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Top 5 things to do in Seattle this June
Members of the Central Area Senior Center Sliders Dance Group learn some West African moves at the November World Dance Party. The World Dance Party held at the Filipino Community Center in November....
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Everybody Dance Now: The Moore’s Global Party demos diverse dance cultures
Seattle dancers representing Brazil, Benin, Chile, Scotland, Korea and India share the stage in the Global Party collaborative finale. (Photo by Jane Koh) Last Friday night, the stage of The Moore...
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Seattle burlesque shows embrace “the brown and the round”
Burlesque performer Briq House produces Shuga Shaq, a monthly revue featuring performers of color. (Photo by PDX Boudoir Photos for Briq House.) A woman dressed in white with a fake fur stole and big...
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Spectrum’s #RACEish series talks about blackness through dance
Spectrum Dance Theater performs Donald Byrd’s “The Minstrel Show Revisited.” (Photo by Nate Watters) Just as the theater lights dimmed, actors Julie Briskman, playing anthropologist Margaret Mead, and...
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QTPOC parties are necessary (here are five coming up this month!)
(Courtesy of Night Crush Facebook page) In the wake of Orlando, our hearts are heavy. It’s time to stop debating/pontificating/arguing whether “Safe Spaces” are necessary. Not only are they necessary,...
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Photos: Drill teams put the sparkle in Seattle summer
Members of the Elegance Drill Team pause in the middle of a performance. (Photo by Susan Fried) On almost every summertime weekend you can find a parade somewhere in Seattle. You might spot anything...
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Positive Disruption: Donald Byrd is the 2016 Globalist of the Year
Donald Byrd performing in The Minstrel Show Revisited. (Photo by Ian Douglas) “The universe does not allow me to stay in comfort zones for extended periods of time,” Donald Byrd told me, sitting in an...
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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre fuses Taiwan traditions and contemporary dance
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. (Photo by U Chen-Hsiang.) Considered one of the finest contemporary dance companies in the world, Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s tour of the Pacific Northwest...
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“A Night at The Forbidden City” draws on legacy of Asian American cabaret
Jenny Ku, who performs under the name The Shanghai Pearl, produced “A Night at The Forbidden City.” (Courtesy photo.) “A Night at The Forbidden City” aims to bring back the charm and excitement of...
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Seattle International Butoh Festival runs through July 15
Butoh artist Mizu Desierto of Portland participates in the Seattle International Butoh Festival. (Photo by Miana Jun.) The Japanese dance theater form known as butoh combines aspects of different...
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