Velocity’s TEDxRanier Talk: Mother, for you I made this.
Tonya Lockyer and Ezra Dickinson recently spoke at the TEDxRainer event Known/Unknown, representing Velocity Dance Center. Lockyer introduces and contextualizes Dickinson’s work Mother for you I Made...
View ArticleWho’s The Artist Now?
Tonya Lockyer and Vanessa DeWolf are having a public conversation, partially inspired by the article below written by Lockyer and originally published in CityArts magazine, at Studio Current as part of...
View ArticleEl Norte Speakeasy: Velocity’s NFNW 2014
Starting off Velocity’s Next Fest Northwest Festival, Speakeasy Series: El Norte started our conversation about the New West with a look to the Old West and to Mexican-American and Latino-American...
View ArticleTere O’Connor Community Forum at Velocity
Velocity partnered with On the Boards in a celebration of master American choroeographer Tere O’Connor, hosting performances of his seminal works BLEED, poem, Secret Mary, and Sister. As part of this...
View ArticleIdentity Riot Speakeasy: Velocity’s NFNW 2014
In conjunction with Next Fest NW, Velocity presented the Speakeasy Series: Identity Riot, where we examined the New West from the perspective of feminism, riot grrrls and African-American and...
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RE_POST: The State of the Arts: The Capitol Hill Arts District and Why it...
This article was originally published on VanguardSeattle.com on February 16, 2015. Countless articles have been written around the country in the last few years about how communities that were once...
View ArticleMark Haim + Jesse Zaritt Post Performance Discussion at Velocity
Mark Haim (SEA) and Jesse Zaritt (NYC) lead a community discussion following the showing of their work-in-progress duet created during a workshop and residency at Velocity Dance Center. Haim and Zaritt...
View ArticleHistorical Information about the Partisan Resistance
The story opens with the image of a character called Diavolo (Devil, a sergeant), sitting on his motorcycle, smoking a cigarette, and waiting for a girl. When Vera appears at a distance, Diavolo...
View ArticleLibretto: How to become a partisan
The Libretto used in Alice Gosti’s How to become a partisan, which was produced through Velocity’s Made in Seattle program and premiered April 25, 2015. Alvaro Valsenti 93 – by Alice Gosti [ENGL]...
View ArticleDarrell Jones Lightning Talk // Velocity SFDI 2014
Darrell Jones gave a stirring talk on identity, community, and vogueing at Velocity Dance Center as a part of the 2014 Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation. Watch the footage of his lightning talk...
View ArticleArt in Prisons Speakeasy
Velocity presented the Art in Prisons Speakeasy on Sunday September 13. Leigh Sugar guided a discussion about the current incarceration system in Washington and nation-wide with guest speakers Pat...
View ArticleElby Brosch: What is Utopia? Next Fest NW15
A single body, comfortable, at home, moving with confident purpose and ease. Belonging. Seen because you want to see me. Heard because you want to hear me. Understood because you already understand....
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Conversation: Tonya Lockyer + Lane Czaplinski
For the first time, Velocity, On the Boards, + SQUID MGMT joined together to bring a united voice of Seattle/Portland dance to NYC during APAP | NYC 2016, a conference of the Association of...
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Petra Zanki’s Curating Performing Arts
Curating Performing Arts Zagreb: Frakcija, 2011. 2nd Print Run. Curating Performing Arts, edited by Petra Zanki, together with Tea Tupajić and Florian Malzacher, is the world’s first publication fully...
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Participate in Process Speakeasy: Bridge Project 2016
The Bridge Project is Velocity’s 4-week program for movement-based artists new to making work in Seattle, or who have been making work in Seattle for three years or less. This intensive residency...
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Three Generations Speakeasy
THREE GENERATIONS SPEAKEASY: RECENT SEATTLE DANCE HISTORIES The weekend of February 19, 2016, Velocity welcomed Guggenheim Fellow and Seattle dance luminary, Bill Evans, back to our city for a weekend...
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From Elsewhere #LuluNation + Crew Podcast
#QTPOCDance – Dance of Life, Identity, & Gender – DANA MICHEL & 2016 Showing Out Crew This week, we are reposting this podcast from #LuluNation + Crew in conjunction with Velocity and CD...
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Speakeasy Series: Keith Hennessy Post-Show Talk
Last Sunday, March 13, 2016 Keith Hennessy returned to Velocity to perform his one man show, Bear/Skin, and engaged in post show discussion. Artistic Director Tonya Lockyer’s letter of introduction for...
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You’re Never Too Old to Dance with Edna Daigre
On Sunday, February 28 2016, Edna Daigre participated in our Speakeasy entitled The Color of Dance-History of Black Dance in Seattle. Check out this article from our friend Marcie Sillman and KUOW...
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The Color of Dance Speakeasy: Showing Out 2016 Contemporary Black Choreographers
On Sunday February 28, 2016, Velocity welcomed some of Seattle’s African-American dance luminaries for a Speakeasy entitled The Color of Dance-History of Black Dance in Seattle. We were able to engage...
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