by seattledance | Apr 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
We are never more truly and profoundly human than when we dance. —José Limón I love talking to fellow dancers about their first “dance ambassador.” We all generally have favorite first instructors, but often there’s an experienced dancer in the...
by seattledance | Mar 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
The dance is strong magic. The dance is a spirit. The dance is life.—Pearl Primus Witnessing the lovely “Dance for Justice” crew (pictured above performing choreography by Guy Caridi) at the Shoreline “No Kings” rally last Saturday, I was...
by seattledance | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reverie Ballroom CEOs Eliza Wilder (outgoing) and Hallie Kuperman (incoming) You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.—Friedrich Nietzsche Big news last week at Reverie Ballroom, a flagship among Seattle’s dance venues, with Eliza Wilder...
by seattledance | Mar 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain and still succeed. ―Misty Copeland My heavens, the Sinners blues music and dance performance at the Oscars, amirite?! Wow! And in perhaps the most exciting, jaw-dropping moment of all…the exquisitely graceful...
by seattledance | Mar 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper. ―Albert Einstein I’ve been working my way through the book Steppin’ on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American...
by seattledance | Mar 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
