dance

Many ballet dancers are women, but far fewer women actually create the dances we see onstage.Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet school wants to help…

The 2018 Sea Gals squad has been determined. Of the 52 Sea Gals hopefuls that competed on Sunday during the final round of auditions, only 28 dancers made…

Drive south on Highway 99 and you’ll go straight through the middle of Seattle’s South Park neighborhood.This is a neighborhood that’s long had a large…

When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to…

There’s a rule to watching hula: Pay attention to the dancer’s hands to understand the story.But Kumu Hula `Iwalani Christian said the hands alone won't…

The Northwest Tap Connection dance studio is tucked away in Seattle’s Rainier Beach neighborhood. But it’s more than just a dance studio; it’s also a…

"Art is going to save us, right?" Choreographer Bill T. Jones opens his talk. He says it’s not a laugh line. His answer is sobering.In the iconoclastic…

One of them went viral in a collaboration with Yo Yo Ma; the other played Michael Jackson for the Cirque du Soleil. But you might know dancers Lil Buck…

Two stories on our podcast this week about Seattleites breaking free and breaking stereotypes:Jesse Weinstock is an avid skater. “Most of my best friends…

Lucien Postlewaite remembers exactly how he felt the first time he danced with Noelani Pantastico.“I was this young boy,” he recalls. “I’d always admired…