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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Donald Byrd’s work is often a conversation about race, but Spectrum Dance Theater’s A Rap On Race makes the notion
Continue readingPacific Northwest Ballet bills Coppélia as “the happiest ballet on earth,” and that’s not far off: it’s a comedy where
Continue readingThe Trisha Brown Dance Company stopped by the UW World Series recently, for what was both a homecoming and a
Continue readingTrigger warning: this review talks about trigger warnings. Velocity Dance Center’s annual Bridge Project program brings choreographers (new-ish to Seattle)
Continue readingPacific Northwest Ballet’s Emergence program (November 6-14 at McCaw Hall) brings together four wildly different works of contemporary ballet. On
Continue readingThe University of Washington celebrated two important anniversaries this October: 50 years of the UW dance program and 25 years
Continue readingPacific Northwest Ballet’s final rep of the season opened Friday, May 29, with a study in density and depth. Alexei
Continue readingIt started as a solo skit for a sea cucumber. The roots of ilvs strauss’s MANIFESTO are simple enough, but
Continue readingHow many elements of the performance have to change before ballet becomes burlesque? And when you’re Lily Verlaine, are those
Continue readingCarmina Burana is a work that demands spectacle: big score, big voices, and big dancing. Composer Carl Orff intended his
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