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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Four new works by Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, Kara Beadle Velocity Dance Center presents the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation Performance Cohorts: Showcase, with works by renowned choreographers Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, and Kara Beadle. The performances are a culmination of two to three weeks of intensive training and rehearsal for dancers… Read More »SFD+I PERFORMANCE COHORT SHOWCASE | 4 events,Four new works by Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, Kara Beadle Velocity Dance Center presents the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation Performance Cohorts: Showcase, with works by renowned choreographers Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, and Kara Beadle. The performances are a culmination of two to three weeks of intensive training and rehearsal for dancers… Read More »SFD+I PERFORMANCE COHORT SHOWCASE - In preparation for a third year at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Seattle dance company Suitcase Dance Theatre will host a fundraiser and preview of their original show, Allura. Coming off a busy spring performing at Moisture Fest, the Fremont Art Council’s Unreal Gala, and Folklife, Suitcase Dance Theatre is preparing once again to perform at… Read More »Suitcase Dance Theatre Fundraiser and Preview $40 Four new works by Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, Kara Beadle Velocity Dance Center presents the Seattle Festival of Dance + Improvisation Performance Cohorts: Showcase, with works by renowned choreographers Undercurrent, Nia-Amina Minor, Mark Haim, and Kara Beadle. The performances are a culmination of two to three weeks of intensive training and rehearsal for dancers… Read More »SFD+I PERFORMANCE COHORT SHOWCASE  Keeper of Sadness is an immersive performance and living archive centering the experiences of Black Womxn. The work brings together movement, sound, and storytelling to explore grief as something ancestral, collective, and deeply personal. It reflects on the intergenerational impacts of trauma, societal narratives, and historical erasure while holding space for memory, resilience, and reclamation.… Read More »Jade Solomon Curtis: Keeper of Sadness | 1 event,Keeper of Sadness is an immersive performance and living archive centering the experiences of Black Womxn. The work brings together movement, sound, and storytelling to explore grief as something ancestral, collective, and deeply personal. It reflects on the intergenerational impacts of trauma, societal narratives, and historical erasure while holding space for memory, resilience, and reclamation.… Read More »Jade Solomon Curtis: Keeper of Sadness |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events, -  Planetary Dance and Potluck Thursday, August 6, 2026 | 2:00pm-6:00pm Freeway Park - Seneca Plaza Dance Artist, Educator and Tamalpa Practitioner Lucie Baker will lead a group through Anna Halprin's noted Planetary Dance community ritual. A Planetary Dance is a participatory ritual of healing and community renewal created in 1981 by legendary dance pioneer Anna… Read More »Planetary Dance Free -  Closer, with music by jose e. abad An improvised performance by Ishmael Houston-Jones (NY) and Keith Hennessy (SF) with live sound by jose e. abad Ishmael and Keith first collaborated in the mid-90s and have continued for 25 years a deep conversation about art, collaboration, improvisation, race, activism, sex, dance, history and futures. When they… Read More »SFD+I: ISHMAEL HOUSTON-JONES + KEITH HENNESSEY  ARC Dance returns to the stage with Summer Season 2026 on August 6 through 8 in a mixed-bill program with three premier dance works by choreographers Rena Butler (NYC), Marika Brussel (London, UK), and Marie Chong (ARC), as well as the reprise of Stephanie Rae William’s (Dance Theatre of Harlem), Garden of Love (2021), an… Read More »ARC Dance Summer Season $27 – $37 | 3 events, "Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá is an invitation to experience Chicano identity as a living, evolving expression of resilience, resistance, and belonging," says Mullikin. "Through movement and ceremony, we honor our ancestors while creating space for future generations to see themselves reflected in our stories." The production brings together a remarkable ensemble of artists… Read More »El Sueño Presents Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá Free – $100 -  Join us for an evening of poetry, butoh and music in a garden setting in Green Lake. The Homestages are intimate outdoor experiences that Joan Laage/Kogut Butoh started during the pandemic years. This