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SUMMARY:Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon: How does it feel to look at nothing
DESCRIPTION:Using an improvised language of disintegration\, How does it feel to look at nothing is an embodied pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. An opera of the elemental\, of pre-deities\, and illusions of containment\, this interdisciplinary performance emerges through a story of transitional states. Composer-performers\, multi-instrumentalists\, and vocalists Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon co-create this work of composition\, improvisation\, dance\, and ritual. Grounded in Holland and yuniya’s shared spiritual lineages and lives as partners\, the opera explores the forces and conditions that compel life’s emergence\, and the spiritual act of meaning-making during epochs of decay.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/holland-andrews-yuniya-edi-kwon-how-does-it-feel-to-look-at-nothing/2026-10-17/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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SUMMARY:Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon: How does it feel to look at nothing
DESCRIPTION:Using an improvised language of disintegration\, How does it feel to look at nothing is an embodied pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. An opera of the elemental\, of pre-deities\, and illusions of containment\, this interdisciplinary performance emerges through a story of transitional states. Composer-performers\, multi-instrumentalists\, and vocalists Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon co-create this work of composition\, improvisation\, dance\, and ritual. Grounded in Holland and yuniya’s shared spiritual lineages and lives as partners\, the opera explores the forces and conditions that compel life’s emergence\, and the spiritual act of meaning-making during epochs of decay.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/holland-andrews-yuniya-edi-kwon-how-does-it-feel-to-look-at-nothing/2026-10-16/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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SUMMARY:Holland Andrews & yuniya edi kwon: How does it feel to look at nothing
DESCRIPTION:Using an improvised language of disintegration\, How does it feel to look at nothing is an embodied pre-origin story of a Deity of Nothingness. An opera of the elemental\, of pre-deities\, and illusions of containment\, this interdisciplinary performance emerges through a story of transitional states. Composer-performers\, multi-instrumentalists\, and vocalists Holland Andrews and yuniya edi kwon co-create this work of composition\, improvisation\, dance\, and ritual. Grounded in Holland and yuniya’s shared spiritual lineages and lives as partners\, the opera explores the forces and conditions that compel life’s emergence\, and the spiritual act of meaning-making during epochs of decay.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/holland-andrews-yuniya-edi-kwon-how-does-it-feel-to-look-at-nothing/2026-10-15/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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SUMMARY:The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee
DESCRIPTION: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 professional wrestling (Bill Goldberg). Using deadpan humor\, generosity\, and a low-vibrating mischievousness to facilitate and indulge the “what-ifs” of the live encounter\, Clayton guides the audience through his sexual history while conjuring and perhaps manifesting new fantasies at the exact same time. The Goldberg Variations is an unhinged and reckless deep dive into power dynamics\, sexual desire\, Domination/submission\, heartbreak\, vulnerability\, tenderness\, and the tensions that exist within.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-goldberg-variations-by-clayton-lee/2026-09-19/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T193000
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SUMMARY:The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee
DESCRIPTION: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 professional wrestling (Bill Goldberg). Using deadpan humor\, generosity\, and a low-vibrating mischievousness to facilitate and indulge the “what-ifs” of the live encounter\, Clayton guides the audience through his sexual history while conjuring and perhaps manifesting new fantasies at the exact same time. The Goldberg Variations is an unhinged and reckless deep dive into power dynamics\, sexual desire\, Domination/submission\, heartbreak\, vulnerability\, tenderness\, and the tensions that exist within.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-goldberg-variations-by-clayton-lee/2026-09-18/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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SUMMARY:The Goldberg Variations by Clayton Lee
DESCRIPTION: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 professional wrestling (Bill Goldberg). Using deadpan humor\, generosity\, and a low-vibrating mischievousness to facilitate and indulge the “what-ifs” of the live encounter\, Clayton guides the audience through his sexual history while conjuring and perhaps manifesting new fantasies at the exact same time. The Goldberg Variations is an unhinged and reckless deep dive into power dynamics\, sexual desire\, Domination/submission\, heartbreak\, vulnerability\, tenderness\, and the tensions that exist within.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-goldberg-variations-by-clayton-lee/2026-09-17/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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SUMMARY:NW New Works 2026
