Peggy Piacenza’s ‘The Event’ weaves dance, short film, song
Choreographer Peggy Piacenza’s new work, “The Event,” is an evening of contemporary dance, short film and song tackling the meaning of life, the inevitability of...
Shura Baryshnikov’s dance collective opens Seattle International Dance Festival
This year’s festival, from June 10-25, puts the spotlight on contemporary dance.
Alvin Ailey’s company returns, and brings a free youth dance camp
Dancing toward justice: The great American dance company comes back to Seattle this month with work by Ailey, Robert Battle and a new, hip-hop-inflected work...
‘There are no words’: Kidd Pivot brings a dance about shock and recovery to the Moore Theatre
Daring but beloved choreographer Crystal Pite brings “Betroffenheit” — about the shock of loss, free-fall into addiction and coming back from its abyss — to...
‘PYLON’: The dance performance that watches you back
The watchers become the watched in “PYLON,” a dance performance at Olympic Sculpture Park that reacts to — and records — its audience.
Dancing with Siri: ‘Her Name is Isaac’ by dance company The Three Yells
“Her Name is Isaac” by dance company The Three Yells — with a cameo by Apple’s Siri — deals with tech, gender and matrilineal societies...
How Trisha Brown changed the way we think about dance VIEW
Trisha Brown, an Aberdeen native who became a renowned choreographer working with artists like John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg, gets a 50-year retrospective at UW’s...
Tired of ‘Nutcracker’? Try the raucous, rocking ‘Buttcracker’
Local choreographers lampoon holiday treacle with “The Buttcracker,” an adult-themed “Nutcracker” set to a heavy-metal soundtrack.
Loss, urban change and raw eggs at Next Fest NW dance festival
Velocity Dance Center’s annual festival is the research-and-development wing of Seattle’s dance scene. This year’s theme is “utopia” — and how Seattle is changing.