June 14-23, 2013

SeattleInternatIonal Dance FeStIval

Quality Inn & Suites Seattle Center

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Seattle, WA 98109

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• Recently Renovated and Upgraded Facility

• Shuttle Services to/from near the SIDF events between 6am – 9:30pm

• Complimentary Full American Breakfast Buffet.

• Free Wi-Fi

• Indoor Heated Pool, Hot Tub and Sauna

• Fitness & Business Center

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• Parking Fee: $15.00

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• Ask for the “Seattle International Dance Festival” Rate

• Rate is: $99.00 per night, plus tax, based on availability

• Room Type: Standard Queen or Two Double Beds.

S E A T T L E C E N T E R

The Quality Inn and Suites Seattle center is a perfect fit while enjoying the Seattle International Dance Festival

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We are conveniently located in Downtown Seattle just 2 blocks from

the Space Needle and just walking distance to the events of the Seattle

International Dance Festival.

$99.00–SIDF Rate

FeStIval calenDar June 14Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 8pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Tere Mathern Dance (Portland, OR) and Idan Cohen (Israel). One night only. See page 6-7

June 15Free kIckoFF eventart on the Fly 12-9pm van vorSt plaZa / terry ave plaZa

Terry Ave. n. between Thomas and Republican St.The festival turns two blocks of Terry Avenue into an urban street fiesta with dance and music performances, interactive events, local restaurant fare, a beer and margarita garden and family friendly activities. The whole event tops off with a DuSK DAnCe PARTY hosted by KeXP’s DJChilly playing world beats from 6-9pm. Come and join the dance! See page 4-5.

Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 8pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Kokoro Dance Company (Vancouver, Canada), Khambatta Dance Company (Seattle/WA) and a special collaboration between Yurek Hansen (Idaho Ballet Theater) and Manimou Camara (Guinea, West Africa/Seattle) of Dounia Djembe. See page 6-7.

June 16Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 7:30pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Kokoro Dance Company (Vancouver, Canada), Khambatta Dance Company (Seattle/WA) and a special collaboration between Yurek Hansen (Idaho Ballet Theater) and Manimou Camara (Guinea, West Africa/Seattle) of Dounia Djembe. See page 6-7.

June 18SpotlIght on Seattle SerIeS- 7:30pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Curated by Amy O’neal featuring the work of: Paige Barnes, Corrie Befort, Jody Kuehner, Alice Gosti, Beth Graczyk, Danny Long, Devin McDermott, Ricki Mason, Amelia Reeber and Shannon Stewart. See page 8-9.

June 19SpotlIght on Seattle SerIeS- 7:30pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Curated by Tere Mathern and co-presented with Conduit Dance Center in Portland featuring the work of: Allie Hankins, Lotus Body/Tara Dyberg, Danielle Ross, uMAMI Performance (Aiko Kinoshita + Aaron Swartzman) and Kate Wallich. See page 8-9.

June 20SpotlIght on Seattle SerIeS- 7:30pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Curated by Kiyon Gaines featuring the work of Amy Johnson, Marlo Martin and Badmarmadance, Coriolis Dance, Ashani Dances, and Shannon Stewart. See page 8-9.

June 21Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 8pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (Washington D.C.) and Dancing People (Ashland, OR). See page 10-11.

June 22Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 8pm cornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Jen McLeish (Vancouver, Canada), Wuza Wuza (Ghana, West Africa) in collaboration with Version excursion (Seattle, WA). See page 10-11.

SanIty caFe - 10pm locatIon: Secret

Festival audiences pick the theme and artists have one week to create. See page 12.

June 23Inter|natIonal SerIeS - 7:30pmcornISh college oF the artS / raISbeck hall

2015 Boren Avenue (at Fairview Ave.)Performances by Jen McLeish (Vancouver, Canada), Wuza Wuza (Ghana, West Africa) in collaboration with Version excursion. See page 10-11.

12-6pmn Free dance classes

n Indie craft fair

n Beer & Margarita Gardens

n Food by locally celebrated restaurants

n Family friendly activities

n “Surprise” dance performances

KInDIe ROCK GROuP elI roSenblatt anD SI lImon

LIVe PeRFORMAnCeS BY ShenanDoah DavIS, no clouDS anD exohxo

AS WeLL AS COnTeMPORARY DAnCe GROuPS FROM AROunD

THe WORLD IDan cohen (ISrael), kokoro Dance (canaDa) anD more…

6-9pm DuSk Dance partyDJ CHILLY (KeXP host of el Sonido)

gets the party started with international

beats for an unforgettable evening of

dancing into the sunset.

SaturDay, June 15FeaturIng:FREE EVENT

12:00-9:00 PM the maSSIve monkeeS

Full ScheDule: www.SeattleIDF.org4

Where: Terry Avenue n. between Thomas Street and Republican Street

For the Full art on the Fly

ScheDule: use this Code

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Live bands &internationaldance events

All ages dance classes: Zumba, Yoga, Bollywood, Hip Hop, and more.

