THE FALL KICK-OFF 2016
PHOTO ERIN MCCARTHY / BY TIM SUMMERS
“Velocity continues to be a powerful force in the Seattle arts community.”
– Seattle Dances
“An oracle for who to watch in the coming season.”
– Seattle Dances
THE FALL KICK-OFF
Seattle Dance Showcases
FRI-SUN SEPT 23-25 / 7:30PM
Velocity Founders Theater 1621 12th Ave
TICKETS $20 / $25 at the door / $18 Under 25 w/ ID / $17 MVP / $50 Patron / $50 All-Access 3-Day Pass
Celebrate the official kick-off to the vibrant Seattle Dance Season. The Fall Kick-Off is one of Velocity’s most high-energy weekends of dance and performance. Each night brings together some of Seattle’s most gifted and charismatic artists to celebrate the talent and innovation of Seattle’s contemporary dance scene. Re-live the best performance moments of 2016 + preview what’s to come in 2017.
With an all-star line-up featuring. . .
FRI SEPT 23 / 7:30PM // KT Niehoff / Mary Sheldon Scott / Mark Haim + Corrie Befort / Markeith Wiley
Spectrum Dance Theater / Kim Lusk / Anna Conner // with emcee Owen David
Plus, a special screening of zoe|juniper’s VR project that premiered at SIFFx
SAT SEPT 24 / 7:30PM // David Harvey / Ezra Dickinson / Alice Gosti / Petra Zanki
Jenna Eady + ilvs strauss / Karin Stevens / Vincent Lopez
Honoring 2016 Dance Champion Awardee Ellie Sandstrom with special emcee Scott Davis
SUN SEPT 25 / 7:30PM // Kate Wallich / Heather Kravas / Wade Madsen / Elby Brosch / Stephanie Liapis
Pat Graney // with special emcee Princess Charming
+ MORE
special events
SPEAKEASY SERIES: DANCER’S SURVIVAL FAIR
MON SEPT 26 / 6-7:45PM
Velocity Steward Studio 1621 12th Ave
FREE + open to all
Join us for the second annual Dancer’s Survival Fair – a professional development session designed specifically for dancers – this year focusing on marketing + communications. Join Velocity Communications Manager Liz Dawson + special guest Kate Wallich who will share her tactics for using social media, coming up with visual brand guidelines, self- branding, and working with presenters/producers on the ‘brand’ of your performance.
PRESS
Editor’s Pick
Seattle Met Magazine, September 2016
