2026 Stanford Viennese Ball attendees (Richard & Tracey Powers lower left) Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is proof. ―Alice Walker Various thoughts this week... It's just over two years now I've been piloting Seattle Dance Info, with my first email...

Alysa Liu (Katie Stratman photo) Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. ― Shah Asad Rizvi Figure skating is not a sport I normally find all that compelling, but I was absolutely captivated this past week...

This is the time when the part of you that is music overcomes the part of you that is silence. This is when music rules the fools. It's Mardi Gras in New Orleans, ladies and gentlemen, and the good times roll, and you might as well roll with them because there is only...

The only thing more powerful than hate is love.—Bad Bunny, Super Bowl LX message "Love is everywhere," wrote author Marianne Williamson. She goes on to posit that "Our problem is rarely a lack of love so much as a mental block to our awareness of its presence." Much...

I do my best to do what’s right for our musical community, to support and uplift it, and use music as a force for good.—Mason Reed, owner Tim's Tavern and now Slim's Last Chance A grab bag of news and events this week that filled me with joy and hope. 1. Witnessing...

New Dance Group: Voices for Change (American Dance Guild) Joy is an act of resistance.—Toi Derricotte, from the poem The Telly Cycle "Dance is a weapon" was the motto of the New Dance Group (NDG), founded in 1932 with a mission to "provoke and...

The new dawn blooms as we free itFor there is always light,if only we’re brave enough to see itIf only we’re brave enough to be it—Amanda Gorman, from The Hill We Climb I awoke this morning from a dream wherein I was, as a dancer, in the follow's role. There was a...

There’s nothing wrong with fear; the only mistake is to let it stop you in your tracks. —Twyla Tharp The headline "Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs" (Wall Street Journal, Dec.31, 2025) — with the subtitle "More young partygoers are...

The Seattle Dance Info blog is live! We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come. —Joseph Campbell It's tempting — with a fresh calendar on the wall —...