Ten Tiny Dances
Don’t miss the 11th iteration of the Ten Tiny Dances series at the Doug Fir Lounge
Mike Barber and Cydney Wilkes
Ten choreographers from Portland and Seattle–two nickles to the dime–make short work of/on a 4′ x 4′ stage at the Doug Fir Lounge (830 E Burnside) this Sunday, June 25. Beginning at 7:30 PM, a new dance takes the minute stage every quarter of an hour. This is a brief intro, a handshake introducing you to some of the Northwest’s finest dancemakers (trust dancer/choreographer/producer Mike Barber to send the A-team onto the field). At the same time, the circumscribed canvas provokes the artists, elbowing them out of standard operating procedures into new territories of choreography and use of space.
The work is alternately obliquely narrative, conceptual, pedestrian, prop-based, (and other words that begin with “p”), dangerous, and funny. This time out, the Seattle crew includes: Kristina Dillard Big Red Dance, Zoe Scofield, Crispin Spaeth Dance Group (Spaeth co-curates this evening with Barber), Amelia Reeber, and Drew Elliott. Batting for the home team: Katrina O’Brien, Mike Barber, Daniel Addy, Whitney Tucker, and in a first for the four-by-four, flamenco artist Laurena Marrone.
Angelle Hebert
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