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Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation's Off the Cuff Concerts

Broadway Performance Hall
Seattle, WA

Dance Art Group presents Off the Cuff, two nights of innovative performance with leading dance artists from around the world. Off the Cuff is the only chance each year to see these world-renowned artists gather under one roof in the Northwest.

Thursday & Friday, August 5 & 6, 2010 :: 8pm
Different show each night!
$15/night; $25 both nights
More information: http://www.danceartgroup.org/sfadi/sfdi-performance.html

Slated to perform are some of the shiniest stars of the improvisational dance world:

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5:
Contact Improvisation pioneer K.J. Holmes (NY) | Vitali Kononov (CA) | Rachael Lincoln (CA) | Nina Martin (TX) | "Bessie" recipient Bebe Miller (OH) | KT Niehoff (WA) | Degenerate Art Ensemble Co-Director Haruko Nishimura | Christian Swenson (WA) | Alia Swersky (WA)

"Bebe Miller is a cartographer of human emotions; mapping the landscape of the passions of her dance with luminous intelligence." (The Washington Post)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6:
Cathie Caraker (CA) | Martha Eddy (NY) | Karl Frost (CA) | Louis Gervais (WA) | "Bessie" and Guggenheim Award winner Miguel Gutierrez (NY) | Aiko Kinoshita (WA) | Nina Martin (TX) | Degenerate Art Ensemble Co-Director Haruko Nishimura | Aaron Swartzman (WA) | Alia Swersky (WA)

Also featuring Michal Lahav (WA) & Susan Rethorst (NY)

"I make performances that are about things and are things themselves. The things they are about are big: how to live in the world, how to love, how to feel about being yourself. Probably the biggest question I make art about is: why are we alive. I am a dancer. I write poems. I make songs and music with my voice and rudimentary knowledge of instruments. I think that we are all powerful people." (Miguel Gutierrez)

Schedule subject to change.

Saturday, August 7 features a performance of dance works by SFDI students from around the world. 7pm, Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Avenue, $5 at the door.

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These concerts are part of the 17th annual SFDI (Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation), August 1-8, a world-renowned dance festival offering master classes with internationally-recognized faculty, public performances, jams, and more. 18 dance artists from around the world and the state converge upon Seattle to teach and perform a wide variety of improvisational dance techniques.

SFDI is produced by DAG (Dance Art Group), which is supported in part by 4Culture and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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