SUMMER FESTIVALS //
STRICTLY SEATTLE + SFDI
MAXIMUM VELOCITY SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE 2017
JULY 9–AUG 6, 2017
Maximum Velocity is Velocity’s world-class summer immersion program bringing together the Strictly Seattle summer dance intensive and the international Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI).
strictly seattle
STRICTLY SEATTLE 2017
Intensive: JULY 9-29, 2017
Performances: JULY 28 + 29, 2017
“An amazing taste of the Seattle dance scene in an open, supportive environment.”
–Strictly Seattle Participant
“Inclusive, explorative, and humble in its impact.”
–Strictly Seattle Participant
Strictly Seattle is a complete immersion to the Seattle dance scene. Four adult programs inspire beginning through professional level dancers with rigorous physical and compositional training in a challenging and invigorating environment. Strictly Seattle is a supportive community of open experimentation and camaraderie where dancers form alliances for future collaborations.
Participants develop a new work in collaboration with celebrated Seattle choreographers + create new shorts in KT Niehoff’s Dance Film Track. More info coming soon!
PHOTO TIM SUMMERS
RENOWNED SEATTLE CHOREOGRAPHERS INCLUDING
STEPHANIE LIAPIS / KATE WALLICH / WADE MADSEN / ALICE GOSTI / JARET HUGHES / MAYA SOTO + DANCE FILM TRACK DIRECTED BY KT NIEHOFF + INCREDIBLE FACULTY
* STAY TUNED FOR FOR FULL FACULTY LINE-UP + MORE INFO COMING SOON!
seattle festival of dance improvisation (SFDI)
SEATTLE FESTIVAL OF DANCE IMPROVISATION (SFDI) 2017
24TH ANNUAL SFDI / JULY 30–AUG 6, 2017
“Such a sensational and expanding festival that pushed me beyond my comfort zone.”
–SFDI Participant
“Velocity works hard to be intellectually rigorous and highly inclusive…This is one of the smartest dance communities I have ever spent time with.”
–Ralph Lemon, SFDI Faculty
The international Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation (SFDI) is a world-renowned festival that provides the perfect opportunity to learn and share experiences with some of the most highly regarded artists working in the field of dance today. SFDI is a week of intensives, classes, jams, somatic labs, site-specific workshops, performances and discussions focused on fostering the study and practice of dance improvisation.
solo/group improvisation + contact improvisation + somatics + alexander technique + contemplative dance practice + site-specific dance + composition + performance
PHOTO TIM SUMMERS
2017 INTENSIVES WITH
RAJA KELLY / ANGIE HAUSER / ANYA CLOUD / HILLARY CLARK / TAISHA PAGGETT ANDREW MARCUS + MORE EXTRAORDINARY INTERNATIONAL FACULTY
STAY TUNED FOR FULL FACULTY LINE-UP + MORE INFO COMING SOON!
Find out how to support these pieces through the New Dance Initiative.