evening includes poets John Burgess and David Thornbrugh; butoh dancers Helen Thorsen, Leatha McKenzie, Joan/Kogut plus Salome Nieto from Vancouver BC; musicians… Read More »Homestage in Green Lake Donation ARC Dance returns to the stage with Summer Season 2026 on August 6 through 8 in a mixed-bill program with three premier dance works by choreographers Rena Butler (NYC), Marika Brussel (London, UK), and Marie Chong (ARC), as well as the reprise of Stephanie Rae William’s (Dance Theatre of Harlem), Garden of Love (2021), an… Read More »ARC Dance Summer Season $27 – $37 | 4 events,"Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá is an invitation to experience Chicano identity as a living, evolving expression of resilience, resistance, and belonging," says Mullikin. "Through movement and ceremony, we honor our ancestors while creating space for future generations to see themselves reflected in our stories." The production brings together a remarkable ensemble of artists… Read More »El Sueño Presents Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá Free – $100 "Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá is an invitation to experience Chicano identity as a living, evolving expression of resilience, resistance, and belonging," says Mullikin. "Through movement and ceremony, we honor our ancestors while creating space for future generations to see themselves reflected in our stories." The production brings together a remarkable ensemble of artists… Read More »El Sueño Presents Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá Free – $100 ARC Dance returns to the stage with Summer Season 2026 on August 6 through 8 in a mixed-bill program with three premier dance works by choreographers Rena Butler (NYC), Marika Brussel (London, UK), and Marie Chong (ARC), as well as the reprise of Stephanie Rae William’s (Dance Theatre of Harlem), Garden of Love (2021), an… Read More »ARC Dance Summer Season $27 – $37 | |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, CO//IDE: an evening of original works created by Marlo Martin and Mike Esperanza. After years of working side by side as educators and artists these two powerhouse creators have made the leap to present their companies and their work in tandem at CO//IDE. Both recognized for their bravery and commitment to both the physicality and… Read More »CO//IDE: badmarmarDANCE & BARE Dance Company $20 – $35 | 2 events,In a special performance event to launch the AireCraft Festival, Kinesis Project Seattle brings back their colorful, meditative and playful work! Bridge Matter/The Reach is a large-scale dance of care, crackling and echoes. Audience can follow Kinesis and live music by Natalie Twigg (Oboe), Jameson Bratcher (Trombone) and Jessica Lurie (Soprano Sax) along Rainier Trail… Read More »Bridge Matter/The Reach by Kinesis Project as part of AireCraft Festival $10 CO//IDE: an evening of original works created by Marlo Martin and Mike Esperanza. After years of working side by side as educators and artists these two powerhouse creators have made the leap to present their companies and their work in tandem at CO//IDE. Both recognized for their bravery and commitment to both the physicality and… Read More »CO//IDE: badmarmarDANCE & BARE Dance Company $20 – $35 | 3 events,In a special performance event to launch the AireCraft Festival, Kinesis Project Seattle brings back their colorful, meditative and playful work! Bridge Matter/The Reach is a large-scale dance of care, crackling and echoes. Audience can follow Kinesis and live music by Natalie Twigg (Oboe), Jameson Bratcher (Trombone) and Jessica Lurie (Soprano Sax) along Rainier Trail… Read More »Bridge Matter/The Reach by Kinesis Project as part of AireCraft Festival $10 -  A one-day block party in Pioneer Park bringing together multigenerational audiences to share personal and community histories, engage in play, and foster new connections through a mix of structured activities and informal interactions in an outdoor setting. CO//IDE: an evening of original works created by Marlo Martin and Mike Esperanza. After years of working side by side as educators and artists these two powerhouse creators have made the leap to present their companies and their work in tandem at CO//IDE. Both recognized for their bravery and commitment to both the physicality and… Read More »CO//IDE: badmarmarDANCE & BARE Dance Company $20 – $35 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, BLUE SCREEN invites you to experience KEEPING, an evening length dance work that will happen at 12th Ave Arts. We want to spend this time with you because the dance we made is about you and it would make more sense if you were there. We are excited to really lean in and get down… Read More »KEEPING $20 – $55 | 1 