Sown from Culture, Flourishing in Community

Etienne Cakpo, a dance artist originally from Benin and the director of Gansango Music and Dance Company in Seattle, shares how his classes at the University of Washington have positively affected many of his students and how there is abundant cultural value in learning the dances of Africa.

February 28, 2022  |  Read Article

Charlene Curtiss: “They’re Missing the Best Part”

"Integrated dance has finally risen to the level where we can start being critical about it." Seattle-based dance artist Charlene Curtiss reflects on her career and the evolution of the field as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.

June 22, 2020  |  Read Article

Square Dance

Happy National Poetry Month! Sandi Vetter's "Square Dance" reminisces on watching her parents square dance as well as her own involvement in Latvian Folk Dance.

April 30, 2020  |  Read Article

Choreographing His Trans Experience

An Interview with Elby Brosch BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Elby Brosch is a trans masculine dancer and choreographer based in Seattle. Here, he shares his history and why making dances from a trans masculine perspective is important to him, as well as his observations on the different ways men, women and […]

December 3, 2018  |  Read Article

Addressing Asian American History Through Dance

An Interview with Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY JOSEPH LAMBERT, JAZZY PHOTO Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura Gainor is a Seattle-based dancer and choreographer. Her most recent piece, Farewell Shikata ga nai, is an ode to her Japanese family and community’s persecution in American concentration camps during WWII. […]

September 17, 2018  |  Read Article