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Author: Anna Waller

Anna is a writer, teacher, and performer in Seattle. She grew up in Sacramento, CA, training in classical ballet with the Deane Dance Center and the Sacramento Ballet. In 2011, she graduated magna cum laude from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, earning a double major in dance and comparative literature, and taking a keen interest in dance writing. She won the Nomad Prize for her published essay, “Dancing the Undead: The Social Implications of Giselle’s Wilis” and did a choreographic senior thesis about dance and language. She currently teaches ballet technique, but performs primarily in the contemporary dance mode. In Seattle, she has performed with Elizabeth Mendana, Britt Karhoff, Redd Legg Dance, and Karin Stevens Dance. She began writing reviews for SeattleDances early in 2013 and took on editorial duties soon after.
May 16, 2016 Reviews

Not All Talk at A Rap On Race

Donald Byrd’s work is often a conversation about race, but Spectrum Dance Theater’s A Rap On Race makes the notion

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April 21, 2016 Reviews

A Lively Romp at PNB’s Coppélia

Pacific Northwest Ballet bills Coppélia as “the happiest ballet on earth,” and that’s not far off: it’s a comedy where

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March 2, 2016 Reviews

Trisha Brown: Homecoming and Farewell

The Trisha Brown Dance Company stopped by the UW World Series recently, for what was both a homecoming and a

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February 9, 2016 Reviews

Bridge Triggers Many Reactions

Trigger warning: this review talks about trigger warnings. Velocity Dance Center’s annual Bridge Project program brings choreographers (new-ish to Seattle)

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November 11, 2015 Reviews

PNB’s Emerging Contemporary Edge

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Emergence program (November 6-14 at McCaw Hall) brings together four wildly different works of contemporary ballet. On

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November 5, 2015 Reviews

Time Capsules On Stage at CDC

The University of Washington celebrated two important anniversaries this October: 50 years of the UW dance program and 25 years

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June 4, 2015 Reviews

A Study in Density at PNB

 Pacific Northwest Ballet’s final rep of the season opened Friday, May 29, with a study in density and depth. Alexei

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May 21, 2015 Previews

Creating a New MANIFESTO

It started as a solo skit for a sea cucumber. The roots of ilvs strauss’s MANIFESTO are simple enough, but

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May 15, 2015 Reviews

Sexy New Ballets at House of Verlaine

How many elements of the performance have to change before ballet becomes burlesque? And when you’re Lily Verlaine, are those

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May 1, 2015 Reviews

Byrd Reframes Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana is a work that demands spectacle: big score, big voices, and big dancing. Composer Carl Orff intended his

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