Variety at Opera + Ballet in the City
Ballet Bellevue, Bellevue City Opera, and Orchestra Bellevue teamed up to stage a refreshing mixed bill of dance and music at the Meydenbauer Center last… Read More »Variety at Opera + Ballet in the City
Originally from Burlington, VT, Ciara was raised with roots in the Northeast and Midwest. In 2011, she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Stephens College with a BFA in Dance with a minor in creative writing. As a dancer, Ciara is trained in ballet and Humphrey-Weidman modern and has appeared on stages across the country. She has performed works by choreographers including Martha Graham, August Bournonville, and Seattleites Amy Johnson and Umami Performance. While living in Nebraska, she worked with Daniel Kubert and OmniArts nebraska, performing the title role in an adaptation of the Red Balloon. Ciara’s articles and poems have been published in numerous literary journals as well as in The Untidy Season: An Anthology of Nebraska Women Poets and Prairie Fire regional newspaper. Currently, Ciara teaches dance throughout the Seattle area, including as the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Teaching Artist Apprentice. She began writing for SeattleDances in the fall of 2013.
Ballet Bellevue, Bellevue City Opera, and Orchestra Bellevue teamed up to stage a refreshing mixed bill of dance and music at the Meydenbauer Center last… Read More »Variety at Opera + Ballet in the City
In its five years as a company, Olivier Wevers’ Whim W’Him has established itself as a troupe of incredible dancers, with a legion of loyal… Read More »X-posed Angst at Whim W’him
Seattle is a city of innovation and exploration—a theme tested in many of the new works presented at Velocity Dance Center’s Next Fest NW this… Read More »Humor and Horror at Next Fest NW 2014
At Washington Hall, on November 20, 2014, Peggy Piacenza crawled backwards, pink high heels and leopard print underwear first, into the opening night of Touch… Read More »Touch Us Here, Peggy
Amy O’Neal and her team of B-Boys broke new ground for concert dance and for hip hop as an art form with Opposing Forces this… Read More »Opposing Forces Work Together
Weaving dance, theater, film, live music, and unassuming candor together, the Murphy/Lachow Company produced a lighthearted evening of hilarity and nostalgia. The Man Who Can… Read More »An Ode to Family, Memory, and Chekhov at OTB
Velocity’s Strictly Seattle is integral to Seattle’s dance scene for innumerable reasons, most significantly because it likely brings more dancers into the community than any… Read More »New Performers Shine Bright at Strictly Seattle
After seven seasons, Seattle Dance Project and its company of experienced performers has reached its swan song. Project 7 featured three works by distinct Seattleites… Read More »Veteran Dancers Take Seattle Dance Project Home
BOOST 2014’s second week program filled the Erickson Theater with tension and struggle. Many of these fights were subtle or internal, but intensely fraught nonetheless.… Read More »BOOST Week 2: Fight for It
Now in its fifth year, BOOST dance festival has become a cornerstone of the Seattle dance scene. This year’s show opened on April 4, 2014,… Read More »BOOST Week 1: An Evening of Dreamscapes