DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: PEGGY PIACENZA
With 30 years experience making dance work in Seattle, Peggy Piacenza talks process, history, working slowly, and the beginnings of something new.
Dayna Hanson
TIME CAPSULE
RE/33: The Uninvited shows a glimpse into 90s Seattle and the local tradition of nonconformity.
Dance Takes Flight in West Georgetown
Borrowing a huge sum of money—the equivalent of one private jet—from the bank is a big decision for anyone. For a dancer with no business… Read More »Dance Takes Flight in West Georgetown
Base: New Dance Space Arrives in Georgetown
Off an old industrial alleyway in Georgetown something new is just beginning. Seattle dance fixtures Dayna Hanson and Peggy Piacenza, along with tech/lighting wiz Dave… Read More »Base: New Dance Space Arrives in Georgetown
Ten Tiny Dances: The Beauty of Restrictions
“Ten tiny dancers on a platform” is how my companion referred to the show in a slip of the tongue. And as intriguing as the… Read More »Ten Tiny Dances: The Beauty of Restrictions
Ten Tiny Dances: Small Stage, Big Idea
If “art is limitation, and the essence of every picture is the frame,” as the writer G.K. Chesterton once said, then the essence of every… Read More »Ten Tiny Dances: Small Stage, Big Idea
New Frontiers of Dance Cinema
The sister art forms of dance and film have much in common. At its core, cinema is about movement, light, timing, and story. When successfully… Read More »New Frontiers of Dance Cinema
Piacenza Gets Personal
Peggy Piacenza’s new solo work, Touch Me Here, opens this Thursday, November 20, under the crumbling balconies of Seattle’s Washington Hall. Jimi Hendrix once played… Read More »Piacenza Gets Personal
Velocity FKO Teases and Pleases
Velocity’s annual Fall Kick-Off ushered in a promising new season of dance with three different nightly performance showcases, September 5-7, 2014. Sixteen dance artists donated… Read More »Velocity FKO Teases and Pleases
An Intelligent and Intuitive American Parable
The premise of Dayna Hanson’s The Clay Duke is a 2010 shooting at a Florida school board meeting subsequently made famous by a 7-minute YouTube… Read More »An Intelligent and Intuitive American Parable