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Delicate Dance for the Pacific Northwest Ballet

Delicate Dance for the Pacific Northwest Ballet

At PNB, the pandemic has brought on Zoom fittings and tight turnarounds.

It’s no secret that the pandemic has devastated arts organizations. A recent study by Seattle-based ArtsFund found that 73% of arts organizations throughout the region had laid off or furloughed employees because of Covid-19. Arts groups pivoted quickly, with 100% of respondents transitioning to digital programming. Pacific Northwest Ballet quickly shifted to a six-performance digital season….

Spectrum Dance Theater Explores an Imagined Future

Spectrum Dance Theater Explores an Imagined Future

The Race and Climate Change Festival is "rooted in a belief that human beings will find a way to survive."

Spectrum’s upcoming festival includes a site-specific work at Madrona Beach, choreographed by Donald Byrd

Stories from Seattle: Dance Artist Kaitlin McCarthy on Coping with Coronavirus while Pregnant

Stories from Seattle: Dance Artist Kaitlin McCarthy on Coping with Coronavirus while Pregnant

"Dancing my way through the crowd, a spontaneous clapping and stomping erupted on the beat. One perfect moment of togetherness that, it turns out, may have been our last for a long while."

Kaitlin McCarthy dances with the audience of her show ‘Gender Reveal Party: a dance show,’ at Velocity Dance Center

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

I want to see satisfying comeuppance, dystopian satire and more dance than one heart can handle

Grupo Corpo

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sarah Galvin, Elby Brosch and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sarah Galvin, Elby Brosch and More

Gear up for a week full of experimental craziness and journalistic excellence

Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre, Natasha Marin’s Book Launch and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre, Natasha Marin’s Book Launch and More

Four standout local arts events you shouldn’t miss

Allison Standley in ‘She Loves Me’ at Village Theatre

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ ‘Dance Nation’ at WET and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ ‘Dance Nation’ at WET and More

5 shows I’m (hopefully) seeing this week, and I think you should too

The cast of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

5 Shows I’m (Hopefully) Seeing This Week, and I Think You Should Too

5 Shows I’m (Hopefully) Seeing This Week, and I Think You Should Too

‘Reparations’ at Sound Theatre Company, the first Joketeller’s Union of 2020 and more

Anne Allgood as Julia Child in ‘Bon Appétit: The Julia Child Show’ at The Rendezvous

Frye Art Museum Fetes Seattle Choreographer Donald Byrd with a Retrospective

Frye Art Museum Fetes Seattle Choreographer Donald Byrd with a Retrospective

The exhibit will explore his life and work

This article appears in print in the October 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. To mark his 70th birthday and a body of work that has covered subjects from musicals to race relations (sometimes at the same time, as in his Tony-nominated dance for The Color Purple), the Frye Art Museum is honoring Seattle-based choreographer and Spectrum Dance…

Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius: 'The Sun Still Burns Here' Debuts at The Moore

Kate Wallich + The YC x Perfume Genius: ‘The Sun Still Burns Here’ Debuts at The Moore

Local creatives combine soulful choreography with transcendent tunes in this much anticipated show—it’s deep, it’s erotic and it’s exactly what we want

From left to right: David Harvey, Thomas House, Mike Hadreas of Perfume Genius, Lavinia Vago, Alan Wyffels of Perfume Genius, Andrew Bartee, Kate Wallich

4 Seattle-Area Dance Performances Not to Miss

4 Seattle-Area Dance Performances Not to Miss

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The Stone Dance Collective in “Carbon Black and Fiber” presented at Chop Shop 2016

W'him's '3x3': 3 Renown Choreographers, 3 New Works

W’him’s ‘3×3’: 3 Renown Choreographers, 3 New Works

The Seattle dance company opens its 2019 season with multiple original performances

LIGHTS, ACTION: Whim W’him dancers rehearse Yin Yue’s to-be-named new dance work; the piece will be performed along with two others this month

Playful, Heartfelt 'A Dance For Dark Horses' to Premiere at Velocity Dance Center

Playful, Heartfelt ‘A Dance For Dark Horses’ to Premiere at Velocity Dance Center

Seattle choreographer Kim Lusk's work riffs on a quirky cowboy lineage

bodies in motion Kim Lusk’s playful, heartfelt A Dance for Dark Horses debuts this month at Velocity

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