By Mahsa Hojjati Editor’s Note: With the recent unrest in Iran that has echoed around the world, we considered holding back this story. However, we are going ahead. As the writer says on her Instagram page, “I feel that each step I am fortunate to take is not separate from the collective desires of all
By Jenn Edwards Le Patin Libre was on the verge of presenting their first piece for a large ensemble, a cast of 15 skaters from all over Europe and North America, when COVID hit, and the 2020 premiere was cancelled. As one of those 15 skaters, I was disheartened, having been part of the creative
By Marcie Sillman When Kent Stowell and Francia Russell arrived in Seattle in 1977 to take the reins of a five-year old ballet company, they had one big goal: “We wanted to make a company and a school that we would be proud to be part of as dancers,” Russell recalls. Forty-five years later, the