Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Beautiful Carcass is a bewitching world where everything is on display. Hyper-glamorized imagery juxtaposed with the mundane explores a tangled web of shame, pride, humor, despair, isolation and camaraderie. The performers reflect the interplay between objectification and empowerment through strength and resiliency as they navigate an insidious desire to capture and own beauty. In a culture driven by youth, money and competition, glamour is a source of power that quickly becomes distorted. The pursuit of the beautiful body becomes relentless and internalized, an object to be squeezed, sculpted, hacked at and zipped up. Through centuries of subjugation across many cultures the female form has been revered, hoarded, cherished and abused. A dark, alluring carnival for the senses, Beautiful Carcass shines light on womxn’s issues through lenses of intersectional feminism and surrealist fantasy.

Acoustic set.

Details TBA

I'm so pleased to be reuniting on stage with my old friend Sherri Anne. She's a fantastic songwriter and will have some awesome musicians accompanying her.

Come hang in this swanky, intimate little spot for a night of great music! 

Doors open 6:30

Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet Series.

With Alana O. Rogers Company

This popular program expands to two days this year. Curators Donald Byrd, Cyrus Khambatta, Zoe Scofield, and Eva Stone raise the bar for contemporary dance in the region, fostering emerging talents and experienced icons of the contemporary ballet form in the Seattle.

2016 artists include Jade Solomon Curtis (formerly Spectrum Dance Theater,) Julie Tobiason (formerly PNB/Seattle Dance Project,) Kim Lusk (Zoe | Juniper,) and Alana O’Rogers (Bellingham Repertory Dance,) and features a new festival commission by Jason Ohlberg (former Hubbard Street dancer) for the Coriolis Dance company.

Spotlight on Contemporary Ballet Series.

With Alana O. Rogers Company

This popular program expands to two days this year. Curators Donald Byrd, Cyrus Khambatta, Zoe Scofield, and Eva Stone raise the bar for contemporary dance in the region, fostering emerging talents and experienced icons of the contemporary ballet form in the Seattle.

2016 artists include Jade Solomon Curtis (formerly Spectrum Dance Theater,) Julie Tobiason (formerly PNB/Seattle Dance Project,) Kim Lusk (Zoe | Juniper,) and Alana O’Rogers (Bellingham Repertory Dance,) and features a new festival commission by Jason Ohlberg (former Hubbard Street dancer) for the Coriolis Dance company.

CONVERGE Dance Festival is an annual modern dance festival featuring live music. This year's performances will be at Velocity Dance Center on May 14th and 15th 2016.
Sapience Dance Collective believes in fostering community.  As a part of CONVERGE Dance Festival, we provide opportunities for local choreographers and dancers to network and learn from each other, as well as work with new dance and music artists.

CONVERGE is produced, directed and curated by Sapience Dance Collective co-­directors Amy Weaver and Sarah Seder.

2016 Artists:
Cyrus Khambatta, Lauren Linder, Philippa Myler, Laura Beth Rodriquez, Sarah Seder, Xaviera Vandermay, Amy Weaver

CONVERGE Dance Festival is an annual modern dance festival featuring live music. This year's performances will be at Velocity Dance Center on May 14th and 15th 2016.
Sapience Dance Collective believes in fostering community.  As a part of CONVERGE Dance Festival, we provide opportunities for local choreographers and dancers to network and learn from each other, as well as work with new dance and music artists.

CONVERGE is produced, directed and curated by Sapience Dance Collective co-­directors Amy Weaver and Sarah Seder.

2016 Artists:
Cyrus KhambattaLauren LinderPhilippa MylerLaura Beth RodriquezSarah SederXaviera VandermayAmy Weaver

CONVERGE Dance Festival is an annual modern dance festival featuring live music. This year's performances will be at Velocity Dance Center on May 14th and 15th 2016.
Sapience Dance Collective believes in fostering community.  As a part of CONVERGE Dance Festival, we provide opportunities for local choreographers and dancers to network and learn from each other, as well as work with new dance and music artists.

CONVERGE is produced, directed and curated by Sapience Dance Collective co-­directors Amy Weaver and Sarah Seder.

2016 Artists:
Cyrus KhambattaLauren LinderPhilippa MylerLaura Beth RodriquezSarah SederXaviera VandermayAmy Weaver

The B O O ST  dance festival is focused on creating opportunities for Seattle contemporary dance artists of all genres to showcase their work alongside their peers with an ever-broadening audience. The hundreds of artists that call the Northwest home complete each year to be showcased in a handful of festivals; the competition is tough, leaving many eligible and talented artists to self-produce at a high financial cost. BOOST aims to assist in the creation of works by the fresh, up and coming artists as well at the seasoned veteran choreographers    

2016 marks the BOOST dance festival’s sixth season as it moves into a bi-annual event celebrating and presenting northwest dance artists. This year BOOST will take over Broadway Performance Hall  in Capitol Hill for an exciting weekend of dance April 30-May 1, 2015.