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Dancers Shine Bright in SIDF Final Program

The three-week Seattle International Dance Festival culminated Saturday, June 27, at the Moore Theatre. The program boasted work by choreographers

Carmina Burana is a work that demands spectacle: big score, big voices, and big dancing. Composer Carl Orff intended his

Most people in the Seattle dance community know Anne Lawrence. A faithful mega-fan of all things dance, Anne can usually

Under the artistic direction of Donald Byrd, Spectrum Dance Theater’s performances are always guaranteed to meld the talents of the

The white-clad dancers of Spectrum Dance Theater moved between rigid poses with incredible speed in the challenging and rhythmic choreography

Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater ends its season on a high note with Rambunctious: A Celebration of American Composers and

Bring up the topic of race anywhere in the country, and most people react with telling responses: clammy expressions, uncomfortable

For a good, hard look at race in America, go see Donald Byrd’s The Minstrel Show Revisited this weekend. Opening

As the Eastside’s biggest—only?—dance festival, the annual Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival provides a wide array of performances each year.

Spectrum Dance Theater hosted an evening of work last Saturday, November 23, entitled Showing Out: Contemporary Black Dance. The concert,