Dance
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Olivier Wevers Whim W’him’s artistic director has made a number of intriguing dances since he founded his company in 2009, but he’s also been a smart shopper, commissioning new works and staging existing ones by a variety of contemporary choreographers. For Threefold, Wevers will share the stage with Loni Landon (new year new you) and Penny Saunders (Soir Bleu, set to a new score by Paul Moore), two dancemakers new to Seattle audiences. Both work in the synthetic style that Wevers employs with his company, combining the flexibility and articulation of ballet with the liquid qualities of contact improvisation and modern dance. Their two works join Wevers’ newest, We are not the same, a collaboration with New York composer Brian Lawlor that reconfigures a Brahms score, bringing a 19th-century sensibility into the 21st. SANDRA KURTZ Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle Center $25-$30 Friday, January 16, 2015, 8 – 9pm
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Olivier Wevers Whim W’him’s artistic director has made a number of intriguing dances since he founded his company in 2009, but he’s also been a smart shopper, commissioning new works and staging existing ones by a variety of contemporary choreographers. For Threefold, Wevers will share the stage with Loni Landon (new year new you) and Penny Saunders (Soir Bleu, set to a new score by Paul Moore), two dancemakers new to Seattle audiences. Both work in the synthetic style that Wevers employs with his company, combining the flexibility and articulation of ballet with the liquid qualities of contact improvisation and modern dance. Their two works join Wevers’ newest, We are not the same, a collaboration with New York composer Brian Lawlor that reconfigures a Brahms score, bringing a 19th-century sensibility into the 21st. SANDRA KURTZ Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle Center $25-$30 Saturday, January 17, 2015, 8 – 9pm
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Olivier Wevers Whim W’him’s artistic director has made a number of intriguing dances since he founded his company in 2009, but he’s also been a smart shopper, commissioning new works and staging existing ones by a variety of contemporary choreographers. For Threefold, Wevers will share the stage with Loni Landon (new year new you) and Penny Saunders (Soir Bleu, set to a new score by Paul Moore), two dancemakers new to Seattle audiences. Both work in the synthetic style that Wevers employs with his company, combining the flexibility and articulation of ballet with the liquid qualities of contact improvisation and modern dance. Their two works join Wevers’ newest, We are not the same, a collaboration with New York composer Brian Lawlor that reconfigures a Brahms score, bringing a 19th-century sensibility into the 21st. SANDRA KURTZ Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle Center $25-$30 Sunday, January 18, 2015, 8 – 9pm
