by seattledance | Feb 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Feb 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Feb 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
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....
by seattledance | Jan 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Jan 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by seattledance | Jan 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...