Reviews – Seattle Dances

CREATING A ‘NEW NORMAL’

Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor reflects on lessons from lockdown, and interviews four local artists on their own shifts since the pandemic.

June 24, 2021 Featured / Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: SHAWN ROBERTS

Shawn Roberts sees dance as a vehicle for healing and becoming—and she’s spent a career bringing that vision to life in Seattle.

June 15, 2021 Featured / Reviews

Featuring two world premieres by choreographers Christopher Wheeldon and Edwaard Liang, an audience favorite from Alejandro Cerrudo, and three short videos from local choreographers and filmmakers, Rep 6 is the company’s parting online gift to loyal audience members.

April 30, 2021 Featured / Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: TRACEY WONG

Tracey Wong on finding personal liberation, building community, and connecting with ancestors through dance.

April 12, 2021 Featured / Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: MARKEITH WILEY

A conversation with Markeith Wiley—on their many roles, their remarkable career in art-making, and their hopes for the future.

March 17, 2021 Featured / Interviews

RADICAL BLACK FEMME PROJECT

“The definitions of Radical, Black, and Femme are expansive and RBFP is committed to supporting the work of artists who embody those identities in powerfully different ways.”