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S E A T T L E C E N T E R

Roving, and surprise dance events.

harrISon Stage

Main Stage 6-9 pmKeXP DJ Chilly

DuSk Dance party

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the first weekend of the series with an amazing array of national and international artists from Israel, guinea, canada, Idaho and Seattle presented in two different programs.

raisbeck performance hall Cornish College of the Arts Tickets/Info: 1-800-838-3006www.SeattleIDF.org

Inter|natIonal SerIeSWeekenD one

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June 14-16

kokoro Dance (canaDa) performs A Simple Way, embodying the concepts of yugen (profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe… and the sad beauty of human suffering) and wabi (transient and stark beauty)-sabi (the beauty of natural patina and aging).

khambatta Dance company (Seattle, Wa) performs Truth and Betrayal spinning “questions of trust and deception into a tangy affair with a lightly cruel edge.” The company of five dancers bring “a lithe, elegant, gymnastic twist to their entanglements” [Seattle Times]

yurek hanSen (IDaho ballet) anD manImou camara (guInea)

presents a collaboration of different traditions bringing together West

African, hip-hop, ballet, and martial arts. Two stories. Two worlds. Of

the same spark and for a moment fed by the same wind.

FrI. June 14 / 8pm

Sat. June 15 / 8pm Sun. June 16 / 7:30pm

tere mathern Dance (portlanD, or) performs Gather, a dance about convergence, digging in, interdependence and the moment of interaction. A collaboration between Tere Mathern Dance and the music group, Battle Hymns & Gardens including saxophonists Reed Wallsmith and Joe Cunningham both members of the critically acclaimed Blue Cranes.

IDan cohen (ISrael)recipient of the 2012 Israeli Ministry of Culture’s award for Young Artists and one of Israel’s leading young independent choreographers will present Wayfarer. Set to Mahler’s composition, the piece manifests the inner journey of the wanderer, searching for symbols and images of a home. Surrounded by bird songs and the beauty and abyss of nature, The Wayfarer walks on unstable, fragile ground, looking for a haven.

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SpotlIght on SeattleJune 18-20 tue.-thur. | 7:30pm

tueSDay, June 18CuRATeD BY AMY O’neAL

Three curators offer their take on the Seattle dance scene: Amy O’neal Choreographer and Director of Seattle-based AmyO/Tinyrage, Tere Mathern, Director of Conduit Dance Center in Portland, and Kiyon Gaines, Choreographer and current Pacific northwest Ballet dancer.

paIge barneS performs Coyote, inspired by shamanic practices and the healing medicine that animals possess and inspired by a wood carved coyote totem unearthed while living in ecuador in 1997.

corrIe beFort peforms Aphorisms, a three part solo, each a kind of living conundrum, a surreal and impossible query generated through interaction with composer Tom Baker.

alIce goStI performs a vogueing piece, exploring femininity and an open investigation of gender and aesthetics.

beth gracZyk performs Celia, a sensual disintegration of iconic French philosopher Henry Corbin’s voice, passing between forms and states to reveal the anonymous history of a woman.

JoDy kuehner performs a new untitled work. An audience surprise. Be ready for anything.

Danny long performs a premiere of pot roast, aprons and June Cleaver (My life as a black gay housewife) about the role of men as care takers/givers.

DevIn mcDermott performs The Marble Made Our Cheeks Look Pink, a solo where a moving body navigates memory emotionally

lou henry hoover (Ricki Mason, choreographer) performs Future Purchase a drag/dance/theater solo exploring themes of fatherhood, aging, and expectations that are associated with masculinity using stylized cabaret and burlesque genres

amelIa reeber performs We need another Saxophone!, an investigation of Masculine/Feminine balance and the function of the human body.

Shannon SteWart performs Come.Get.To.This.is to approach making a work in a transparent and straightforward way - it is a narrative about resources, the economy, and transitions.

raisbeck performance hall Cornish College of the Arts Tickets/Info: 1-800-838-3006

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WeDneSDay, June 19 thurSDay, June 20CuRATeD BY TeRe MATHeRn CuRATeD BY KIYOn GAIneS

amy JohnSon performs MADMen, Inspired by the 1912 Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture, MADMAn is a physical dance work set to an original score by Seattle artist Matt Holmes. This piece was made within the guidelines of the Manifesto and choreographically shaped by its rules.

baDmarmarDance presents an excerpt of Without Context or Provocation, a work personal to choreographer Marlo Martin. “In June last year, my three-year son told me ‘mom, I want you to move into my dad’s house and we can all live together’”. each of us walk around with stories within ourselves…sometimes we share a part of it most times we keep silent.

corolIS Dance presents Insofar as the Landscopic Field Report combining live music, film, and a sculptural set. It tells the story of two extraterrestrial travelers on a mission to explore a seemingly deserted terrain and follows them through the difficulties presented during the process of discovery.

aShanI DanceS/Iyun aShanI harrISon performs Like Sand Through My Fingers exploring a young man’s loss of love and the emotions he traverses to reconcile his guilt. Set to eugene Ysaye’s stunning Violin Sonata #2 In A Minor.

