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Crowdsourced Choreography
Mark Haim’s ‘Parts to a Sum’ exemplifies how choreographers are relinquishing control in the name of collaboration.
Sandra Kurtz
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On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center’s New Performative Horizons
The local arts institutions continue to push creative bounds under changing leadership.
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The Kinesthetic Truth of Jerome Robbins
Pacific Northwest Ballet opens its season with a centennial celebration of legendary choreographer.
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Young Feet and Old Steps
‘DANCE This’ connects young performers with their peers and their cultural traditions of movement.
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Seattle Dance Festival Takeover
June boast two of the most innovative events on the local performance calendar.
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The Bleeding of Ballet
Technique and transgression fill stages this spring as two styles become one.
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Fifty Years Later, George Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’ Is Still Iconic
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production ramps up the splendor with beautiful new staging and costumes.
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A Grand Jeté for Gender
Local dance companies aim to fix the art’s centuries-old imbalances between men and women.
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At Sculptured Dance, Choreographers Create Movements Around Immobile Objects
For the second year, dancers are turning the Olympic Sculpture Park into their stage.
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In ‘Restless Creature,’ a Portrait of Pain and Meaning
In conversation and in movement, the documentary captures a defining moment in the life of storied dancer Wendy…
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In ‘(Im)PULSE,’ Spectrum Dance Theater Confronts the Dark Side of the Rainbow
Donald Byrd’s newest illustrates the dangers of being queer in America on stage.
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A Bittersweet Ending to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season
The company’s final show also marks the final performance of two long-term dancers.
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Cherdonna Shinatra Invades a Classic
Washington Ensemble’s take on “A Doll’s House” gets a meta drag interloper.
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Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Latest Program Adapts and Redeploys Numbers From Musical Theater
Ballet meets Broadway.
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K.T. Niehoff’s Exceptional ‘Before We Flew Like Birds, We Flew Like Clouds’ Lauds Exceptional Humans
The multimedia show examines what it’s like to be on the edge of extraordinary physical experience.
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In ‘Director’s Choice,’ Pacific Northwest Ballet Moves From Darkness to Light
The company’s latest features dark, ominous work as well as sunset-inspired pastels.
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Ten Years Later, Chop Shop Is Still a Success
The seasoned mixed-rep dance festival is celebrating its anniversary with a program of audience favorites.
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The Multimedia Flight of K.T. Niehoff’s “Before We Flew Like Birds, We Flew Like Clouds”
Incorporating dance, virtual reality, installation and audio, the complex piece explores other bodies.
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‘Shot’ Brings the Reality of Police Shootings to the Stage, and Honors Those Lost
Spectrum Dance Theater’s production mixes high-intensity choreography with harrowing recordings.
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Three Holiday Variety Shows You Probably Shouldn’t Take Young Children To
‘Homo for the Holidays,’ ‘Land of the Sweets,’ and ‘The Buttcracker’ will make you go ho-ho-woah.