PNB’s Locally Sourced hires three local choreographers to make new work, but in some cases production value outshines the choreography.
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Tag: Donald Byrd
DONALD BYRD NAMED DORIS DUKE ARTIST
Seattle choreographer Donald Byrd receives prestigious award and $275,000 to foster creativity.
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DANCING AWAKE
The second weekend of Spectrum’s WOKENESS festival takes a subtler approach to the theme in Dance, Dance, Dance #2.
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QUESTIONS IN WHAT’S MISSING?
In a political environment where reactions to current events are often strongly divided, our deeply held convictions can blind us
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CHOP SHOP 2018
Chop Shop Festival brings national and regional artists to Bellevue.
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Shining Success at Sculptured Dance
On a warm and sunny late afternoon, Olympic Sculpture Park was packed in a way I have never seen it
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Sculptured Dance brings PNB to the Park
Seattleites love getting outside during those few summer months when the sun shines. There are outdoor concerts, festivals, movie screenings,
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Can’t Escape Racism in Spectrum’s Minstrel Show
Our society proclaims to be a progressive one, one that rises above stereotypes and prejudice. It’s not always true, of
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Not All Talk at A Rap On Race
Donald Byrd’s work is often a conversation about race, but Spectrum Dance Theater’s A Rap On Race makes the notion
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Spectrum and the Africanist Aesthetic
Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater, the self-billed “foremost contemporary modern dance organization in the Pacific Northwest,” presented DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
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