The Project Six (at ACT Theatre through March 30) program is a little shorter than anticipated (a third work had to be dropped due to a dancer’s injury), but it still makes for a fully satisfying evening of dance. The two works by choreographer Jason Ohlberg, Departure from 5th and Gloria, reward close attention. Continue reading At Seattle Dance Project, Jason Ohlberg Muses on Joy and Death
How much contemporary dance can you take in? This weekend it’s the BOOST Dance Festival (Friday to Sunday), Seattle Dance Project’s Jason Ohlberg showcase (Friday and Saturday), and the final performances of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Modern Masterpieces (Thursday to Sunday). Continue reading Dance Like It’s a Three-Day Weekend
The music was glorious. From the Medici wedding came the “Ballo del gran duca” by Cavalieri, performed by all the singers who joined with the dancers who wove around and between them, swirling with flowing arms. The dancers, Elizabeth Cooper, Alexandra Dickson, and Ellie Sandstrom, brought finely trained bodies to the choreography, which was more timeless in style. Continue reading Note to Pacific MusicWorks & SDP: Bring Back “Wayward Sisters”
Who am I to disagree with Sandra Kurtz, when she calls out the success of Hutchinson’s Liebe, Lust und Liede? So I won’t. Hutchinson is a founding member of the Mark Morris Dance Company, which is at this point in modern dance a lot like being a Knight of the Round Table. Using Brahms’ Liebeslieder waltzes — which in turn employ lyrical poetic outcries sung live by Inverse Opera–Hutchinson stages a formal dinner party where the tensions of love and attraction refuse to remain subtextual. Continue reading Seattle Dance Project’s 5th Program Takes on Brahms & Body Image
Opening night of “Project 3” (two more shows, February 5 and 6) from the Seattle Dance Project was a leggy … Continue reading Seattle Dance Project’s “Project 3” Makes You Lean In (Photo Gallery)
