Velocity Dance Center

Chase D. Anderson March 4, 2023March 11, 2023 Sean Dorsey Dance Company, Seattle Opera, SecondStory Rep, UW Dance, Velocity Dance Center

3 Picks For You This Weekend

There are a lot of shows you could see this weekend and not go wrong, but a few shows really stand out — and they’re closing soon. Here’s what I’d focus on if I ran your agenda. (For performances March 4 & 5)

'TIS THE SEASON THEATRE

Chase D. Anderson December 12, 2022December 26, 2022 18th & Union, Acrobatic Conundrum, Broadway at the Paramount, Centerstage Theatre, Emmett Montgomery, Macha Theatre Works, Olympia Family Theater, Seattle Theatre Group, Velocity Dance Center

A Grab Bag of Love and Laughs With These Shows

These modern, endearing, and lighthearted shows (many of them family-friendly) are great picks for your December entertainment — whether they’re Christmas shows or not.

HAPPENINGS THEATRE

Chase D. Anderson September 22, 2022October 1, 2022 Book-It Repertory Theatre, Drama Tops, SIS Productions, Sound Theatre Company, Velocity Dance Center

This Week in Arts: Weekly Roundup (9/22)

It’s another peak performance weekend in the Seattle area, with a star lineup of Asian American artists, Spanish-translated works, a big-name slate of ballet, a premiere musical comedy, dance and solo performance, and more.

DANCE HAPPENINGS

Chase D. Anderson March 24, 2022April 13, 2022 Alicia Mullikin, Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Devin Muñoz, Robert Battle, Velocity Dance Center

Ailey. Jones. Mullikin. An Impressive Slate of Dance, of Global and Local Renown, This Weekend.

This weekend offers the most loaded roster of dance shows in recent memory, as two acclaimed New York-based companies tour to Seattle, and a locally based choreographer/filmmaker duo premieres their new work.

DANCE QUICK TAKES

Chase D. Anderson November 23, 2019December 22, 2019 barry johnson, Base, Cameo Lethem, Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas, dani tirrell, Fausto Rivera, Fox Whitney, Matt Aguayo, new dance works, Nia-Amina Minor, On the Boards, Velocity Dance Center

(Ovations) Short-Form Dance Fests

Short-form work is an easy way to test out different art forms. It’s experimental. It’s approachable. And there’s usually something for everyone. Happily, Seattle is bustling with festivals of short new work in performance art and dance. Here are a few coming up soon.

DANCE INTERVIEW

Chase D. Anderson October 17, 2019March 19, 2023 interview, queer arts, Sean Dorsey, Sean Dorsey Dance, Seattle, Velocity Dance Center

5 Questions with Choreographer & Dancer Sean Dorsey

This weekend, Sean Dorsey — acclaimed choreographer and dancer, and out and proud trans man — brings his new work, ‘Boys in Trouble’, to Velocity Dance Center. NWTheatre talked with him about masculinity in and through his artistic lens, this latest work, and the good and bad in today’s trans representation.

DANCE REVIEW

Chase D. Anderson July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 Alethea Alexander, Broadway Performance Hall, dani tirrell, Jaret Hughes, Kate Wallich, KT Niehoff, Mark Haim, Maya Soto, Pat Graney, Velocity Dance Center

‘Strictly Seattle’: In Festivals of Shorts This Weekend, Local Cities Show Their Northwest Flavor

This weekend brought two lively slates, in two different media, of short, new works grounded here in the Northwest. One of such shows was Velocity Dance Center’s decades-running ‘Strictly Seattle Performances’, a festival of dance shorts and dance films, which ended Saturday.