SeattleDances

July 23, 2020 Guest Contributor

NOT-SO-STRICTLY SEATTLE

Velocity Dance Center reworks its summer programing–Strictly Seattle and SFDI–in response to the needs of 2020.
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July 15, 2020 Lynn Tofil

CONTINUUM CONTINUES

Seattle Dance Collective releases five new dance films over the month of July. Lynn Tofil finds commonality in the first two works, and previews the upcoming films.
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July 6, 2020 Meredith Pellon

ROMANCE TOLD THROUGH DANCE

Boaz Yakin’s narrative dance film shows the complication of love in stunning use of choreography (Bobbi Jene Smith). Online through July 17.
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June 19, 2020 Guest Contributor

RECOGNIZING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN DANCE

Alicia Mullikin and a team of POC dance artists from the West Coast share examples of racism in the dance world and resources for further reading.
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June 4, 2020 Meredith Pellon

MULTIDISCIPLINARY GOLDEN THREAD

The Golden Thread is an online interdisciplinary arts experience, with the goal of allowing Seattle-based artists from multiple genres to create work and be compensated through ticket sales.
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May 30, 2020 Miranda Chantelois

NEWLY FORMED: SEATTLE DANCE ALLIANCE

The Seattle Dance Alliance was established to collectively navigate a new era of dance teaching informed by COVID-19.
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May 9, 2020 West Liberty

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: SIMONE PIN

DanceCrush Simone Pin, led by powerhouse duo Shay Simone and Annya Pin, have been dazzling audiences on stage since 2018.
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April 29, 2020 Lynn Tofil

ABOUT TIME FOR 12 SECONDS MAX

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted time itself. In response, Alyza DelPan-Monley curated an online rendition of 12 Minutes Max: The 12 Second Edition.
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April 28, 2020 Meredith Pellon

DIGITAL DANCING

With in-person rehearsals suspended during Covid-19, dance artists around the city grapple with how to rehearse under quarantine.
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April 25, 2020 West Liberty

FEELING COOPED-UP

Cooped-Up is a dance created and performed under the rare and specific circumstances of the shelter in place order.
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April 23, 2020 Featured / Interviews

DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: ANITA KUROIWA-SCHIFF

SeattleDances is humbled to honor Anita Kuroiwa-Schiff with a 2019 DanceCrush Award for Foundational Contributions to Seattle Dance.

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April 8, 2020 Featured / Interviews

THE NEW DANCE CLASSROOM

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

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March 20, 2020 Reviews

TRUTH IN TRANSITION

Drama Tops: This is for You examines a journey of gender transition with nuance and generosity.

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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.

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March 11, 2020 Reviews

2020 UW MAJORS CONCERT

Three UW dance majors present successful works in Program A, and a case study in the use of sound. Program B unfortunately cancelled due to CoVid19 concerns.

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March 3, 2020 Reviews

LINES AND BOUNCES

Stephanie Golden’s company Doré Dance and guest group Rythmetic Progressions makes for a satisfying evening at Yaw Theater.

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February 26, 2020 Reviews

SOLO FEST 2020

On the Board’s second SOLO Fest celebrates five POC and women artists on the mainstage.

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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).

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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.

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February 19, 2020 Reviews

VIOLENT DESIRES

Lydia Shamoun’s visceral A Future Western explores quickly shifting sexual and power dynamics.

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