CREATING A ‘NEW NORMAL’
Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor reflects on lessons from lockdown, and interviews four local artists on their own shifts since the pandemic.
Interview
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: SHAWN ROBERTS
Shawn Roberts sees dance as a vehicle for healing and becoming—and she’s spent a career bringing that vision to life in Seattle.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: TRACEY WONG
Tracey Wong on finding personal liberation, building community, and connecting with ancestors through dance.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: MARKEITH WILEY
A conversation with Markeith Wiley—on their many roles, their remarkable career in art-making, and their hopes for the future.
RADICAL BLACK FEMME PROJECT
“The definitions of Radical, Black, and Femme are expansive and RBFP is committed to supporting the work of artists who embody those identities in powerfully different ways.”
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: JIM KENT
Reflecting on beloved dancer and musician Jim Kent, and his career of dynamic, expressive dancing.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: HENDRI WALUJO
With almost two decades of performing across Seattle, Hendri Walujo still craves the challenge of a new role.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: MEG FOX
Meg Fox’s journey to lighting design, thoughts on dance, and her plea for all to be better humans.
DANCERS DID THAT?
Seattle dancers/administrators Maris Antolin and Liz Houlton on their podcast, Dancers Did That?, and why history matters now.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: MIKHAIL CALLISTE
Mikhail Calliste speaks on his time with Spectrum, dancing in complexity, and the racial discomfort of Seattle. Catch his solo this weekend in Lyric Suite.