Velocity Presents Next Fest NW 2024: Total Chaos

ABOUT NEXT FEST NW:
Next Fest NW is Velocity’s experimental new works festival, celebrating contemporary dance and
movement-based artists innovating in our region. For this year’s festival, Hannah Krafcik + Emily
Jones, Artie Thomas, and Symone Sanz will each be in residency at SFD+I and will make new works
focusing on the theme Total Chaos for the show premiering in December 2024.

ABOUT THIS ITERATION:
For this iteration, artists were asked to respond the idea of TOTAL CHAOS. “Total”, in this context,
meaning “complete” but it also “damaged beyond its value”. In this time of disarray, disorder, and
mess. “Total Chaos” is an investigation of cacophony, grief, order, and purpose.

ABOUT THE WORKS:
STASIA COUP | A drag artist embarks on a journey into solo parenthood. Rambunctious childhood
dreamscapes and intimate storytelling combine in a sentimental romp into the adventure of making a
whole new life.
HANNAH KRAFCIK + EMILY JONES | In The Swirl, optical illusions spur conceptual inquiry: Two dancers
perform as a “set” rather than a binary or pair, playing with the way multiple meanings hide in plain
view.
SYMONE SANZ | ‘WRETCH’ explores “powerful, predator energy” (-Seattle Dances) brought to life by
punk rock and grunge music that embodies Seattle culture at its core.