Paul King, is co-founder, along with Walter Jaffe, of White Bird, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing excellence in dance to Portland, Oregon.  Since its founding in July 1997, White Bird has become one of the leading dance presenters on the West Coast and has co-commissioned 16 important dance works, including Bill T. Jones’ You Walk?, Stephen Petronio’s Strange Attractors, and the fall 2002 American premiere of Trisha Brown’s Geometry of Quiet. King is a strong believer in community participation and served for two years as board member and Chair of the Development Committee of Cascade AIDS Project.  He currently sits on the board of the Portland Oregon Visitors Association (POVA).  He is a charter member of PortlanDances, founded in 1999, which through its website promotes dance in the Portland metropolitan area. King recently joined the board of California Presenters and is co-chair of the 2006 New York Congress of the International Society of Performing Arts (ISPA), along with serving as co-curator/organizer of the semi-annual ISPA Pitch Session.  He is also a member of Western Arts Alliance (WAA) and Association of Performing Arts Presenters. A member of the board of Dance/USA, King has served on the Host Committee of the June 2006 National Roundtable in Portland, Oregon. 

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