SeattleDances

June 13, 2022 Gabrielle Nomura Gainor

A SOUTH ASIAN DANCE STUDIO JOYFULLY CELEBRATES ITS RESILIENCE

Deepali Jamwal’s studio Live2Dance opened just before the pandemic. They celebrate the thriving community that aided the studio’s survival with an all night Dance-a-thon this Friday.
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May 14, 2022 Kaitlin McCarthy

YES, WHAT HAPPENED?

Reflections on Marcie Sillman’s recent article in Crosscut, and how Seattle dance has evolved over the last decade.
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April 16, 2022 Gabrielle Nomura Gainor

EARTHLING DANCERS STAR IN SPACE 50

Space 50: a variety show drawing from human curiosity about outer space, as represented in pop culture, mythology, science, and more.
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February 1, 2022 Kaitlin McCarthy

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: PEGGY PIACENZA

With 30 years experience making dance work in Seattle, Peggy Piacenza talks process, history, working slowly, and the beginnings of something new.
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August 5, 2021 Gabrielle Nomura Gainor

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.
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June 24, 2021 Kaitlin McCarthy

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.
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June 15, 2021 Melody Datz Hansen

REP 6 WRAPS DIGITAL SEASON

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.
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April 30, 2021 Imana Gunawan

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: TRACEY WONG

Tracey Wong on finding personal liberation, building community, and connecting with ancestors through dance.
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April 12, 2021 Kaitlin McCarthy

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.
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March 17, 2021 West Liberty

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.”
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May 13, 2009 Uncategorized

More Fonte

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. Here are two photos by Rosalie

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May 11, 2009 Uncategorized

siff: stravinksy and the ballets russes on 5/14

Catch the “original” Fokine Firebird and Nijinsky Sacre du printemps, plus a restaging of Nijinska’s Les Noces at SIFF this

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May 8, 2009 Uncategorized

siff: dance movies in may

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

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May 8, 2009 Uncategorized

pgc: sign up for prison performances by 5/15

Pat Graney Company is Keeping the Faith, producing its 15th Prison Project in June. This three-month arts residency program’s goal

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May 7, 2009 Uncategorized

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it.

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May 7, 2009 Uncategorized

stg/mark morris’ mozart dances: a review

May I Kindly Introduce My Friend, Modern Dance? Mark Morris Dance Group (photo © Gene Schiavone)I’m pretty sure I was

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May 5, 2009 Uncategorized

Here is the beginning of my post. And here is the rest of it. Roger Downey’s preview for Crosscut Michael

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May 1, 2009 Uncategorized

uwws: $20 tix – may 1 only

Here’s a note from the folks at the UW World Series: Hein Arumisore(photo © Rachel Connor)ONE-DAY SALE ON TICKETS TO

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April 29, 2009 Uncategorized

obt’s left unsaid: a review

Artur Sultanov and Daniela Deloe in Left Unsaid(photo © Blaine Truitt Covert)It seems strange that on a dance-packed weekend in

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April 28, 2009 Uncategorized

spectrum/stg’s icono-clan: a review

By Josh Windsor 1 of 3 from Icono-Clan (photo © Gabriel Bienczycki)Let me start by thanking Spectrum Dance Theater. It

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