Dance

home This new site-specific dance work by Seattle choreographer Freya Wormus with music by Kathleen Tracy offers a “quiet yet compelling experience of sadness, lightness, comfort, and transformation.” Sturgus Park, 904 Sturgus Ave. S. Free. 2 p.m. Sat., July 20–Sun., July 21.

Wandering and Wondering Joan Laage directs this butoh dance event, which disperses dancers and musicians throughout the park. Of last year’s event, Sandra Kurtz wrote, “You’ll be able to feel your blood pressure drop and your shoulders un-kink. The garden is designed for contemplation, which makes it a natural setting for a butoh performance, the eccentrically beautiful 20th-century Japanese dance form that can take slowness to an entirely new level. Laage’s thoughtful exploration of that environment makes us all more aware of our feet on the ground, our head in the sky, and the rest of our body somewhere in between.” Kubota Garden, 9817 55th Ave. S., kubotagarden.org. Free. Noon–2 p.m. Sat., July 20.

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Umami Dance SEE REVIEW, PAGE TK.

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Summer Dance at the Center SEE THE WIRE, PAGE TK.