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February 3, 2016

Arts Roundup: BANDALOOP, Igor Levit – and the Trisha Brown Dance Company

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The Trisha Brown Dance Company performs for three nights in Meany Hall, and also gives a site-specific performance at the Seattle Art Museum. Pianist Igor Levit makes his Seattle debut, and the UW Musical Theater program presents the final performances of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”

 

Trisha Brown Dance Company

Trisha Brown Dance Company performs at Meany Hall for three nights, February 4-6.credit: Ian Douglas

Trisha Brown Dance Company
8:00 pm, February 4 – 6 | Meany Theater
A pioneer and maverick of postmodern dance, Washington state native Trish Brown has spent a lifetime pushing the limits of choreography. Her dance company returns to Meany Hall as part of UW World Series for a retrospective of Brown’s stage work. Come on Thursday, February 4, and stay after the performance for an Arts Dawgs after party in Meany Hall’s lobby. More info.

BANDALOOP performs their vertical choreography on the side of Meany Hall, February 5.

BANDALOOP performs their vertical choreography on the side of Meany Hall, February 5.credit: Mark Hanauer

BANDALOOP performs “Man Walking Down the Side of a Building”
February 5 | Red Square outside Meany Hall
Catch this vertical dance group suspended from the top of Meany Hall in Trisha Brown’s famous work, “Man Walking Down the Side of a Building,” featuring UW Dance Program’s Rachel Lincoln. There will be three performances on February 5 at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. More info.

Trisha Brown: In Plain Site
2:00 p.m, February 6 | South Hall of the Seattle Art Museum
In a special site-specific adventure, “Trisha Brown: In Plain Site” mines and then recombines material from choreographer Trisha Brown’s repertory into a new work. More info.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Through February 7 | Jones Playhouse
UW’s Musical Theater program presents a warmhearted musical comedy chronicling the experiences of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. More info.

Igor Levit performs a solo piano recital, February 10

Igor Levit performs a solo piano recital on February 10.credit: Felix Broede

Igor Levit
7:30 p.m. February 10 | Meany Theater
One of the most accomplished artists of the new generation, Russian-German pianist Igor Levit makes his Seattle debut at Meany Hall with a program of Bach, Beethoven, Schubert and Prokofiev. More info.

 

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