Brendan Kiley is a writer and editor at The Stranger.
SO YOU THINK IT'S DANCE: Show (+Tell)
Velocity's debut Speakeasy Series "So You Think It's Dance?" is a behind the scenes Show + Tell with Seattle artists famous for pushing the boundaries of dance and performance. Jessica Jobaris, The Cherdonna & Lou Show and Douglas Ridings perform and reveal their creative process. Reel Grrl Maile Martinez screens her short film The Cherdonna and Lou Show: The Movie! Local critics Brendan Kiley (The Stranger), Sandi Kurtz (The Seattle Weekly) and Leah Baltus (City Arts) join boylesque star Waxie Moon to chime in with their two cents. Is it dance? Performance art? Protest? Cabaret? Does it matter? Join the conversation and learn more about these fantastic artists. Hosted by Velocity’s Executive Director Tonya Lockyer. Presented by Velocity Dance Center with the CityArts Festival.
SpeakEasy Series: Velocity’s newest program is an artist-curated series of panel discussions, show + tells, performance lectures, informal community conversations and/or other formats that focus on provocative or timely issues of aesthetics, philosophy or the intersection of dance and social justice confronting, or of interest to, the dance and performance community. The purpose of the Speakeasy Series is to encourage cross-disciplinary dialogue, promote civic engagement, create meaningful links between artists and the community, and support initiatives at the cutting edge of change.
Single Tickets for this event may be reserved through Velocity. This is a PWYC event with a suggested donation of $10, and free to City Arts Fest pass holders on a space available basis. Unclaimed reservations will be released 15 minutes before the show.
Performing
Douglas Ridings is an international performer of butoh, Odissi and experimental theater, a singer, and a teacher of Hatha...
Jessica Jobaris is a performer, choreographer, and instructor. She has worked with Lingo dance theater, Scott/Powell...
Leah Baltus is the editor in chief of City Arts magazine. In previous incarnations of her arts existence, she founded and edited ...
Maile Martinez (The Cherdonna and Lou Show: The Movie!) is the Program Manager at Reel Grrls, a nonprofit...
Sandi Kurtz is a dance critic writing regularly for the Seattle Weekly, and occasionally for ...
Jody Kuehner (Cherdonna Shinatra) and Ricki Mason (Lou Henry Hoover) are contemporary dance artists who began working together in Seattle in 2004...
Tonya Lockyer is Executive Director of Velocity Dance Center. She also serves on the faculty of Cornish College of the Arts...
“Waxie Moon”, a gender-blending “boylesque” performance-art stripping sensation has performed at various venues throughout Seattle including Key...
Links
Read more about the artists at this event.
Waxie Moon : Waxie Moon myspace
