VELOCITY BASH 2026: FEAT
It takes many and you are one
May 6, 2026 | Washington Hall
6 PM – Cocktail Hour
7:30 PM – Dinner, Performances, and Raise the Paddle
Individual Tickets: $150
Table: $1125 (9 Seats)
Includes dinner, open bar, performances + more!
IT TAKES MANY, AND YOU ARE ONE
Amidst incredible obstacles, artists are pulling off monumental feats of dance in our city–each creation a feat of courage, skill, hard work, and ingenuity.
Speaking of feats, Velocity itself is a community-powered feat. We’re an artist-led hub for sharing resources, knowledge, and community for those of us who experiment boldly in dance. We continue to advocate for the wisdom of the body, the power of gathering, and the necessity of the arts in imagining and building better futures–even when the odds are against us.
And finally, securing the future of Velocity is a sustained, multi-generational feat. Across our nearly 30-year history our collective effort has evolved Velocity into what it is today, and the next 30-years is about putting our collective efforts to work so we can be here for dance artists for the long haul.
So, because it takes many people, and you are one of them, join us at Velocity’s Spring Fundraising BASH, FEAT—a call to invest, and to celebrate, the many feats of artmaking and community actions in our 2026 season and beyond. The evening will feature performances by some of our favorite dance innovators and invite you into a collective feat of generosity as we raise $80,000 to sustain Velocity’s work.
Wear your favorite fancy shoes (small feats for your feet), sip festive drinks, and enjoy a delicious dinner from our returning favorites, Off the Rez. Be there to add your support to the ongoing feat that is Velocity.
Individual Tickets: $150
Table: $1125
Includes dinner, open bar, performances + more!
THIS YEAR’s PERFORMERS
HOST | Alyza DelPan-Monley (they/them) Since 2011, Alyza has been deeply immersed in Seattle’s performance art scene: serving as Velocity Dance Center’s Curating Artist in Residence in 2022 (That’s a HANDFUL!), performing site-specific durational performance with MALACARNE (How to Become a Partisan), creating with Emmy Smith-Stewart and Jeffrey Azevedo (Salvage Rituals), collaborating with JRAT’s Zero Waste fashion design (CHANNEL CHANGER, Wiggle Room), devising choreographing and directing with Washington Ensemble (Teh Internet, Straight White Men, Dance Nation), ArtsWest (miku, and the gods., Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion, Office Hour), Noveltease (The Odyssey) and Seattle Children’s Theater (The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza)
Performer | Jody Kuehner aka Cherdonna Shinatra uses dance, drag, theater, absurdity and subversive commentary to make art. She is a 2020 and 2023 NEFA’s National Dance Project finalist, 2017 Artist Trust Fellowship recipient, 2016 NEFA’s National Dance Project awardee, and 2015 Stranger Genius Award winner. She has been presented nationally at the USF in Tampa FL, Go Drag! Festival, Berlin, Germany; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Centro de las Artes, Monterrey, Mexico; The Yard at Martha’s Vineyard; American Dance Festival, Durham, NC; and FringeArts in Philadelphia, PA. Her exhibition DITCH was presented at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; The Momentary at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Sarasota Art Museum, FL; and Akron Art Museum, OH. DITCH was featured in ARTnews, i-D Magazine and NBC’s 12 must-see LGBTQ art shows around the world.
RAISE THE PADDLE | Crowd favorite Scotty Cayton as Betty Wetter as Scotty Cayton will facilitate the raise the paddle!
SUPPORTERS
If you are interested in supporting the BASH, either as a vendor or a sponsor, reach out to our executive director, Erin O’Reilly at erin@velocitydancecenter.org