DESCRIPTION:Since 1983\, NW New Works has been a vibrant celebration of artists from all performance disciplines\, showcasing the dynamic arts community of the Pacific Northwest.\nNWNW has an extensive history of presenting emerging works\, with past festivals featuring renowned artists and groundbreaking performances that have left an indelible mark on the arts community\, including:\, Degenerate Art Ensemble\, zoe | juniper\, Wade Madsen\, Waxie Moon\, Amy O’Neal\, Peggy Piacenza\, Cherdonna Shinatra\, Kultur Shock\, Molly Sides\, dani tirrell\, Fox Whitney\, Keyes Wiley\, and many more. \nIn an effort to make the festival more equitable and responsive to the regional arts community\, we updated the festival model in 2025 to feature a selection process led by a curatorial cohort made up of regional artists\, educators\, and arts professionals. The new model also includes: higher\, more equitable artist fees; stipends for project development; rehearsal space; production support; and professional development sessions with our Marketing team. \nJoin us to experience bold new works from: \nSwim Pony – Seattle\, WA\nElegy for a Former Best Friend \nJoanne Park & Colby Mclean aka Ripcode aka Ghost Rexx – Vancouver\, B.C.\nIn an Adjoining Room \nMeysha Harville & Mare Hirsch – Seattle\, WA\ngig // assembly \nUndercurrent – Seattle\, WA\nSurface Tension \nTariq Mitri – Seattle\, WA\nwhole \nNaomi Deckard – Seattle\, WA\nThe Identity Ballgown \nNia-Amina Minor with The Black Ends– Seattle\, WA\nAntiq Black \nThe 2026 NWNW Festival will feature 7 new works\, curated by Rana San (intermedia artist and curator)\, ILVS STRAUSS (multi-disciplinary artist and NWNW 2025 participant)\, and Parmida Ziaei(multidisciplinary artist and designer). \nBig News! This year\, we’re experimenting with holding all performances on the Merrill Theater stage in one fell swoop. We think it will work\, let’s see what happens?! \nNWNW is made possible through generous support by John C. Robinson and Maya Sonenberg\, Norie Sato and Ralph Berry\, Raynier Foundation\, and The Tulalip Foundation.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/nw-new-works-2026/2026-06-06/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260530T172203Z
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SUMMARY:NW New Works 2026
DESCRIPTION:Since 1983\, NW New Works has been a vibrant celebration of artists from all performance disciplines\, showcasing the dynamic arts community of the Pacific Northwest.\nNWNW has an extensive history of presenting emerging works\, with past festivals featuring renowned artists and groundbreaking performances that have left an indelible mark on the arts community\, including:\, Degenerate Art Ensemble\, zoe | juniper\, Wade Madsen\, Waxie Moon\, Amy O’Neal\, Peggy Piacenza\, Cherdonna Shinatra\, Kultur Shock\, Molly Sides\, dani tirrell\, Fox Whitney\, Keyes Wiley\, and many more. \nIn an effort to make the festival more equitable and responsive to the regional arts community\, we updated the festival model in 2025 to feature a selection process led by a curatorial cohort made up of regional artists\, educators\, and arts professionals. The new model also includes: higher\, more equitable artist fees; stipends for project development; rehearsal space; production support; and professional development sessions with our Marketing team. \nJoin us to experience bold new works from: \nSwim Pony – Seattle\, WA\nElegy for a Former Best Friend \nJoanne Park & Colby Mclean aka Ripcode aka Ghost Rexx – Vancouver\, B.C.\nIn an Adjoining Room \nMeysha Harville & Mare Hirsch – Seattle\, WA\ngig // assembly \nUndercurrent – Seattle\, WA\nSurface Tension \nTariq Mitri – Seattle\, WA\nwhole \nNaomi Deckard – Seattle\, WA\nThe Identity Ballgown \nNia-Amina Minor with The Black Ends– Seattle\, WA\nAntiq Black \nThe 2026 NWNW Festival will feature 7 new works\, curated by Rana San (intermedia artist and curator)\, ILVS STRAUSS (multi-disciplinary artist and NWNW 2025 participant)\, and Parmida Ziaei(multidisciplinary artist and designer). \nBig News! This year\, we’re experimenting with holding all performances on the Merrill Theater stage in one fell swoop. We think it will work\, let’s see what happens?! \nNWNW is made possible through generous support by John C. Robinson and Maya Sonenberg\, Norie Sato and Ralph Berry\, Raynier Foundation\, and The Tulalip Foundation.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/nw-new-works-2026/2026-06-05/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T210000
DTSTAMP:20260530T172203Z
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SUMMARY:NW New Works 2026
DESCRIPTION:Since 1983\, NW New Works has been a vibrant celebration of artists from all performance disciplines\, showcasing the dynamic arts community of the Pacific Northwest.\nNWNW has an extensive history of presenting emerging works\, with past festivals featuring renowned artists and groundbreaking performances that have left an indelible mark on the arts community\, including:\, Degenerate Art Ensemble\, zoe | juniper\, Wade Madsen\, Waxie Moon\, Amy O’Neal\, Peggy Piacenza\, Cherdonna Shinatra\, Kultur Shock\, Molly Sides\, dani tirrell\, Fox Whitney\, Keyes Wiley\, and many more. \nIn an effort to make the festival more equitable and responsive to the regional arts community\, we updated the festival model in 2025 to feature a selection process led by a curatorial cohort made up of regional artists\, educators\, and arts professionals. The new model also includes: higher\, more equitable artist fees; stipends for project development; rehearsal space; production support; and professional development sessions with our Marketing team. \nJoin us to experience bold new works from: \nSwim Pony – Seattle\, WA\nElegy for a Former Best Friend \nJoanne Park & Colby Mclean aka Ripcode aka Ghost Rexx – Vancouver\, B.C.\nIn an Adjoining Room \nMeysha Harville & Mare Hirsch – Seattle\, WA\ngig // assembly \nUndercurrent – Seattle\, WA\nSurface Tension \nTariq Mitri – Seattle\, WA\nwhole \nNaomi Deckard – Seattle\, WA\nThe Identity Ballgown \nNia-Amina Minor with The Black Ends– Seattle\, WA\nAntiq Black \nThe 2026 NWNW Festival will feature 7 new works\, curated by Rana San (intermedia artist and curator)\, ILVS STRAUSS (multi-disciplinary artist and NWNW 2025 participant)\, and Parmida Ziaei(multidisciplinary artist and designer). \nBig News! This year\, we’re experimenting with holding all performances on the Merrill Theater stage in one fell swoop. We think it will work\, let’s see what happens?! \nNWNW is made possible through generous support by John C. Robinson and Maya Sonenberg\, Norie Sato and Ralph Berry\, Raynier Foundation\, and The Tulalip Foundation.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/nw-new-works-2026/2026-06-04/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260524T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260524T160000
