Virgina Belt
Co-Founder/Board President
Virginia Belt co-founded Dance for Parkinson’s Oregon in 2012. She danced professionally with American Festival Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theater, and Duluth Ballet. A multi-discipline artist, has directed “Much Ado About Nothing” for Portland Actor’s Ensemble, acted in “Labyrinth of Desire'' for Teatro Milagro, and choreographed “The
Virginia Belt co-founded Dance for Parkinson’s Oregon in 2012. She danced professionally with American Festival Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet Theater, and Duluth Ballet. A multi-discipline artist, has directed “Much Ado About Nothing” for Portland Actor’s Ensemble, acted in “Labyrinth of Desire'' for Teatro Milagro, and choreographed “The Oldest profession” for Profile Theater. With a Business and Theater degree from the University of Idaho, Virginia has worked as Educational
Outreach Coordinator for Tygre’s Heart Shakespeare Company, taught as adjunct-professor of dance and acting for Willamette University, and artistic directed Willamette University Dance Concert and Shakespeare to Go’s programs. In 2023, she founded The Purple Umbrella to produce dance and theater works locally and abroad. Her first sponsorship of the new musical “Woven” was a critic’s favorite at the world-renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland.