ROMANCE TOLD THROUGH DANCE
Boaz Yakin’s narrative dance film shows the complication of love in stunning use of choreography (Bobbi Jene Smith). Online through July 17.
Velocity Dance Center
NEWLY FORMED: SEATTLE DANCE ALLIANCE
The Seattle Dance Alliance was established to collectively navigate a new era of dance teaching informed by COVID-19.
GENDER REVEAL PARTY
Kaitlin McCarthy’s Gender Reveal Party ruthlessly interrogates what it means to be pregnant, reclaiming agency as human and parent, and challenging gendered expectations.
RAJA FEATHER KELLY TALKS POP
Raja Feather Kelly (coming to Washington Ensemble Theatre’s GUSH series) uses pop culture to explore something deeper in UGLY (Black Queer Zoo).
FROM THE EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: NOV/DEC
New companies! New research platforms! And why Donald Byrd’s Love and Loss was exactly the kind of work we should be seeing at the ballet.
RITUAL AND REBELLION
Velocity’s NEXT FEST runs the gamut of responses to theme Ritual & Rebellion within a permeable, shifting performance space.
ORGANICALLY INVOLVED
Keith Hennessy’s Sink creates global connections from intimate, socially conscious, audience involvement.
DANCECRUSH SPOTLIGHT: KIM HOLLOWAY
Kimberly Holloway talks teaching, making, faith, and her journey to professional dance.
COMPLEXITY IN CONVERSATION
Sean Dorsey’s Boys in Trouble finds complexity in personal narrative and questions over answers.
MASCULINITY EXAMINED
Men in Dance’s 2019 Adjudicated showcase offers five works examining modern masculinity.