Written by Kristen Legg Jessie Smith in Improvement Club With her work as co-curator for New Dance Cinema from 1999 to 2003, her inclusion on… Read More »Dance Cinema Flourishes in Seattle with Dayna Hanson’s Latest Vision
Written by Anne Lawrence 2011 was a very good year for contemporary dance in Seattle. I attended 106 different performances—or 120, if you count multiple… Read More »Top 11 in ’11: Remarkable Companies, Individuals, and Events
Written by Mariko Nagashima (Photo: Snowflakes in Land of the SweetsPhoto by Chris Blakeley) Anything but your typical Nutcracker, in Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque… Read More »Land of the Sweets Offers Titillating Treats
Written by Jacqueline-Louise Brock (Photo: AEON Contemporary Dance in SKELETONS.Photo by Joseph Lambert) AEON Contemporary Dance performed SKELETONS, their first annual winter performance, this… Read More »AEON Contemporary Dance: Potential on the Horizon
Written by Christin Call Is it valuable and nutritive for practitioners of an art form to discuss their work, the work of their peers, and… Read More »Towards Discussion: Body Book Club Meets for the First Time
The holidays are here and that means presents! SeattleDances wishes to offer a few suggestions on what to buy and what to steer clear of… Read More »The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Holiday Gift Ideas for That Special Dance Lover
Written by Victoria Jacobs (Photo: Josephine’s Echopraxia © Tim Summers) 12 Minutes Max, as always, presented a delightful smorgasbord of performers one would normally never… Read More »Identity in Flux—December’s 12 Minutes Max
Written by Kristen Legg (Photo: KT Niehoff’s film Parts Don’t Work) Eight dance films were presented December 12, 2011 at the Northwest Film Forum as… Read More »Inspiring New Works at NEXT Dance Cinema
Written by Christin Call The set up for the HERE/NOW performance at Open Flight Studio on Saturday, December 10, 2011 had a vague resemblance to… Read More »A Marvelous Kitchen Sink of Music and Movement
Written by Mariko Nagashima (Photo: DanceJenkinsDance!!!) Shirley Jenkins has been through a lot. In the past 14 years she has survived two bouts with cancer… Read More »An Uplifting Return to the Stage with DanceJenkinsDance!!!