The Many Voices of Isis Women Arts
The 6th Annual Isis Women Arts Festival seeks to give female-identifying artists a space—a literal space—where they can present their art as part of a… Read More »The Many Voices of Isis Women Arts
Anna Waller
Anna is a writer, teacher, and performer in Seattle. She grew up in Sacramento, CA, training in classical ballet with the Deane Dance Center and the Sacramento Ballet. In 2011, she graduated magna cum laude from the Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon, earning a double major in dance and comparative literature, and taking a keen interest in dance writing. She won the Nomad Prize for her published essay, “Dancing the Undead: The Social Implications of Giselle’s Wilis” and did a choreographic senior thesis about dance and language. She currently teaches ballet technique, but performs primarily in the contemporary dance mode. In Seattle, she has performed with Elizabeth Mendana, Britt Karhoff, Redd Legg Dance, and Karin Stevens Dance. She began writing reviews for SeattleDances early in 2013 and took on editorial duties soon after.
Surveillance Playground at Clytigation
If you like absurdity and technology mixed in with your dance and served alongside portions of antiquity and current events, let me introduce you to… Read More »Surveillance Playground at Clytigation
MMDG: A Very Musical Offering
The Mark Morris Dance Group stopped by UW World Series this past weekend, March 5-7, with a strong show of some of Morris’ more recent… Read More »MMDG: A Very Musical Offering
Real Talk with Amy J
If you’re looking for a dance-theater work with equal stakes in strong dance technique and Dadaist absurdity, look no further than AJnC’s Believe Me or… Read More »Real Talk with Amy J
PNB’s Sunny, Funny Don Quixote
Don Quixote is not your average 19th-century ballet classic. First, it’s a comedy. Second, there’s no magic. Third, it’s about mostly normal people and a… Read More »PNB’s Sunny, Funny Don Quixote
New Year, New Whims
2015 promises to be a good year for Whim W’Him. The contemporary dance company, led by Artistic Director Olivier Wevers, has added a third rep… Read More »New Year, New Whims
Wandering through Abstraction in BLEED
If dance is, as choreographer Tere O’Connor said in a Q&A last weekend, “a journey away from language,” how on earth is one supposed to… Read More »Wandering through Abstraction in BLEED
La Fille Gets to the Heart of the Story
If you think storytelling through dance is almost the sole province of story ballets (hello, Nutcracker season!), you are in for a different sort of… Read More »La Fille Gets to the Heart of the Story
MID Week 2: The Multi-Faceted Man
No token males or ballerina-hoisting partners here. Against the Grain/Men In Dance’s mission “to create performance opportunities for men who dance” becomes not just a… Read More »MID Week 2: The Multi-Faceted Man
Gifts of War Takes to the Stage
This weekend, prepare for a genre-blending extravaganza of theater and dance with a heavy dose of Ancient Greece. The work is Gifts of War: it’s… Read More »Gifts of War Takes to the Stage