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SUMMARY:The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow\, its history\, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence\, systemic oppression\, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted. \n\nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nPlease note that each performance day will present various works from the Insidious Trilogy. \nThe complete Trilogy performs over five days in a 2-act or 3-act rotating repertory format:\n\n\nWed. May 20\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief (two acts)\nThur. May 21\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Targeted (two acts)\nFri. May 22\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)\nSat.\, May 23\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted (three acts\, with a dinner break)\nSun. May 24\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-insidious-trilogy-a-theatrical-event/2026-05-24/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="Spectrum Dance Theater":MAILTO:staff@spectrumdance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260523T210000
DTSTAMP:20260305T053820Z
CREATED:20260305T053820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T053820Z
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SUMMARY:The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow\, its history\, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence\, systemic oppression\, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted. \n\nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nPlease note that each performance day will present various works from the Insidious Trilogy. \nThe complete Trilogy performs over five days in a 2-act or 3-act rotating repertory format:\n\n\nWed. May 20\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief (two acts)\nThur. May 21\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Targeted (two acts)\nFri. May 22\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)\nSat.\, May 23\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted (three acts\, with a dinner break)\nSun. May 24\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-insidious-trilogy-a-theatrical-event/2026-05-23/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="Spectrum Dance Theater":MAILTO:staff@spectrumdance.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260522T213000
DTSTAMP:20260305T053820Z
CREATED:20260305T053820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T053820Z
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SUMMARY:The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow\, its history\, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence\, systemic oppression\, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted. \n\nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nPlease note that each performance day will present various works from the Insidious Trilogy. \nThe complete Trilogy performs over five days in a 2-act or 3-act rotating repertory format:\n\n\nWed. May 20\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief (two acts)\nThur. May 21\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Targeted (two acts)\nFri. May 22\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)\nSat.\, May 23\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted (three acts\, with a dinner break)\nSun. May 24\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-insidious-trilogy-a-theatrical-event/2026-05-22/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="Spectrum Dance Theater":MAILTO:staff@spectrumdance.org
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260521T213000
DTSTAMP:20260305T053820Z
CREATED:20260305T053820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T053820Z
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SUMMARY:The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow\, its history\, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence\, systemic oppression\, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted. \n\nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nPlease note that each performance day will present various works from the Insidious Trilogy. \nThe complete Trilogy performs over five days in a 2-act or 3-act rotating repertory format:\n\n\nWed. May 20\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief (two acts)\nThur. May 21\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Targeted (two acts)\nFri. May 22\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)\nSat.\, May 23\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted (three acts\, with a dinner break)\nSun. May 24\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-insidious-trilogy-a-theatrical-event/2026-05-21/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="Spectrum Dance Theater":MAILTO:staff@spectrumdance.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260520T213000
DTSTAMP:20260305T053820Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260305T053820Z
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SUMMARY:The Insidious Trilogy: A THEATRICAL EVENT