event,BLUE SCREEN invites you to experience KEEPING, an evening length dance work that will happen at 12th Ave Arts. We want to spend this time with you because the dance we made is about you and it would make more sense if you were there. We are excited to really lean in and get down… Read More »KEEPING $20 – $55 | 2 events,BLUE SCREEN invites you to experience KEEPING, an evening length dance work that will happen at 12th Ave Arts. We want to spend this time with you because the dance we made is about you and it would make more sense if you were there. We are excited to really lean in and get down… Read More »KEEPING $20 – $55  A post-western Butoh dance work and ritual of release, transformation, and embodied presence. Performed and co-choreographed by Sheri Brown in collaboration with Raphael Laigo, Anchor in the Field (of Becoming) ravels the body through memory, identity, and inherited belief systems — thread by thread, gesture by gesture. The work blends Butoh, sound, visual art, historical research, light, and space into… Read More »Anchor in the Field (of Becoming) | 2 events,BLUE SCREEN invites you to experience KEEPING, an evening length dance work that will happen at 12th Ave Arts. We want to spend this time with you because the dance we made is about you and it would make more sense if you were there. We are excited to really lean in and get down… Read More »KEEPING $20 – $55 A post-western Butoh dance work and ritual of release, transformation, and embodied presence. Performed and co-choreographed by Sheri Brown in collaboration with Raphael Laigo, Anchor in the Field (of Becoming) ravels the body through memory, identity, and inherited belief systems — thread by thread, gesture by gesture. The work blends Butoh, sound, visual art, historical research, light, and space into… Read More »Anchor in the Field (of Becoming) | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Dance and Music by Jay Hamilton Seating is limited Tickets at the door | 2 events,Dance and Music by Jay Hamilton Seating is limited Tickets at the door  Grab your boots, your eye patch, and your hottest fringe. This August 27–29, the Rootin' Tootin' Saloon throws open its swinging doors once again for Rootin' Tootin' 2: Pirates vs. Cowboys, an immersive comedy cabaret. Business is booming at the Rootin' Tootin', Seattle's favorite fictional, queer watering hole...until a rowdy crew of pirates sails in,… Read More »The Rootin’ Tootin’ Queer Cowboy Cabaret $24 – $100 | 1 event,Grab your boots, your eye patch, and your hottest fringe. This August 27–29, the Rootin' Tootin' Saloon throws open its swinging doors once again for Rootin' Tootin' 2: Pirates vs. Cowboys, an immersive comedy cabaret. Business is booming at the Rootin' Tootin', Seattle's favorite fictional, queer watering hole...until a rowdy crew of pirates sails in,… Read More »The Rootin’ Tootin’ Queer Cowboy Cabaret $24 – $100 | 4 events, Achillea Dance Theater is excited to announce their upcoming performance at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Spend an afternoon with Bainbridge Island’s resident dance artists as they move through the reserve performing their newest site-specific work. This is a unique opportunity to experience contemporary dance existing outside of the theater space. Feel free to follow… Read More »Achillea Dance Theater at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island $14 – $26 Achillea Dance Theater is excited to announce their upcoming performance at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Spend an afternoon with Bainbridge Island’s resident dance artists as they move through the reserve performing their newest site-specific work. This is a unique opportunity to experience contemporary dance existing outside of the theater space. Feel free to follow… Read More »Achillea Dance Theater at Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island $14 – $26 -  Together in Rhythm is an exciting tap dance show, designed to spotlight the diverse tap companies and groups throughout Washington and Oregon. Built on a spirit of community, this performance unites artists in a shared celebration of their love for tap. Closing out our festival weekend, the show will also feature standout solo performances from our… Read More »Together in Rhythm Grab your boots, your eye patch, and your hottest fringe. This August 27–29, the Rootin' Tootin' Saloon throws open its swinging doors once again for Rootin' Tootin' 2: Pirates vs. Cowboys, an immersive comedy cabaret. Business is booming at the Rootin' Tootin', Seattle's favorite fictional, queer watering hole...until a rowdy crew of pirates sails in,… Read More »The Rootin’ Tootin’ Queer Cowboy Cabaret $24 – $100 | 1 event, -  Kubota Gardens and Kintsugi Somatic Art Present