JANUARY NEWS ROUNDUP
Dance Church goes national. Velocity’s Artistic Director Fox Whitney steps down. UW dance program overhauls their curriculum. Two Seattle dancers named in Dance Magazine’s 25 to watch. This and more in January’s news roundup!
Fox Whitney
LA BEFANA LOOKS TO 2021
MALACARNE’s La Befana opens the new year with a live collection of dance films inspired by the Italian folk witch.
VOTE ART VOTE
Washington Ensemble Theatre’s VOTE ART VOTE, directed by Raja Feather Kelly and co-curated by Dani Tirrell, strings together ten new performances with the goal of reminding audiences how powerful one vote can be.
NOT-SO-STRICTLY SEATTLE
Velocity Dance Center reworks its summer programing–Strictly Seattle and SFDI–in response to the needs of 2020.
WILD BEAUTY
A MLK Day ritual invites artists to take time and space for “Black power, heritage, creativity, and communion.”
ECLECTIC EVENING
November’s 12 Minutes Max, curated by Fox Whitney and Barry Johnson, delivers experimental variety.
10 TINY AT ON THE BOARDS
On the Boards hosts the beloved 10 Tiny Dances for an evening of works that innovate beyond their 4×4 foot container.
FROM THE EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: AUGUST
Summer dance happenings including Morgan Thorson and No Baby, Mettler Improvisation comes to Seattle in Sept, and thoughts about Men in Dance and Patreon funding.
STONEWALL SUBMERSION
Gender Tender’s Melted Riot suspends us in the social and cultural contexts of the Stonewall Riots on its 50th Anniversary.