Written by Steve Ha and Mariko Nagashima (Photo: Seattle choreographer Olivier Wevers at the Princess Grace Awards Gala) For almost thirty years the Princess Grace… Read More »Seattle Royalty: Interviews with Three Princess Grace Award Winners
Written by Victoria Jacobs (Alonzo King LINES “Dust and Light”Photo by Marty Sohl) It is not simply the technical prowess, extensions, and spins, nor the… Read More »LINES Ballet: Passion Beyond Technique at Meany Hall
Written by Mariko Nagashima (Dancer Erica Badgeley. Photo by Tim Summers) While both Allie Hankins and Kate Wallich have been given the nebulous title of… Read More »Hankins and Wallich Split Bill A Powerful Debut
Written by Victoria McConnell (Photo courtesy of Sixth Day Dance) Audience members were immediately immersed in Sixth Day Dance’s “Warehouse Project,” upon entering the raw… Read More »Inside the Warehouse: Sixth Day Dance Examines Internal Landscapes
Written by Victoria Jacobs (Photo: Faye Driscoll and Jesse Zaritt in Faye Driscoll’s not…not, part I, Gotham Dance Festival The Joyce Theater, June 4, 2011Photo… Read More »Faye Driscoll: The Intimacy of Creative Play
Written by Kristen Legg (Photo: Natascha Greenwalt Murphy and Danny Boulet. Photo by Ernie Sapiro) There were ups and downs in Coriolis Dance Collective’s “Wing… Read More »“Wing of Egress” Offers Two Distinct Works
Written by Rosie Gaynor (Photo: Lucien Postlewaite and Noelani Pantastico in Roméo et Juliette, 2008. Photo by Angela Sterling) There’s something for everyone in Stephen… Read More »Book Review: Stephen Manes’ "Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet"
Written by Anne Lawrence Coriolis Dance Collective held an open rehearsal at Velocity Dance Center on November 6, 2011, providing a tantalizing preview of the… Read More »Preview: Coriolis Dance Collective’s "Wing of Egress"
Written by Anne Lawrence and Kate Wallich (Kate Wallich and dancers. Photo by Tim Summers) Kate Wallich is only 22 years old but is arguably… Read More »An Interview with Choreographer Kate Wallich
Written by Steve Ha Pacific Northwest Ballet unveiled the depth of its talent in the opening performance of the diverse, but oddly programmed ‘Love Stories.’… Read More »PNB’s ‘Love Stories’—Too Much and Not Enough