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‘The Most Elusive Hold’ – Yin Yue
*Yin Yue, photo by Christopher Jones When Yin Yue was a small child in Nanchang, China (about 700 km from Shanghai) children had lessons in several arts to see what interests or talents [...]
seeking out the quiet places – Zoe Scofield
Zoe Scofield "What got you dancing?" I asked Zoe Scofield, who's creating her 1st piece for Whim W'Him's upcoming program, 3 x 3, opening Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Cornish Playhouse. "My sister's [...]
‘Before After’ – Alice Klock
It's the hands that draw one in. Telling something about an old world lost and a new one coming into being. In a Q&A session query about yoga influence in her piece, Before After, for [...]
‘Stephanie Knows Some Great People’ – Brendan Duggan
And now for something completely different... The images by Stefano Altamura (see last week's post) of Omar Román de Jesús' Welcome to Barrio Ataxia for Whim W'Him's Choreographic Shindig IV are dark and intense in [...]
‘Welcome to Barrio Ataxia’ – Omar Román Jesús
To give Whim W'Him followers a chance to see more of the beautiful photos taken at full dress rehearsal by the company's photographers, I usually devote a blog post almost entirely to images. This time, [...]
depicting the human form in motion – Stefano Altamura
It is hardly surprising that with an Italian father, a name like Stefano Francesco Altamura and being raised up in a Catholic household surrounded by Renaissance art, Whim W'Him's new photographer, was himself drawn to [...]
engaging the viewer – Brendan Duggan
Photo by Nir Ariel Like many imaginative kids, Brendan Duggan, who grew up in Amherst, New Hampshire, loved dressing up in costumes. But he only came to dance relatively late, in high school [...]
endlessly inspiring thought – Alice Klock
"Densely dimensional, unpredictable, strangely graceful and wild, Alice Klock's dances are like elegant ribbons caught in hopelessly tangled knots," wrote Dance Magazine, in this year's '25 to watch' feature. One of the three choreographers [...]
always dancing – Omar Román de Jesús
Collaboration by Cameras & Dancers—photo by Jacob Jonas Omar Román de Jesús doesn't really remember a time when he didn't dance. "Mostly I felt like doing it—it was natural." So was creating dances. [...]
changing places – Jane Cracovaner
"I like to be surprised," says Jane Cracovaner, Whim W'Him's newest dancer. She is much taken by the big trees in some of Seattle's neighborhoods, not just in parks but on ordinary city streets. Jane [...]
About the writer
Victoria Farr Brown is a former historian, a writer, now mostly of fiction, and a long-time lover of dance. She has written about Whim W’Him from its first steps in 2009.