Tag: contemporary

Getting In On the Ground Floor with zoe | juniper
Arts & Entertainment, Dance

Getting In On the Ground Floor with zoe | juniper

Last Friday night, after a few Euros (shot of Fernet and a Radeberger) at St. John’s, I was lying flat on my back trying to keep the people I saw from spinning. I was having no luck, though, because I was watching a dance performance (of sorts: It was also an experiment, research, and rehearsal). Zoe | juniper’s “No one to witness and adjust, Study #4” took place in a small studio at Velocity Dance Center. Continue reading Getting In On the Ground Floor with zoe | juniper

At Spectrum, Works from Wevers, Spaeth & Byrd
Arts & Entertainment, Dance

At Spectrum, Works from Wevers, Spaeth & Byrd

This weekend and next, Spectrum Dance Theater hosts in its Lake Washington studio fellow choreographers Olivier Wevers (founder of Whim W’Him) and Crispin Spaeth. The Fall Studio Series also includes a world premiere from Spectrum’s Donald Byrd. Opening night is already sold out.

The Stranger suggests you make time to see it. Actually, everyone does, including us. Continue reading At Spectrum, Works from Wevers, Spaeth & Byrd

11 Minutes of Jumping & More at Catherine Cabeen’s Velocity Dance Show
Arts & Entertainment, Dance

11 Minutes of Jumping & More at Catherine Cabeen’s Velocity Dance Show

The relationship of music and dance is a theme of the evening, of sorts, as Cabeen explained that one of the three world premieres that Catherine Cabine & Co. is presenting, “On the Way Out,” is choreographed site specifically: Mathis performs on the kora, but he’s “out of the pit” (as Cabeen puts it), situated up front while Lustbader’s dancing is seen only through doorways at the end of room. Continue reading 11 Minutes of Jumping & More at Catherine Cabeen’s Velocity Dance Show