REFLECTIONS DANCE FESTIVAL
Reflections Dance Festival marks the new Pier 62 space with art as celebration, mourning, education, activism, and inspiration.
Richael Best
Richael Best (she/her) grew up studying ballet at San Francisco’s City Ballet School under Damara Bennett and Galina Alexandrova. She has also trained in jazz, contemporary, hip hop, swing, ballroom dance, and musical theatre. A graduate of Whitman College with a degree in English, Richael is thrilled to combine her passion for dance with her love of words while writing for Seattle Dances. When she’s not attending dance shows, Richael works for Sasquatch Books, an independent publisher in Seattle.
COASTS COLLIDE AT SISTERS SHOW
Bi-coastal sisters Ilona (NYC) and Danica (Seattle) Bito use their connection to create a platform for communication.
TERRIFYING AND TITILLATING
Simone Pin’s Dollhouse is elegantly creepy, creative, and boundary-pushing burlesque.
INDULGENT FANTASY
The collaboration between Kate Wallich and musician Perfume Genius is a pretentious fantasy that glorifies questionable values.
A NEW SWAN SOCIETY
Coriolis presents Natascha Greenwalt’s Danses des Cygnes – a utopic swan society handles sexual assault.
INTIMATE CONNECTION
The inaugural work of joBdance. takes on technology and intimacy in (dis)connect.
SPLIT REALITIES AT SPLIT BILL
Technology connects us, and still leaves us isolated. We are told that we can “have it all” and are fed idealized images of what our… Read More »SPLIT REALITIES AT SPLIT BILL
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: CHERDONNA
Jody Kuehner discusses her upcoming work DITCH, including 80 daily performances with a full cast at the Frye.
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 to alternative interpretations. What’s Missing?,… Read More »QUESTIONS IN WHAT’S MISSING?