Dance: Relatively Real

From cell biology to group dynamics.

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Performances & Events

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Pacific Northwest Ballet Their “All Premiere” evening (imagine, if you will, Seattle Opera or the Seattle Symphony doing such a thing) will include Ulysses Dove’s Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Peter Martins’ Valse Triste, Twyla Tharp’s Waterbaby Bagatelles, and a world premiere by Victor Quijada. McCaw Hall, Seattle Center, 206-441-2424, www.pnb.org. $18-$145. Opens Thurs. Nov. 2. 7:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat., also 2 p.m. Sat. Nov. 4, 1 p.m. Sun. Nov. 12. Ends Sun. Nov. 12.

Greenlake Folk Dancers Participatory Balkan line and circle dances, three Fridays this month. VFW Hall, 7220 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., 206-325-7668, www.ratchenitza.com. $7. 7:30 lessons, 8:30 social dance, Fri. Nov. 3.

Ebb And Flow Six new works, meditations on boundaries and conflict inspired by ocean tides, by Karen Brown and Amy Weaver. Velocity Dance Center, 915 E. Pine St., 206-529-7535, www.weavingdance.com. $10-$13. 8 p.m. Fri. Nov. 3, 3 & 8 p.m. Sat. Nov. 4.

Lingo dancetheaterWho do you think you are? is the question as Artistic Director KT Niehoff and her company explore multiple identities, androgyny, cartoon gender, essential self, and organism in a new piece, with animation and original music, entitled Relatively Real. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland, 425-893-9900, www.kpcenter.org, www.lingodance.com. $10-$21. 8 p.m. Sat. Nov. 4.

Club Tango The tango orchestra “Diamante” plays for your dancing pleasure; come early for a lesson if you care to. Avalon Ballroom, Washington Dance Club, 1017 Stewart St. Lesson $10, dance $10, both for $15. 8 p.m. lesson, 9 p.m. dance, Sat. Nov. 4.

Fleurs d’Egyptia Contemporary Middle Eastern dance from five “flowers of Egypt,” with live drum music and “improv tribal stylings.” 21 and over. High Dive, 513 N. 36th St., 206-632-0212, www.pyramidlounge.com. No cover. 8:30 p.m. Mon. Nov. 6.