Get Out This Weekend: La Compañía Nacional de Danza

When Seattlest was a young dancer, we dreamed of creating choreography worthy of this Spanish company. Not that we knew La Compañía Nacional de Danza back then, but the first time we saw them perform it was like watching the dancers from our imagination writ large on stage--we never succeeded as a choreographer, but Artistic Director Nacho Duato (that's right, you read correctly) has The Gift. Intense, vivid and poignant without ever being self-important or overly hand-wringy about injecting meaning into motion, this company sells out wherever they go.

The company will perform three works choreographed by Duato: Gnawa, Castrati, and White Darkness. Here's a preview of what you'll see, excerpted from White Darkness:

8pm // Thurs-Sat // UW Meany Hall // $20-$45