Cherdonna shows there's more than one way to be a woman
The woman with the dirty-blonde pixie cut sits before a mirror. Plastic bags with jars of yellow foundation and purple and blue glitters sit in front of her. Nine makeup brushes are lined up, waiting...
View ArticleMeet Seattle's real life Billy Elliot
The hit musical, “Billy Elliot,” tells the story of a British coal miner’s son who dreams of being a ballet dancer. Billy has to keep that dream secret from from his family and most of his friends, or...
View ArticleJoin KUOW at On the Boards!
Join Marcie Sillman for the second Front Row Center of our 2016-2017 Season at On the Board’s "Clear and Sweet." Experience a fusion of dance and live vocals created by Seattle-based dance and visual...
View ArticleSeattle's hardest working dancers you've never heard of
Rock stars have back up bands. Most Broadway musicals have a chorus. The ballet version of these supporting artists is the corps de ballet; "corps" is French for body.
View ArticleHard corps: The baddest dancers you never heard of
Gorgeous photos and gifs of Pacific Northwest Ballet's corps de ballet.
View ArticleCheck out this bhangra by the beach, Nova Scotia style
Bhangra is a style of both music and dance that's popular in the Punjab region of India. But a new bhangra video that went viral has a distinctly different backdrop: Peggy's Cove, in the Canadian...
View ArticleAt age 64, it's okay to own your expertise
We live in a culture that values being young and hip, but there’s something to be said for age and experience. Just ask Seattle artist Mary Sheldon Scott.
View ArticleHer work doesn’t fit on one stage; it floats all around you
Seattle artist KT Niehoff and her good friend Michele Miller moved to Seattle 25 years ago. They came west from New York to dance with acclaimed choreographer Pat Graney. They had youthful enthusiasm,...
View ArticleBallerina Misty Copeland on ‘rebuilding this broken girl’
Ballerina Misty Copeland started her dance training at the late age of 13. Nonetheless, she was soon recognized as a prodigy and rose quickly to opportunity and success. In 2015, she became the first...
View ArticleDancers struggle to obtain visas for Seattle festival
Organizers of the Seattle International Dance Festival said it’s more challenging to get visas for artists in 2017 than before.
View ArticleBailadores de Bronce: 'We want to be an example of the best that Mexico has...
Adrian Olivas is a small, soft-spoken man who makes his living as a horticulturalist, nurturing plant life of all kinds. But three evenings a week, Olivas swaps his garden tools for a pair of dancing...
View ArticleA longtime partnership reunites, to Seattle's dancing delight
Lucien Postlewaite remembers exactly how he felt the first time he danced with Noelani Pantastico. “I was this young boy,” he recalls. “I’d always admired Noe’s dancing. The first time she talked to me...
View ArticleBhangra and skateboarding: 'I can do my own thing and that’s fine with me'
Two stories on our podcast this week about Seattleites breaking free and breaking stereotypes: Jesse Weinstock is an avid skater. “Most of my best friends I met through skateboarding. My oldest friend,...
View ArticleIn a time of unrest, dancing with love to heal all wounds
One of them went viral in a collaboration with Yo Yo Ma; the other played Michael Jackson for the Cirque du Soleil. But you might know dancers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz best for their collaboration on the...
View ArticleChoreographer Bill T. Jones on dance, life and 'a space that is a memory space'
"Art is going to save us, right?" Choreographer Bill T. Jones opens his talk. He says it’s not a laugh line. His answer is sobering. In the iconoclastic world of modern dance, Bill T. Jones has long...
View ArticleSeattle tap studio blends dance with social justice
The Northwest Tap Connection dance studio is tucked away in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood. But it’s more than just a dance studio; it’s also a space for conversations about race, identity and...
View ArticleIn hula, the clothes tell a story
There’s a rule to watching hula: Pay attention to the dancer’s hands to understand the story. But Kumu Hula `Iwalani Christian said the hands alone won't tell you everything you need to know: Clothing...
View ArticleHula is way more than grass skirts, as these dancers will show you
When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to tell was his former hula partner, Sweetie...
View ArticleIn South Park, these kids learn the dances of Mexico
Drive south on Highway 99 and you’ll go straight through the middle of Seattle’s South Park neighborhood.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Behind the scenes at Sea Gals tryouts
The 2018 Sea Gals squad has been determined. Of the 52 Sea Gals hopefuls that competed on Sunday during the final round of auditions, only 28 dancers made the team.
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