NAC Participants: Leadership |
Hayley Glickfeld Bielman: founder, artistic director, choreographer
began studying ballet under Joan Shelton Mason in her hometown of Wenatchee, Washington. In 2004, she earned a ballet certificate from the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School in Redmond, Washington; she continued her studies at Western Oregon University (WOU), graduating with a Bachelors in Music with a minor in dance in 2009.
Since 2010, Ms. Glickfeld Bielman has assistant directed and stage managed opera productions at the Salzburger Landestheater, Tiroler Festspiele Erl (24-hour-Ring Cycle), Nürnberg Internationales Kammermusik Festspiel (Owen Wingrave with Nina Kühner), OPERN SPACE in Vienna (das Tagebuch der Anne Frank with Nina Dudek), and Portland Opera (The Difficulty of Crossing a Field with Jerry Mouwad & Hal France, and Sweeney Todd with Albert Sherman). She has also worked on contemporary dance productions with NETZWERK AKS under Andrea K. Schlehwein in Austria and ballet with Oregon Ballet Theatre. She is currently a project manager for the baroque ensemble lautten compagney BERLIN.
Hayley Glickfeld Bielman founded NAC in 2013, for which she produced and directed The Just-So Stories in 2014. 2017 saw her as a director / choreographer with PDX Conteporary Ballet (The Singing Butler), Ping & Woof Opera (Stabat Mater & The Child's Frightful Fantasy), and Portland Opera To Go (The Magic Flute). In 2019 she organized the Kunstkino Bielbaum silent film series, and in 2020 she made her first venture into dance film with I look forward to my death/#REDEMPTION.
Portfolio & Resume: hrgbCV
NAC Projects: Just-So Stories (2014), Stabat Mater (2017), The Singing Butler (2017), The Child's Frightful Fantasy (2017), Garden Party (2018), Kunstkino Bielbaum (2019), I look forward to my death/#REDEMPTION (2020)
began studying ballet under Joan Shelton Mason in her hometown of Wenatchee, Washington. In 2004, she earned a ballet certificate from the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School in Redmond, Washington; she continued her studies at Western Oregon University (WOU), graduating with a Bachelors in Music with a minor in dance in 2009.
Since 2010, Ms. Glickfeld Bielman has assistant directed and stage managed opera productions at the Salzburger Landestheater, Tiroler Festspiele Erl (24-hour-Ring Cycle), Nürnberg Internationales Kammermusik Festspiel (Owen Wingrave with Nina Kühner), OPERN SPACE in Vienna (das Tagebuch der Anne Frank with Nina Dudek), and Portland Opera (The Difficulty of Crossing a Field with Jerry Mouwad & Hal France, and Sweeney Todd with Albert Sherman). She has also worked on contemporary dance productions with NETZWERK AKS under Andrea K. Schlehwein in Austria and ballet with Oregon Ballet Theatre. She is currently a project manager for the baroque ensemble lautten compagney BERLIN.
Hayley Glickfeld Bielman founded NAC in 2013, for which she produced and directed The Just-So Stories in 2014. 2017 saw her as a director / choreographer with PDX Conteporary Ballet (The Singing Butler), Ping & Woof Opera (Stabat Mater & The Child's Frightful Fantasy), and Portland Opera To Go (The Magic Flute). In 2019 she organized the Kunstkino Bielbaum silent film series, and in 2020 she made her first venture into dance film with I look forward to my death/#REDEMPTION.
Portfolio & Resume: hrgbCV
NAC Projects: Just-So Stories (2014), Stabat Mater (2017), The Singing Butler (2017), The Child's Frightful Fantasy (2017), Garden Party (2018), Kunstkino Bielbaum (2019), I look forward to my death/#REDEMPTION (2020)
Steffanie Reimann: production assistant
was born in 1987 in Brandenburg/Havel, where she also grew up.
Following her study of media in Nordrhein Westfalen, she moved to Berlin where she is active in cultural projects and blogs about the arts and cultural life in the capital.
NAC Projects: Just-So Stories (2014)
was born in 1987 in Brandenburg/Havel, where she also grew up.
Following her study of media in Nordrhein Westfalen, she moved to Berlin where she is active in cultural projects and blogs about the arts and cultural life in the capital.
NAC Projects: Just-So Stories (2014)
Ping & Woof Opera: co-producer
was founded in Portland, OR in 2015 by soprano Jocelyn Claire Thomas (Ping) and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks (Woof). They are dedicated to bringing intimate and accessible opera experiences to the Portland-area community, and making opera available to everyone through donation based admission. Past productions include Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (2015), the Opera Highlights Concert (2015), Mozart’s Così fan tutti (2015) and Le nozze di Figaro (2016), Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer (2017), Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (2017), Handel’s Orlando (2017), The Child’s Frightful Fantasy (2017), Liedertag - An Afternoon of Song, Cake, and Coffee (2018), and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (2019). Ping & Woof Opera has collaborated with Necessity Arts Collective, Dragon Theater Puppets and Princesses, and the Coulter Concert Series. They have also been featured several times by All Classical Portland 89.9, performing at their summer open house in 2018, and also live on the air on as part of the Thursdays @ Three program in 2016 and again in 2019.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pingandwoofopera/
NAC Projects: Stabat Mater (2017), The Child's Frightful Fantasy (2017), Garden Party (2018)
was founded in Portland, OR in 2015 by soprano Jocelyn Claire Thomas (Ping) and mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks (Woof). They are dedicated to bringing intimate and accessible opera experiences to the Portland-area community, and making opera available to everyone through donation based admission. Past productions include Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel (2015), the Opera Highlights Concert (2015), Mozart’s Così fan tutti (2015) and Le nozze di Figaro (2016), Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer (2017), Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (2017), Handel’s Orlando (2017), The Child’s Frightful Fantasy (2017), Liedertag - An Afternoon of Song, Cake, and Coffee (2018), and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (2019). Ping & Woof Opera has collaborated with Necessity Arts Collective, Dragon Theater Puppets and Princesses, and the Coulter Concert Series. They have also been featured several times by All Classical Portland 89.9, performing at their summer open house in 2018, and also live on the air on as part of the Thursdays @ Three program in 2016 and again in 2019.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pingandwoofopera/
NAC Projects: Stabat Mater (2017), The Child's Frightful Fantasy (2017), Garden Party (2018)