Risa Nagel

April 8, 2020 Featured / Interviews

THE NEW DANCE CLASSROOM

Four Seattle-area dance teachers discuss adapting online in the Covid19 era.

March 16, 2020 Reviews

GENDER REVEAL PARTY

Kaitlin McCarthy’s Gender Reveal Party ruthlessly interrogates what it means to be pregnant, reclaiming agency as human and parent, and challenging gendered expectations.

February 24, 2020 Interviews

RAJA FEATHER KELLY TALKS POP

Raja Feather Kelly (coming to Washington Ensemble Theatre’s GUSH series) uses pop culture to explore something deeper in UGLY (Black Queer Zoo).

February 20, 2020 Reviews

RESET: AVID AND DRAMA TOPS

Drama Tops and AVID bring a hilarious and intimate show to Washington Ensemble Theatre’s Dance Nation set.

January 28, 2020 Reviews

WILD BEAUTY

A MLK Day ritual invites artists to take time and space for “Black power, heritage, creativity, and communion.”

November 30, 2019 Reviews

SHOWING OUT PART ONE

The annual showcase featuring contemporary Black choreographers previews its January mainstage premiere, promising much to look forward to.

November 8, 2019 Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: KIM HOLLOWAY

Kimberly Holloway talks teaching, making, faith, and her journey to professional dance.

October 4, 2019 Reviews

BORDERS AND DIVISION

Catapult Dance’s Homeland addresses the dark realities of borderlines in 2019.

September 30, 2019 Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: NOELLE PRICE

Noelle Price talks dance in Seattle and Detroit, and how her history and family inform her artistic practices and ambitions.

July 30, 2019 Reviews

PRIORITIZING THE PEDESTRIAN

Triple bill PILOT includes new works from emerging artists who met as part of Kate Wallich’s YC2.