Victoria Farr Brown – Whim W'Him Seattle Contemporary Dance

Seattle Contemporary Dance

About Victoria Farr Brown

Victoria Farr Brown is a writer, mostly of fiction, based in Seattle, and a long-time lover of dance. Behind the Scenes focuses on WhimW’Him—Olivier Wevers’s dance company, formed in 2009—its projects, artists, and whatever ideas, whimsical or otherwise, strike her in the course of watching the company grow.

the complete artist – Karl Watson

By Victoria Farr Brown|2023-08-03T15:32:50-07:00July 27th, 2023|

At the age of three, he saw a performance [...]

farewell to the WW blog – Victoria Farr Brown

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-09-13T14:28:51-07:00September 12th, 2022|

Today is my last regular post for the Whim [...]

farewell to Whim – Liane Aung

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-08-14T14:17:51-07:00August 14th, 2022|

For 6 thrilling years Liane Aung was a radiant presence [...]

journey to self – Olivier Wevers

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-05-14T21:37:43-07:00May 8th, 2022|

Cannibalistic Sanctuary, by Whim W'Him artistic director and choreographer Olivier [...]

game for joy – Maurya Kerr

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-04-28T22:48:55-07:00April 24th, 2022|

In 2015 Maurya Kerr created into the wide welcome, as [...]

expanding – Micaela Taylor

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-04-04T11:08:19-07:00April 4th, 2022|

Engaging, passionate and full of ideas, Micaela Taylor has been [...]

onstage images – January 2022

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-01-29T16:09:54-08:00January 29th, 2022|

Stefano Altamura's photos of the Whim W'Him dancers are so [...]

3rd x’s the charm – Ethan Colangelo

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-01-21T16:41:56-08:00January 21st, 2022|

Growing up in Toronto, Ontario, Ethan Colangelo says his first [...]

dancing forever – Jakevis Thomason

By Victoria Farr Brown|2022-01-14T23:20:59-08:00January 14th, 2022|

Jakevis Thomason says he has been dancing “forever.” He started [...]

taking root – Nell Josephine

By Victoria Farr Brown|2021-12-03T19:11:54-08:00December 3rd, 2021|

As a young child in beautiful, bucolic Garden Valley, Idaho [...]