DESCRIPTION:The centerpiece of the season will be the complete Insidious Trilogy. The Trilogy contemplates Jim Crow\, its history\, and its contemporary manifestations; it confronts America’s history of racial violence\, systemic oppression\, and deliberate forgetting. It is not merely a series of dances—it is a cultural intervention. The three works that make up the trilogy are Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted. \n\nPERFORMANCE SCHEDULE\nPlease note that each performance day will present various works from the Insidious Trilogy. \nThe complete Trilogy performs over five days in a 2-act or 3-act rotating repertory format:\n\n\nWed. May 20\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief (two acts)\nThur. May 21\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Targeted (two acts)\nFri. May 22\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)\nSat.\, May 23\, 2026: Strange Fruit\, Grief\, and Targeted (three acts\, with a dinner break)\nSun. May 24\, 2026: Targeted\, Grief (two acts)
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/the-insidious-trilogy-a-theatrical-event/2026-05-20/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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ORGANIZER;CN="Spectrum Dance Theater":MAILTO:staff@spectrumdance.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260509T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191159Z
CREATED:20260403T191159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T191159Z
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SUMMARY:Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
DESCRIPTION:Fauxnique wields a provocative\, wry framework of drag\, dance\, and philosophy to confront identity\, femininity\, and self-image.\nHow Do I Look? is the latest work from Monique Jenkinson/Fauxnique\, the multifaceted artist\, choreographer\, writer\, and performer best known as the first cisgender woman anywhere\, ever to be crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen. With her rigorous ballet training buried in the bottom of her artistic toolbox\, Jenkinson emerged out of a feminist\, postmodern\, improvisational dance lineage and into the nightclub scene. There\, she fashioned Fauxnique in a laboratory of liberatory radical queer performance\, reclaiming ballet and learning to use drag and theory as modes of inquiry and entertainment. Jenkinson brings this fluency to this latest work. \nNow she dons her drag queen guise and wields her unique combination of precise physicality\, irreverent humor\, and gutsy vulnerability to ask the most vain\, mundane\, and loaded question: How Do I Look? With it\, she digs past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception\, subjectivity\, identity\, and taste. How Do I Look? throws itself into the space—sometimes a chasm—between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us. As always\, Jenkinson’s work resists dogmatic answers and leans into philosophical modes of questioning\, considering the methodology of looking: by what means do we see the world and each other? By what means other than looking might we perceive each other\, art (especially works of art like this one)\, and the world? \nPart roast\, part dance\, part drag\, part stand-up\, part performance art\, this piece delves into an extreme close-up of the self. How Do I Look? poses a question that generates more questions—can I train myself to look without flinching\, without cringing? Can self-knowledge help me to know others? If I roast myself\, will you like me more? Is it even possible to roast myself? Do I really want to know?
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/fauxnique-how-do-i-look/2026-05-09/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Faux_HDIL_RobbieSweeny_closelookupjewellframe.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260508T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191159Z
CREATED:20260403T191159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T191159Z
UID:10015121-1778270400-1778277600@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
DESCRIPTION:Fauxnique wields a provocative\, wry framework of drag\, dance\, and philosophy to confront identity\, femininity\, and self-image.\nHow Do I Look? is the latest work from Monique Jenkinson/Fauxnique\, the multifaceted artist\, choreographer\, writer\, and performer best known as the first cisgender woman anywhere\, ever to be crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen. With her rigorous ballet training buried in the bottom of her artistic toolbox\, Jenkinson emerged out of a feminist\, postmodern\, improvisational dance lineage and into the nightclub scene. There\, she fashioned Fauxnique in a laboratory of liberatory radical queer performance\, reclaiming ballet and learning to use drag and theory as modes of inquiry and entertainment. Jenkinson brings this fluency to this latest work. \nNow she dons her drag queen guise and wields her unique combination of precise physicality\, irreverent humor\, and gutsy vulnerability to ask the most vain\, mundane\, and loaded question: How Do I Look? With it\, she digs past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception\, subjectivity\, identity\, and taste. How Do I Look? throws itself into the space—sometimes a chasm—between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us. As always\, Jenkinson’s work resists dogmatic answers and leans into philosophical modes of questioning\, considering the methodology of looking: by what means do we see the world and each other? By what means other than looking might we perceive each other\, art (especially works of art like this one)\, and the world? \nPart roast\, part dance\, part drag\, part stand-up\, part performance art\, this piece delves into an extreme close-up of the self. How Do I Look? poses a question that generates more questions—can I train myself to look without flinching\, without cringing? Can self-knowledge help me to know others? If I roast myself\, will you like me more? Is it even possible to roast myself? Do I really want to know?