Sagimai - Heron Siege Peace Procession August 30, Noon Admission: FREE Kubota Garden, 9817 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 Inspired by the thousand year old Japanese tradition of Sagimai (heron dance), Kintsugi Somatic Art (KSA) will present their “Heron Siege Peace Procession on Saturday, August 30 at… Read More »Sagimai: Heron Siege Peace Procession Free |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Chameleon: A Journey of Queer Joy and Reinvention Chameleon, a multidisciplinary contemporary dance experience by artist Bennyroyce Royon, offers a profound exploration of reinvention, boundless creativity, and queer joy. This powerful work delves deep into personal lived experiences, confronting past traumas and celebrating the discovery of supportive communities. Through visceral, dynamic movement, innovative visual design,… Read More »Bennyroyce Royon: Chameleon | 5 events, OVERDRAFT is a Seattle-based performance project, made up of artists Hannah Simmons and Kit Wyatt. With a background in dance and a perverted attention to detail, they gravitate towards the irreverent, erotic, and grotesque. They perform together in nightlife spaces under the name ATM at shows such as TUSH, Live Nude Mammals, and High F@ggotry.… Read More »Bumbershoot: OVERDRAFT  This September, KSD takes the Bumbershoot stage! Enjoy a solo dance, brought to life by established Seattle choreographer and performer Karin Stevens, and composer/pianist Michael Owcharuk. This performance is a dynamic fusion of movement and new jazz. Join us on September 5 or 6, at 4:40pm, at the JUXT Stage - Rooftop district. It’s the perfect… Read More »Bumbershoot: KSD & Michael Owcharuk  In 2001 three BGirls, Naj, Bean and Lee dived into the breakin' culture that quickly became a huge part of their expression, growth and purpose. Over the years there was a growing desire to create more space for other BGirls that was not intimidating and celebrated women. Their strong connection as women was a main… Read More »Bumbershoot: CYPHER Queenz and Julie Slick  Marissa Rae Niederhauser is a dance artist making body-based work in film, performance art, photo, noise, and installation. While not always overtly political, her work, like her life, is created through the lens of intersectional feminism. “Marissa goes hard, physically and emotionally - she just goes hard.” Chameleon: A Journey of Queer Joy and Reinvention Chameleon, a multidisciplinary contemporary dance experience by artist Bennyroyce Royon, offers a profound exploration of reinvention, boundless creativity, and queer joy. This powerful work delves deep into personal lived experiences, confronting past traumas and celebrating the discovery of supportive communities. Through visceral, dynamic movement, innovative visual design,… Read More »Bennyroyce Royon: Chameleon | 5 events,Chameleon: A Journey of Queer Joy and Reinvention Chameleon, a multidisciplinary contemporary dance experience by artist Bennyroyce Royon, offers a profound exploration of reinvention, boundless creativity, and queer joy. This powerful work delves deep into personal lived experiences, confronting past traumas and celebrating the discovery of supportive communities. Through visceral, dynamic movement, innovative visual design,… Read More »Bennyroyce Royon: Chameleon OVERDRAFT is a Seattle-based performance project, made up of artists Hannah Simmons and Kit Wyatt. With a background in dance and a perverted attention to detail, they gravitate towards the irreverent, erotic, and grotesque. They perform together in nightlife spaces under the name ATM at shows such as TUSH, Live Nude Mammals, and High F@ggotry.… Read More »Bumbershoot: OVERDRAFT This September, KSD takes the Bumbershoot stage! Enjoy a solo dance, brought to life by established Seattle choreographer and performer Karin Stevens, and composer/pianist Michael Owcharuk. This performance is a dynamic fusion of movement and new jazz. Join us on September 5 or 6, at 4:40pm, at the JUXT Stage - Rooftop district. It’s the perfect… Read More »Bumbershoot: KSD & Michael Owcharuk In 2001 three BGirls, Naj, Bean and Lee dived into the breakin' culture that quickly became a huge part of their expression, growth and purpose. Over the years there was a growing desire to create more space for other BGirls that was not intimidating and celebrated women. Their strong connection as women was a main… Read More »Bumbershoot: CYPHER Queenz and Julie Slick Marissa Rae Niederhauser is a dance artist making body-based work in film, performance art, photo, noise, and installation. While not always overtly political, her work, like her life, is created through the lens of intersectional feminism. “Marissa goes hard, physically and emotionally - she just goes hard.” |