Each year, United States Artists honors 50 American artists with fellowships of $50,000 — unrestricted funds awarded across eight disciplines. With the news that local dancer, choreographer, musician and filmmaker Dayna Hanson had been named a 2010 USA Fellow, Hanson's long career of art-making in Seattle got a massive vote of confidence. more ›

Last week, the national artists’ advocacy organization United States Artists (USA) announced the recipients of fifty $50,000 USA Fellowship grants for artistic excellence. Congrats to Seattle artist Dayna Hanson, named a 2010 United Artist fellow, specifically for her work in the field of dance. more ›

>>October 5 & 6 @ the Moore: Spectrum Dance is doing a new dance work called Interrupted Narratives/WAR, previewed in the P-I. There's also a video blog of the work's progress. With guests the Koresh Dance Company, the pride of Philly. Tickets: $15-$29.50 plus TM fees. Curtain 8pm. more ›

There are not enough hours in the day. Just. Not. Enough. If we weren't already going to the New Pornographers show tonight, we'd likely be found at the Ten Tiny Dances performance at CHAC (7:30pm, $15). If you haven't seen it before, the idea is there's a 4' x 4' platform that the dancers have to (more or less) stay on for their performance, like when we were kids and the floor was lava. Lava! more ›

This Friday and Saturday, Velocity Dance Center presents its Strictly Seattle series, with a who's who of Seattle choreographers: Pat Graney, Dayna Hanson, Keith Johnson, Pablo Cornejo, Aiko Kinoshita, and Crispin Spaeth. It may also star your neighbor -- the series is the result of a three-week course where participants study with up to seven different instructors, work with a choreographer to create a new piece and then perform it publicly. (Here's the relevant Flickr set.) more ›

"We Never Like Talking About The End" opened at On the Boards last night and we just picked up tickets for Saturday night, too. It's an evening of song (here's our favorite), dance, and video that makes you laugh out loud while contemplating your mortality. Think of a bitter, buttery morsel of dark, dark chocolate. more ›