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/fauxnique-how-do-i-look/2026-05-08/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Faux_HDIL_RobbieSweeny_closelookupjewellframe.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260507T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191159Z
CREATED:20260403T191159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260403T191159Z
UID:10015120-1778184000-1778191200@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Fauxnique: How Do I Look?
DESCRIPTION:Fauxnique wields a provocative\, wry framework of drag\, dance\, and philosophy to confront identity\, femininity\, and self-image.\nHow Do I Look? is the latest work from Monique Jenkinson/Fauxnique\, the multifaceted artist\, choreographer\, writer\, and performer best known as the first cisgender woman anywhere\, ever to be crowned as a pageant-winning drag queen. With her rigorous ballet training buried in the bottom of her artistic toolbox\, Jenkinson emerged out of a feminist\, postmodern\, improvisational dance lineage and into the nightclub scene. There\, she fashioned Fauxnique in a laboratory of liberatory radical queer performance\, reclaiming ballet and learning to use drag and theory as modes of inquiry and entertainment. Jenkinson brings this fluency to this latest work. \nNow she dons her drag queen guise and wields her unique combination of precise physicality\, irreverent humor\, and gutsy vulnerability to ask the most vain\, mundane\, and loaded question: How Do I Look? With it\, she digs past glossy platitudes and flattering exaggerations into the hot mess of perception\, subjectivity\, identity\, and taste. How Do I Look? throws itself into the space—sometimes a chasm—between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us. As always\, Jenkinson’s work resists dogmatic answers and leans into philosophical modes of questioning\, considering the methodology of looking: by what means do we see the world and each other? By what means other than looking might we perceive each other\, art (especially works of art like this one)\, and the world? \nPart roast\, part dance\, part drag\, part stand-up\, part performance art\, this piece delves into an extreme close-up of the self. How Do I Look? poses a question that generates more questions—can I train myself to look without flinching\, without cringing? Can self-knowledge help me to know others? If I roast myself\, will you like me more? Is it even possible to roast myself? Do I really want to know?
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/fauxnique-how-do-i-look/2026-05-07/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Faux_HDIL_RobbieSweeny_closelookupjewellframe.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260328T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173838Z
CREATED:20250929T173838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173838Z
UID:10014452-1774728000-1774735200@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Amy O'Neal: Again\, There Is No Other (The Remix)
DESCRIPTION:A ritual of femme power and connection rooted in two decades of research and participation in street and contemporary dance cultures.\nAgain\, There Is No Other (The Remix) is a dark and joyful ritual merging street dance forms and contemporary dance. The work interrogates fear of the Feminine in patriarchal culture\, asking: If perceptions of race and gender are inseparable\, can we be a post-gender society when we are far from a post-race society? \nThrough hybridizing the nightclub\, the cypher (the circle)\, and the theater\, five physically multilingual\, femme-identified dancers explore touch\, support\, the imperative of connection\, the tensions of identity\, and the embrace of difference.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/amy-oneal-again-there-is-no-other-the-remix/2026-03-28/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77CAmyO27Neil1byErinO27Reilly.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260327T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260327T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173838Z
CREATED:20250929T173838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173838Z
UID:10014451-1774641600-1774648800@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Amy O'Neal: Again\, There Is No Other (The Remix)
DESCRIPTION:A ritual of femme power and connection rooted in two decades of research and participation in street and contemporary dance cultures.\nAgain\, There Is No Other (The Remix) is a dark and joyful ritual merging street dance forms and contemporary dance. The work interrogates fear of the Feminine in patriarchal culture\, asking: If perceptions of race and gender are inseparable\, can we be a post-gender society when we are far from a post-race society? \nThrough hybridizing the nightclub\, the cypher (the circle)\, and the theater\, five physically multilingual\, femme-identified dancers explore touch\, support\, the imperative of connection\, the tensions of identity\, and the embrace of difference.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/amy-oneal-again-there-is-no-other-the-remix/2026-03-27/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77CAmyO27Neil1byErinO27Reilly.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260326T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173838Z
CREATED:20250929T173838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173838Z
UID:10014450-1774555200-1774562400@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Amy O'Neal: Again\, There Is No Other (The Remix)