Shannon SteWart performs Come.Get.To.This.is to approach making a work in a transparent and straightforward way - it is a narrative about resources, the economy, and transitions.

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The festival presents a special evening celebrating the unique relationship between Seattle and Portland curated by Tere Mathern and co-presented with Conduit Dance Center in Portland.

Sea/port: Works by Seattle and Portland atists including:

allIe hankInS performs Like a Sun That Pours Forth Light but never Warmth amalgamating herself with nijinsky’s most poignant roles, steering imitation into the realm of transformation and self-discovery.

DanIelle roSS performs Together We Fall with Taka Yamamoto in collaboration with vocalist Holland Andrews and composer Christi Denton, unearthing the tensions - emotional ranges,trajectories and symmetry - of operating in a duo.

lotuS boDy/tara Dyberg Canadian choreographer/Seattle resident Tara Dyberg, performs net//Works with sound engineer/composer Jesse French exploring inclusive and exclusive mentalities toward immigration and border crossing.

umamI perFormance, directed by Aiko Kinoshita + Aaron Swartzman, present excerpts from Constellation Half-Remembered with original sound score by Amy Denio and Beth Fleenor, on the subject of memory and its malleable, impermanent, and central role to self-identity.

kate WallIch + the yc presents It Girl and Them, an image based deconstruction of her throne through articulated form and saturated scene. Concept/direction/choreography by Kate Wallich performed by key collaborator/dancer, erica Badgeley with sound design by Lena Simon.

The second of two weekends of national and international companies from Africa, Canada, the District of Columbia and Oregon.

WeekenD tWo

June 21-23Inter|natIonal SerIeS

raisbeck performance hall Cornish College of the Arts Tickets/Info: 1-800-838-3006www.SeattleIDF.org

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FrI. 21 / 8pm maIDa WItherS Dance conStructIon company performs Collision Course – a.k.a. Pillow Talk, directed by legendary dance artist, Maida Withers, a movement-packed, seductive dance theatre work about the fiction and reality of LuV for the digital age. The real yet surreal performance exposes the fragile and volatile nature of relationships, featuring an electronic visual installation by Alissandru Caldiero and electronic music by audacious performance poet/ story teller, Steve Hilmy,

DancIng people company (aShlanD, or) is recently back from the OPenLOOK festival in Russia performs a trio of dance works; Threshold, about remaining within the confines of a small patch of grass, ephemeral Lifetimes, a duet inspired by all the possible lifetimes one could have had, and untitled, about the process of unwrapping the soul.

Sat. 22 / 8pm Sun. 23 / 7:30pm JennIFer mcleISh-leWIS (nanaImo, canaDa)performs Muse. You’re sad because you’re sad. It’s psychic. It’s the age. It’s chemical. Go see a shrink or take a pill, or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll, you need to sleep. ~Margaret Atwood

WuZa WuZa (ghana, WeSt aFrIca) anD verSIon excurSIon (Seattle, Wa) merge two influences from east and West. These two companies come together in a collaborative performance entitled, Full Circle. Dancers from both companies join each other onstage, bridging the gap between two very different cultures and exploring the facets of human experience in a fusion of traditional African and contemporary dance.

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SAnITY CAFe Alcohol served......

Discussion encouraged. ...location secret

A late evening cabaret-style

performance event in a secret location

somewhere in South Lake Union.

Artists will have 7 days to create a

work based on a theme given them by

festival audiences the first night of the

festival. Think of it as Survivor for the

aesthetically inclined - Take the plunge!

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Threshold Dance InstituteJune 17-21 (with rehearsal/performance on the 22nd/23rd)

For information, visit www.SeattleIDF.org and click on “STuDY.”

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$20 Advance / $15 Student/Senior$25 at the Door / $20 Student/Senior2-Show Pass: $35 (see any two shows)All Access Pass: $50 Great deal. See any/all seven evenings.

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FeStIval StaFFArtistic Director: cyrus khambatta Managing Director: constanze villinesDevelopment Director: erin nichole boyt AOF Project Coordinator: Ingrid portereducation Coordinator: abigail Wallace Publicist: Jennifer rice Graphic Design: Jon vlasak/rustbelt creative Lighting Designer/Technical Director.: Sara torres Sound Board Operator: brandon chapmanStage Manager: Zac eckstein

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FounDatIon

Photo Credits: Cover Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (MWDDC):

Shuan Schroth | P.3 Coriolis Dance: Ernie Sapiro | P.4 Sheri Brown &

BBQDanza: Wendy Simons | P.6: Idan Cohen: Dani Berman | P.7 Kokoro: Chris

Randle / Khambatta Dance Company: Colleen Cooke | P.8 Allie Hankins:

Steve Miller | P.10 Jen McLeish-Lewis: Brad Powell Photo | P.11 MWDCC: Shuan

Schroth

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