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SPEAKEASY SERIES: Culture in a Political World: Arts, Academia + the Occupation of Palestine
MAY 27 / 7 PM / Free/Donations accepted
Velocity Founders Theater 1621 12th Avenue
Four artists, academics and activists share their perspectives on performance as a site of protest, followed by an open community conversation. Join Palestinian-Canadian theater director Samer Al-saber, Jewish-American Watson Fellowship recipient Maia Brown, Palestinian scholar/activist Nada Elia, and Jewish American dancer/ arts activist Emma Klein in a conversation about our role as cultural consumers in a political world.
SPOTLIGHT ON SEATTLE
VESSEL: An Evening Celebrating the Legacy of Mary Sheldon Scott
JUNE 6 / 7:30 PM
Raisbeck Performance Hall 2015 Boren Avenue
In a special tribute to choreographer Mary Sheldon Scott, eight outstanding Seattle dance artists, all former company members of Scott/Powell Performance, create original works that reconsider, restage or respond to their experience with the company. The evening concludes with a restaging of Scott’s Praying Mantis, an original company work.
Curated by Tonya Lockyer, co-presented with The Seattle International Dance Festival. Buy Tickets here > >>
GUEST ARTIST SERIES: DANIELLE AGAMI (NYC-Israel)
JUNE 25 – AUG 31
Danielle Agami, Gaga/USA Producer and former member of Israel’s world renowned Batsheva Dance Company, is in residence at Velocity throughout the summer creating a new work with a bi-coastal cast from Seattle and New York. Be sure to catch Agami’s popular Gaga classes and open-rehearsals during her two month residency that culminates with a world premiere August 31st at Century Ballroom. Presented with support from Cornish College of the Arts.
MAXIMUM VELOCITY
July 8 – August 5 2012
CLASSES + PERFORMANCES + INTENSIVES + JAMS + DISCUSSIONS
Velocity’s world-class summer program brings together Strictly Seattle Summer Dance Intensive and the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI). More info >>
STRICTLY SEATTLE 2012 PERFORMANCES
JULY 27+28 / 8 PM
Broadway Performance Hall 1625 Broadway
New works by Zoe Scofield, Mary Sheldon Scott, Kate Wallich, Amy O’Neal, Tonya Lockyer and Kristin Hapke
SFDI: SPECIAL PERFORMANCE JULYEN HAMILTON
JULY 30 / 8PM
Broadway Performance Hall 1625 Broadway
A rare evening with internationally renowned solo improviser Julyen Hamilton, making his west-coast debut as part of the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation.
DANIELLE AGAMI (NYC-Israel)
AUG 31 7PM/ 10PM
Century Ballroom, 915 Pine Street
Danielle Agami, Gaga/USA Producer and former member of Israel’s world renowned Batsheva Dance Company, is in residence at Velocity throughout the summer creating a new work with a bi-coastal cast from Seattle and New York. Her two month residency culminates with a world premiere August 31st within the historic glamour of Century Ballroom.