DESCRIPTION:A ritual of femme power and connection rooted in two decades of research and participation in street and contemporary dance cultures.\nAgain\, There Is No Other (The Remix) is a dark and joyful ritual merging street dance forms and contemporary dance. The work interrogates fear of the Feminine in patriarchal culture\, asking: If perceptions of race and gender are inseparable\, can we be a post-gender society when we are far from a post-race society? \nThrough hybridizing the nightclub\, the cypher (the circle)\, and the theater\, five physically multilingual\, femme-identified dancers explore touch\, support\, the imperative of connection\, the tensions of identity\, and the embrace of difference.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/amy-oneal-again-there-is-no-other-the-remix/2026-03-26/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/77CAmyO27Neil1byErinO27Reilly.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260221T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260207T014402Z
CREATED:20260207T014402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T014402Z
UID:10015010-1771704000-1771709400@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Rose: You Are What You Eat
DESCRIPTION:A genre-defying musical shrine to queer identity and transformation invites us into an irreverent feast of gender\, memory\, and grief.\nOnce upon a vine\, Rose Jarboe’s aunt revealed that Rose not only had a twin sister in the womb\, but that she consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for Rose to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin\, Rose welcomes you into a feast of gender through song\, storytelling\, and a full plate of wordplay. \nCreated in partnership with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Featuring all original music written in collaboration with Emily Bate\, Rose Jarboe\, and Pax Ressler. \n“As queer folx\, however we identify\, we are always in dynamic tension between being who we are authentically and the tyranny of respectability: fitting in by making ourselves more palatable\, more recognizable to a cis-het society in order to get through the day\, escape harassment\, and for some of us\, just to survive. I don’t pass. I don’t fit into a clean\, commercialized narrative of transition. What I love about the story of Rose is that it is unmistakably disrespectful\, pretty tasteless\, and entirely me.”\n– Rose Jarboe \nContent Transparency\nThis performance includes themes of fetal mortality and growing up queer in Michigan in the 90s\, some graphic eating imagery\, and cannibal humor.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/rose-you-are-what-you-eat/2026-02-21/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/67CRose_LM_StevenPisano.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260220T213000
DTSTAMP:20260207T014402Z
CREATED:20260207T014402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T014402Z
UID:10015009-1771617600-1771623000@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Rose: You Are What You Eat
DESCRIPTION:A genre-defying musical shrine to queer identity and transformation invites us into an irreverent feast of gender\, memory\, and grief.\nOnce upon a vine\, Rose Jarboe’s aunt revealed that Rose not only had a twin sister in the womb\, but that she consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for Rose to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin\, Rose welcomes you into a feast of gender through song\, storytelling\, and a full plate of wordplay. \nCreated in partnership with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Featuring all original music written in collaboration with Emily Bate\, Rose Jarboe\, and Pax Ressler. \n“As queer folx\, however we identify\, we are always in dynamic tension between being who we are authentically and the tyranny of respectability: fitting in by making ourselves more palatable\, more recognizable to a cis-het society in order to get through the day\, escape harassment\, and for some of us\, just to survive. I don’t pass. I don’t fit into a clean\, commercialized narrative of transition. What I love about the story of Rose is that it is unmistakably disrespectful\, pretty tasteless\, and entirely me.”\n– Rose Jarboe \nContent Transparency\nThis performance includes themes of fetal mortality and growing up queer in Michigan in the 90s\, some graphic eating imagery\, and cannibal humor.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/rose-you-are-what-you-eat/2026-02-20/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/67CRose_LM_StevenPisano.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260219T213000
DTSTAMP:20260207T014402Z
CREATED:20260207T014402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T014402Z
UID:10015008-1771531200-1771536600@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Rose: You Are What You Eat
