“At times we lend each other our sadness so that we can remember how to stand up. Carrying it all on our own will make us crumble. This ignited in me the desire to turn to community and start creating work through the support it offered me.”
“The definitions of Radical, Black, and Femme are expansive and RBFP is committed to supporting the work of artists who embody those identities in powerfully different ways.”
On the Board’s second SOLO Fest celebrates five POC and women artists on the mainstage.
Alex Crozier’s Millennials features characters, high kicks, and non-committal commentary.
If you didn’t catch Jade Solomon Curtis’ Black Like Me last year (a 2016 DanceCrush winner), then you’re in luck. A newly developed and expanded… Read More »DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: JADE SOLOMON CURTIS
After much deliberation over so many fantastic performances in the last year, we are thrilled to announce our 2016 DanceCrush Awards. Randy Ford for… Read More »2016 DanceCrushes Announced!
Some choreographers need or want a village of people to execute their vision. And then there are others, like Mary Sheldon Scott, who only needs… Read More »At SOLO(S), one body is all you need
In the umbrella term contemporary dance, the word ‘contemporary’ usually refers only to the movement aesthetic, and rarely indicates if the work’s subject is reflective… Read More »Showing Out Shows Up
Velocity Dance Center’s Founders Theater was filled to the brim on Sunday, February 28, with faces of the young and the old, of seasoned dancemakers… Read More »Black Arts Take the Stage at Showing Out
The three-week Seattle International Dance Festival culminated Saturday, June 27, at the Moore Theatre. The program boasted work by choreographers Alejandro Chávez, Donald Byrd, and… Read More »Dancers Shine Bright in SIDF Final Program