PULP: Featuring four different dancemakers -- Alianna Jaqua (Seattle), Laura Curry (Seattle), Keith Johnson (Long Beach), and Daniel Charon (NYC) -- PULP offers solos, a trio, quartet, and an ensemble of six. Performed by the women of d9 Dance Collective, it's supposed to include provocation, emotional appeal, and some wacky fun. We believe it. April 20-22, 27-29 // 8pm // Velocity Dance Center, Odd Fellows Hall // Tickets: $15 general/$13 students MOUNTAIN: Three Northwest......

Saturday we went to see Ten Tiny Dances, co-curated by Seattle's Crispin Spaeth and Portland's Mike Barber. All the dances are made for a 4' x 4' plywood stage, and this year Barber had decided to tighten the constraints by insisting that the performers stay within a foot or so of the stage if they stepped off. The tenth anniversary version brought the choreography of Kristina Dillard/Big Red Dance, Zoe Scofield, Crispin Spaeth Dance......

Frank Hayes (no, not that Frank Hayes) is a solo dance work from Amelia Reeber featuring a foggy arctic landscape, a person rowing a small boat, and a polar bear. The piece was performed at On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival (which is currently headed into its second weekend, the 16-18, by the way) and in Portland at TBA, back in 2004. Now, after Cthulhu, it will be the second film produced by Grant......