Event Calendar
Academy Performances
Saturday, May 12, 7pm
Sunday, May 13, 5pm
Spectrum Dance Studio Theater
800 Lake Washington Blvd, Seattle
Tickets $12 advance, $14 at the door
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Spectrum’s Academy Program take on works by Donald Byrd, Eva Stone, Vincent Michael Lopez, and Marco Carrabba. The future is here.
The Miraculous Mandarin
Thursdays-Saturdays
May 17-19 & May 24-26
8pm
Hing Hay Park, S. King Street & Maynard Ave. S.
International District, Seattle
FREE performance
Composer Bela Bartok’s self-described “grotesque pantomime”—repeatedly banned throughout his lifetime—is remolded as theatrical pulp fiction. The line between eroticism and savagery is blurred in this twisted fable of an outsider’s tragic fate at the hands of a band of drug addicted thugs and their seductive moll. This tale of vice, violence, and voyeurism gone awry will be set in the historic Bush Hotel, overlooking Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s International District/Chinatown.
Seating can be reserved by clicking here.
Performances are 1 hour and will be followed by an audience discussion at IDEA Space just off Hing Hay Park. ADVISORY: The performance is not intended for children.
Thanks to the Seattle Chinatown-International District Public Development Authority, Storefronts Seattle, and the Wing Luke Museum for their support of this presentation. This performance is presented at no cost through support from the Nesholm Family Foundation.
“Miraculous Mandarin: Behind the scenes historic tour”
Co-presented by the Wing Luke Museum
Saturday, May 19, 6pm
Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King Street, Seattle
Tickets $12.95. Limited capacity.
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The confluence of details from the story of the Miraculous Mandarin, a seedy cast of characters in a gritty neighborhood that brings visitors from around the world, is coincidentally reflected in the location of this presentation. The performance of The Miraculous Mandarin will take place in the historic Bush Hotel in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District.
Spectrum Dance Theater sees this as a chance to explore the history of the neighborhood, one of Seattle’s oldest and most culturally and racially diverse areas. In partnership with the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, we are offering Spectrum audience members an opportunity to tour the Freeman Hotel in the West Kong Yick Building, an historic tenement in the neighborhood.
All School Demonstration
Sunday, June 10, Noon & 3pm
IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton
Love
World Premiere
June 21 – 30, 2012
Daniels Recital Hall, 5th and Marion, Downtown Seattle
Tickets $25 general, $20 students w/ ID, TeenTix $5 at door.
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Spectrum Dance Theater will close the season with the world premiere of Donald Byrd’s LOVE. The resolution to Byrd’s self-inquiry – “Is my view of love as dark as it has been?” – will be a spatial exploration on two stages at Daniels Recital Hall. This work will be accompanied by a live performance of Benjamin Britten’s solo Cello Suites by guest musicians (soon to be announced). Capacity will be limited.
Donald Byrd Summer Workshop: July 9-13; 11AM-4PM
The workshop culminates with the Company audition: Saturday, July 14; 12-3PM
Workshop Cost: $90/day or $400/week – Audition Fee is $20. Pre-registration with payment is required.
Click here for online registration. To register by phone, please call 206-325-4161.
Summer Day Camps for Youth and Adults
July 9-August 24, various dates and times. Click here for info.
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