful for these artists and the work ahead of them.