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Author: Karena Birk

Karena has an MFA in Dance from Ohio State University with a focus on performance, notation, history, and pedagogy. She performs with Catherine Cabeen and Company and Redd Legg Dance, teaches dance at Bainbridge Dance Center and the University of Washington Bothell, and sets historical dance works from their notation scores for groups including the University of Washington Chamber Dance Company. Her early training was at the Cornish Preparatory Program, Richmond Ballet, and the University of Washington. She has danced professionally with the Colorado Ballet, Lehua Dance Theatre, ARC Dance, and oaklanDrive Dance Company. She has been privileged to dance works of many choreographers, including Trisha Brown, Anna Sokolow, Antony Tudor, George Balanchine, Fanny Elssler, Wade Madsen, Deborah Wolf, and Hannah Wiley. She has taught at Cornish, Dance Fremont, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and The Ohio State University, among others.
May 29, 2016 Reviews

Live Music at the Heart of Converge

There were many takeaways from Sapience Dance Collective’s annual Converge Dance Festival—including the talent of the dancers and the creative,

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May 15, 2015 Reviews

Ktisk Not Child’s Play

Mixed repertory shows can often end up a grab-bag of unrelated works that may or may not make a whole

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April 16, 2015 Reviews

Intimate Evening at Out to Dance

A tiny room with a staircase descending through the performing space is not everyone’s idea of the perfect venue for

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March 18, 2015 Reviews

A Vertiginous Thrill Indeed

Again! More! That is how I felt after every piece of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s aptly-named program, The Vertiginous Thrill of

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February 12, 2015 Reviews

Ten Tiny Dances: The Beauty of Restrictions

“Ten tiny dancers on a platform” is how my companion referred to the show in a slip of the tongue.

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December 17, 2014 Reviews

With Land of The Sweets, Nutcracker Grows Up

Like many dancers, I have performed in many (too many?) Nutcrackers. Intellectually, I can appreciate the ballet’s role as a

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November 12, 2014 Reviews

Dazzling Displays in Director’s Choice

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet showed themselves at their best in the four contemporary works of Director’s Choice. Though

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April 15, 2014 Reviews

Deborah Hay and The Gift of Experience

Upon entering Washington Hall, audience members at Who’s afraid of Deborah Hay? were directed upstairs to the balcony overlooking the

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February 5, 2014 Reviews

Bridge Project: A Glimpse of Seattle’s Dance Future

The Bridge Project at Velocity Dance Center is one of the many ways Velocity supports Seattle’s performance community. It stands

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November 30, 2013 Reviews

Another Stellar 12 Minutes Max

On the Boards’ second 12 Minutes Max of the season, curated by Jim Kent and Kia Pierce, offered another full,

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