ILVS STRAUSS: Ñ (ENYE)
An audiophile’s unhurried narrative tangents into the physics of sound, the advent of language, and basic human needs. La narración pausada de un audiófilo se… Read More »ILVS STRAUSS: Ñ (ENYE)
On the Boards
Northwest New Works 2027
Since 1983, Northwest New Works has been a vibrant celebration of artists from all performance disciplines, showcasing the dynamic arts community of the Pacific Northwest.… Read More »Northwest New Works 2027
Kate Wallich & Perfume Genius
Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) and choreographer Kate Wallich return to the stage with a new collaboration. Combining Perfume Genius’ experimental pop with Wallich’s choreographic lens,… Read More »Kate Wallich & Perfume Genius
Heather Kravas: laughing dances
A dance trio for torsos, guts, and furious limbs, the work explores our mutability, monstrousness, and shared experience of motherhood. Non sequiturs build a disjointed… Read More »Heather Kravas: laughing dances
David Roussève/REALITY: Becoming Daddy AF
Celebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève’s Becoming Daddy AF is the unforgettable self-portrait of a life lived in motion, told through a vibrant collage of evocative… Read More »David Roussève/REALITY: Becoming Daddy AF
The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee
In The Goldberg Variations, Canadian performance artist Clayton Lee freely references and entangles queer diasporic sexuality and aesthetics with classical music (Johann Sebastian Bach) and… Read More »The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
Alyza DelPan-Monley analyzes the dance works at this year’s Northwest New Works, by Nia-Amina Minor, Tariq Mitri, and Undercurrent, as a “tryptic of interrelated worlds”… Read More »SIGNS OF THE TIMES
HOW DO I LOOK?
Monique Jenkinson (aka Fauxnique) seeks self-awareness in her “vulnerable and delightfully self-indulgent” work, How do I look?
KINESTHETIC COMMUNION
Leah Crosby reflects on Amy O’Neal’s recent premiere at On the Boards: Again, There is No Other (The Remix).
UDE’S MAJOR
Guest writer Akoiya Harris reflects on Ogemdi Ude’s Major and the powerful use of the Majorette form inside a contemporary dance context.