October recap, November calendar, Dance CHAT, and more!

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October was quite the month. SeattleDances hosted our first Dance CHAT (more on that later), and there were all kinds of things happening on local stages. Touring companies brought us Butoh, contemporary ballet, and meditative performance art, while local groups presented wine-soaked bacchanalia, raging women, and chic jazz music.Velocity Dance Center also showcased their annual Made in Seattle program, while University of Washington hosted a plethora of activities for their 50th anniversary celebration including Chamber Dance Company's performance commemorating its 25th year.

A huge thank you to all who came to our first Dance CHAT last month! Jennifer Salk, as our facilitator, kept our conversations going strong, and topics ranged from the the role of the critic and descriptive vs. critical writing, to the desire for artists to have more support during and after their creative process. For more details read our October Recap.

The second Dance CHAT is next week, Tuesday, November 17, at 10 degrees. The November Dance CHAT facilitator will be Alia Swersky, local choreographer and Cornish Dance Department Faculty member. We couldn't be more excited to continue our conversations from last month and to discuss all of October's performances. We hope you can join us!

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th
5:30-7:30 PM
10 degrees: 1312 E Union St.

This is a FREE event
More info HERE.

Upcoming Shows

What To See This November

zoe | juniper: We were. November 5 and 12 at the Frye Art Museum
Backstage with RDC, November 6 at the Mt. Baker Community Club
KT Niehoff: A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light, November 6-14 at ACT Theatre
Drybones Artist Collective: RESTART, November 6-7 at Shoreline Community College
PNB: Emergence, November 6-15 at McCaw Hall
PE|Mo: Anatomy of an Accident, November 6-15 at Open Flight (Read the preview)
Version Excursion: Embers, November 6-8 at Velocity Dance Center
Belly Dance Off 2015 Grand Championship, November 7 at Harissa Mediterranean Cuisine
Whim W'Him: La Revue de la Cuisine, November 8 at Benaroya Hall
Akram Khan Company, November 12-14 at Meany Hall
Cherdonna Shinatra: Patron Saint of Velocity, November 13 at the Frye Art Museum
Study of Time and Motion: connect/reposition, November 13-15 at Georgetown Powerplant Museum
Inner Galactic, November 13-15 at Velocity Dance Center
Sixth Day Dance Company: (Ab)Normality, November 14 at Everett PUD
Carmona Flamenco, November 14 at Cafe Solstice
DASSdance: TeXtURE, November 14-15 at MLK Fame Community Center
Bolshoi Ballet in Cinemas: Jewels, November 15 at various theaters
Velocity danceBASH: A Michael Jackson Danceoff, November 15 at 415 Westlake Ave N
Lelavision West Coast Sneak Peek, November 15 at Spoke Gallery on Vashon Island
Launch 2.0 Choreographers' Showcase, November 15 at The Studios
biograph, last year was pretty//sh*tty, November 19-22 at On the Boards
Ktisk Contemporary Dance: Beauty Marks, November 20-21 at The Pocket Theater
Casa Patas: Flamenco Frecuencies, November 20-21 at Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
Cornish Dance Theater Fall 2015 Concert, November 20-21 at Cornish Playhouse
Dylan Ward and Kim Lusk: WORK, November 20-21 at Velocity Dance Center
PNB: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, November 27-December 28

Details and more on our Calendar.

Is your upcoming show on the calendar? Email your press release and show info to editors@seattledances.com.

Blast from the Past!

Local favorite Cherdonna Shinatra presented her first solo concert, Worth My Salt, last October at Velocity. Since then Cherdonna has performed her genre-bending work all over the city and recently received a Stranger Genius Award. In Worth My Salt, "Cherdonna’s movements, spoken words, and facial expressions explored how feminine physical beauty, sex appeal, self-doubt, self-worth, and self-actualization can all contribute to and combat gender inequality." Reminisce with our coverage from last year and see Cherdonna coming up as the Patron Saint of Velocity on November 13 at The Frye.

"Do you think this is easy for me?" Asks Cherdonna

Project 44. Photo by Steven Truman Grey
Catalyst's SHORE: Performance. Photo by Erin Westover
Naphtali Ann Beyleveld in Karin Steven’s Dormant-Exploding Syndrome-Ashcloud. Photo by Craig van den Bosch
UW Dance Department Class from 2013. 175: Jazz Technique class with Wilson Mendieta. Photo by Tim Summers
Sankai Juku in Umusuna. Photo by Laurent Philippe
Kyle Craig-Bogard in Lily of the Nile by Loïe Fuller. Photo by Steve Korn
Lily Verlaine and cast in Burlesco DiVino: Wine in Rome. Photo by POC Photo
Grand Rapids Ballet in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Written & Forgotten. Photo courtesy of Grand Rapids Ballet
Girl Gods by Pat Graney. Photo by Jenny May Peterson

Dance CHAT logo designed by Maris Antolin
Dance CHAT photo by Warren Woo

Blast from the Past: Cherdonna Shinatra in Worth My Salt. Photo by Jenny May Peterson

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