Doug Varone’s many mentors

Alex, Julia, and I saw Lar Lubovitch’s dance company back in February (yes, February) at McCaw Hall.  I was pretty excited to see the show because Lar Lubovitch is one of Doug Varone’s many mentors.  If you don’t know who Doug Varone is, shame on you.  Google him, go to his website, watch the videos [...]

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Harps and Angels Make Me Fall Asleep

Suor Angelica is a sleepy opera. It’s about nuns. It was written by Puccini. It’s one act.
In other words – nap time!
Suor Angelica is part of a triptych of Puccini one-acts: Il tabarro (“The Cloak”- peeps die in this) Suor Angelica (“Sister Angelica”-our opera at hand), and Gianni Schicchi (remembered for the pretty aria “O [...]

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Matt and Kim!

Who: Matt and Kim
What: Alternative/Lo-Fi/Dance band
Where: Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
When: Jan 29th (9 days after their CD was released!)
Why: “Grand” (their 2nd album) tour
Though skeptic at first, only because I had no idea who Matt and Kim were, the minute they started playing my skepticism was replaced with more excitement than I can explain. Everyone [...]

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David Byrne

Dressed in all white, David Byrne, along with his three back up dancers, two drummers, a keyboard player, and a base player entered the stage at Benaroya Symphony Hall. Being the only one there from the band The Talking Heads, Byrne sang a repertoire ranging from their classic hits to new songs from his recently [...]

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New Ears – freedom of information 2008

This New Year’s Eve, I help dancer Tonya Lockyer with the performance/protest/ritual freedom of information. Conceived and performed in New York by Miguel Gutierrez, the event responds to the U.S. invasion of Iraq and Afganistan with a 24-hour solo improvisation.
Tonya and other performers across the United States are blindfolded and ear-plugged in a contemplative act [...]

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Tonya Lockyer in Consumed

Tonya Lockyer’s new work Consumed is almost sold-out.
On the Boards
Directed by Dayna Hanson
March 27–30, 2008, pm
Known for her quick intelligence and moxie, Tonya Lockyer has become a Seattle dance community luminary, working as a choreographer, dancer and teacher since moving here 10 years ago. Consumed offers an intimate, funny and moving portrait of this intriguing [...]

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Dudamel conducts Bernstein

Gustavo Dudamel is the 26-year-old Venezuelan conductor who will become the Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2009. Here is a video of him and the Orquesta Juvenil Simón Bolivar [Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra] performing Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story at the BBC’s Proms 2007 Music [...]

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DBR in Seattle

A lecture/demo about collaboration with a short performance by Daniel Bernard Roumain [DBR] and band member Wynne Bennett [keyboard, groovebox].
Friday, 11am-12pm
October 12, 2007
Cornish College of the Arts
Free admission

About Daniel Bernard Roumain
Known for fusing his classical music roots with a myriad of soundscapes, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain has carved a reputation for himself as a [...]

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Salman Ahmed

Pakistani rock star Salman Ahmed, the founder of Junoon, South Asia’s best known rock band, kicks off the 4th annual Independent South Asian Film Festival [ISAFF] with a performance and talk about film and activism in the post-9/11 world as a Muslim American.
Wednesday, 7pm
October 03, 2007
Broadway Performance Hall
Free admission thanks to
Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods
From doctor [...]

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The Legacy of Bill Evans

Combining live performance and video with a panel discussion, Seattle Modern Dance: the Legacy of Bill Evans explores Evans’ approach to dance-making and traces his influence on the development of Seattle modern dance.
Panelists include members of the original Bill Evans Dance Company, including Bill Evans, Wade Madsen, Shirley Jenkins and Debbie Poulsen. In addition to [...]

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