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

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September Photo Recap

Fall is officially here, and that means the dance season is now in full swing. September brought us dynamic season openers from Pacific Northwest Ballet, Velocity Dance Center, and Whim W'Him, as well as independently produced performances by ENTROPY and Au Collective. Click the photos below to read our coverage.

Don't forget our inaugural Dance CHAT event is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 6, at 10 degrees. SeattleDances has teamed up with KT Niehoff to present Dance CHAT as an opportunity to have in-person discussions about the dance that's happening in Seattle. September was full of shows, and we want to talk about them with their choreographers, their dancers, and their audiences. We'll have a facilitator to help kick-start the conversation and provide some context for the performances of the past month. The first Dance CHAT facilitator will be Jen Salk, the chair of the UW Dance Program.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6th
5:30-7:30 PM
10 degrees: 1312 E Union St.

This is a FREE event
More info HERE.

Can't make it in October? Dance CHAT is a monthly event, so save the date for the next one: Tuesday, November 17, 5:30-7:30 PM.

News and Notes

Got a workshop, audition, or other posting you'd like to see on the Callboard? Email the information directly to callboard@seattledances.com.
Want more updates about what's going on in the Seattle dance world? Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to catch our weekend line-ups!

Upcoming Shows

What To See This October

Grand Rapids Ballet, October 7-11 at the Cornish Playhouse
Leg of Lamb - The Bustaberg Waller in Concert, October 8 at Sole Repair Shop
Sidra Bell Dance Residency Lecture Demonstration, October 9, PONCHO Concert Hall at Kerry Hall
MADE IN SEATTLE: Anna Conner + CO and Babette DeLafayette + John Marc Powell (BDL | JMP), October 9-11 at Velocity Dance Center
Carmona Flamenco, October 10 at Cafe Solstice
Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: Giselle, October 11 at local cinemas
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Becoming Something Within Without, October 15 at the Frye Art Museum
reSET, October 15-16 at 12th Avenue Arts
Chamber Dance Company: A Century of Modern Dance, October 15-18 at Meany Hall
UW Dance Film Screenings, October 16
UW Alumni Choreography Showcases, October 17-19 at Velocity Dance Center
SHORE, October 15-17 at On the Boards
AGAINST THE GRAIN/Men in Dance, October 16-17 at Velocity Dance Center
Karin Stevens Dance with the Sam Boshnack Quintet, October 23-25 at Velocity Dance Center
The Cabiri: Ghost Game IX: Dead Gods, October 23- November 1 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center
A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light, October 31- November 14 at ACT Theatre

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!

Last September, Portland choreographer Tahni Holt gave Seattle audiences a lot to chew on. Her work Duet Love brought issues of body image, gender, race, and relationships to the fore: "Ultimately, the power in Holt’s work lay in the way it used time to make a point, although 'the point' itself remained an open-ended question." Read the review to re-examine these issues or simply reminisce on this thought-provoking performance.

Duet Love Provides Space to Reflect

Photo Credits
Photo Block, clockwise from top:

ENTROPY in Dust & Angels. Photo by Jazzy Photo.
Whim W'Him in The Road to Here by Ihsan Rustem at the Choreographic Shindig. Photo by Molly Magee of Bamberg Fine Arts.
Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Joshua Grant and principal dancer Maria Chapman in Christopher Wheeldon’s Tide Harmonic. Photo © Angela Sterling.
Randy Ford of Au Collective in Freedom Is Mine at GOLD&SKIN. Photo by Andrew Imanaka.
AJnC Dance in Believe Me Or Not at Velocity's Fall Kick Off. Photo by Tim Summers.

Dance CHAT logo designed by Maris Antolin

Blast from the Past: keyon gaskin, Ezra Dickinson, Allie Hankins, and Lucy Yim in Tahni Holt’s Duet Love. Photo by Tim Summers

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