DESCRIPTION:A genre-defying musical shrine to queer identity and transformation invites us into an irreverent feast of gender\, memory\, and grief.\nOnce upon a vine\, Rose Jarboe’s aunt revealed that Rose not only had a twin sister in the womb\, but that she consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for Rose to swallow! In this musical shrine to the consumed twin\, Rose welcomes you into a feast of gender through song\, storytelling\, and a full plate of wordplay. \nCreated in partnership with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. Featuring all original music written in collaboration with Emily Bate\, Rose Jarboe\, and Pax Ressler. \n“As queer folx\, however we identify\, we are always in dynamic tension between being who we are authentically and the tyranny of respectability: fitting in by making ourselves more palatable\, more recognizable to a cis-het society in order to get through the day\, escape harassment\, and for some of us\, just to survive. I don’t pass. I don’t fit into a clean\, commercialized narrative of transition. What I love about the story of Rose is that it is unmistakably disrespectful\, pretty tasteless\, and entirely me.”\n– Rose Jarboe \nContent Transparency\nThis performance includes themes of fetal mortality and growing up queer in Michigan in the 90s\, some graphic eating imagery\, and cannibal humor.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/rose-you-are-what-you-eat/2026-02-19/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/67CRose_LM_StevenPisano.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173407Z
CREATED:20250929T173407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173407Z
UID:10014449-1769889600-1769896800@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in deep cultural memory and archival research\, six Black femmes channel the power and poetry of majorette dance in a fierce investigation of memory\, sensuality\, and pride.\nMAJOR is a dance theater project exploring the physicality\, history\, sociopolitics\, and interiority of majorette dance\, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960s. These Black femme teams\, accompanied by marching bands\, created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count\, undulation\, groove\, and sensual yet strong performativity. \nIn MAJOR\, six Black femmes embrace majorette form—a fundamental relic of Black girlhood—to pursue the intimate journey of returning to bodies they thought lost. Experiments in improvised and verbatim language intertwine with a music score that integrates Southern rap\, horns\, drumlines\, and melodic R&B and soul by Lambkin. \nThe Chord Archive is showcased alongside performances\, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process\, and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. \nA fierce investigation of physical memory\, sexuality\, sensuality\, and community\, MAJOR is a nuanced love letter to the folks who taught the team how to be proudly Black and proudly femme.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/ogemdi-ude-major/2026-01-31/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NYLA_LA25_Ogemdi_Ude_Baranova-0361copy.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260130T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260130T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173407Z
CREATED:20250929T173407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173407Z
UID:10014448-1769803200-1769810400@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in deep cultural memory and archival research\, six Black femmes channel the power and poetry of majorette dance in a fierce investigation of memory\, sensuality\, and pride.\nMAJOR is a dance theater project exploring the physicality\, history\, sociopolitics\, and interiority of majorette dance\, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960s. These Black femme teams\, accompanied by marching bands\, created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count\, undulation\, groove\, and sensual yet strong performativity. \nIn MAJOR\, six Black femmes embrace majorette form—a fundamental relic of Black girlhood—to pursue the intimate journey of returning to bodies they thought lost. Experiments in improvised and verbatim language intertwine with a music score that integrates Southern rap\, horns\, drumlines\, and melodic R&B and soul by Lambkin. \nThe Chord Archive is showcased alongside performances\, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process\, and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. \nA fierce investigation of physical memory\, sexuality\, sensuality\, and community\, MAJOR is a nuanced love letter to the folks who taught the team how to be proudly Black and proudly femme.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/ogemdi-ude-major/2026-01-30/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NYLA_LA25_Ogemdi_Ude_Baranova-0361copy.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260129T220000
DTSTAMP:20250929T173407Z
CREATED:20250929T173407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T173407Z
UID:10014447-1769716800-1769724000@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR
DESCRIPTION:Rooted in deep cultural memory and archival research\, six Black femmes channel the power and poetry of majorette dance in a fierce investigation of memory\, sensuality\, and pride.\nMAJOR is a dance theater project exploring the physicality\, history\, sociopolitics\, and interiority of majorette dance\, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960s. These Black femme teams\, accompanied by marching bands\, created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count\, undulation\, groove\, and sensual yet strong performativity. \nIn MAJOR\, six Black femmes embrace majorette form—a fundamental relic of Black girlhood—to pursue the intimate journey of returning to bodies they thought lost. Experiments in improvised and verbatim language intertwine with a music score that integrates Southern rap\, horns\, drumlines\, and melodic R&B and soul by Lambkin. \nThe Chord Archive is showcased alongside performances\, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process\, and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. \nA fierce investigation of physical memory\, sexuality\, sensuality\, and community\, MAJOR is a nuanced love letter to the folks who taught the team how to be proudly Black and proudly femme.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/ogemdi-ude-major/2026-01-29/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NYLA_LA25_Ogemdi_Ude_Baranova-0361copy.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251220T220000
DTSTAMP:20250815T225711Z
CREATED:20250815T225711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T225711Z
UID:10014018-1766260800-1766268000@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:In Tandem: A Trio of Duets
DESCRIPTION:featuring:\nBebe Miller with Angie Hauser & Darrell Jones\nMaurya Kerr/tinypistol\nRachael Lincoln & Leslie Seiters\nAn evening of three duets by visionary artists\, built on long-term creative partnerships.\nFrom improvisation and playful experiments\, to a soft collision with movement\, each work has a distinct choreographic style. The evening asks us to consider different modes of relation: between artists\, across decades\, in conversation with lineage\, and with embodied inquiry.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/in-tandem-a-trio-of-duets/2025-12-20/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/47CBebeMiller.DanspaceProject.IndifferentForest_2024.0byRachelKeane.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251219T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251219T220000
DTSTAMP:20250815T225711Z
CREATED:20250815T225711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T225711Z
UID:10014017-1766174400-1766181600@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:In Tandem: A Trio of Duets
DESCRIPTION:featuring:\nBebe Miller with Angie Hauser & Darrell Jones\nMaurya Kerr/tinypistol\nRachael Lincoln & Leslie Seiters\nAn evening of three duets by visionary artists\, built on long-term creative partnerships.\nFrom improvisation and playful experiments\, to a soft collision with movement\, each work has a distinct choreographic style. The evening asks us to consider different modes of relation: between artists\, across decades\, in conversation with lineage\, and with embodied inquiry.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/in-tandem-a-trio-of-duets/2025-12-19/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/47CBebeMiller.DanspaceProject.IndifferentForest_2024.0byRachelKeane.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251218T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251218T220000
DTSTAMP:20250815T225711Z
CREATED:20250815T225711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T225711Z
UID:10014016-1766088000-1766095200@seattledances.com
SUMMARY:In Tandem: A Trio of Duets
DESCRIPTION:featuring:\nBebe Miller with Angie Hauser & Darrell Jones\nMaurya Kerr/tinypistol\nRachael Lincoln & Leslie Seiters\nAn evening of three duets by visionary artists\, built on long-term creative partnerships.\nFrom improvisation and playful experiments\, to a soft collision with movement\, each work has a distinct choreographic style. The evening asks us to consider different modes of relation: between artists\, across decades\, in conversation with lineage\, and with embodied inquiry.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/in-tandem-a-trio-of-duets/2025-12-18/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://seattledances.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/47CBebeMiller.DanspaceProject.IndifferentForest_2024.0byRachelKeane.webp
ORGANIZER;CN="On the Boards":MAILTO:info@ontheboards.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251011T220000
DTSTAMP:20250815T225436Z
CREATED:20250815T225436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T225436Z
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SUMMARY:Eiko Otake & Wen Hui: What Is War
DESCRIPTION:Dance luminaries Wen Hui and Eiko Otake create a complex tapestry of language\, movement\, and video to share their personal memories related to war.\nWen Hui (b.1960) is Chinese and currently working in Europe. She grew up in China during the Cultural Revolution. Eiko Otake (b.1952) is Japanese and lives in New York. She grew up in post-war Japan. Both are female performers/choreographers\, and filmmakers. \nIn January 2020\, Eiko visited Wen Hui in China for a month. It was where the artists began examining the personal memories they hold in their bodies. The pandemic obliged the artists to continue their dialogue at a distance. The process of co-editing a feature-length documentary film\, No Rule Is Our Rule\, that documented their time together in China\, led them to work together physically in the U.S. to co-create this new performance work. During creative residencies at Duke University\, Colorado College\, and Mass MOCA\, the collaborators also uncovered and learned new knowledge about war that continues to affect them deeply. \nIn this project\, Wen Hui and Eiko Otake create a complex tapestry of language\, movement\, and video to share their personal memories related to war. As they move together\, their bodies intimately support and absorb each other’s stories\, inviting the audience to consider their own relationship to war on both a historic and personal scale.
URL:https://seattledances.com/event/eiko-otake-wen-hui-what-is-war/2025-10-11/
LOCATION:On the Boards\, 100 West Roy St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
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