Line-Up Announced for 9th Annual CHOP SHOP: BODIES OF WORK

CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work proudly announces the performing artists for the 2016 edition of the festival. Held February 13 and 14, 2016 at The Theatre at Meydenbauer, the festival presents extraordinary contemporary dance from Seattle and beyond, alongside master classes and free community outreach programs. Now in its ninth year, CHOP SHOP is recognized as one of the most important dance events of the year, serving up a unique sampling of contemporary dance from leading regional, national and international award-winning dance makers, specifically for the Eastside.

Drawn from diverse backgrounds and possessing strong individual voices, each CHOP SHOP company or artist is united through the contemporary language of dance and its power to stir the senses through the visceral moving image. CHOP SHOP 2016 features performances by: Spectrum Dance Theater (Seattle), Michele Miller/Catapult Dance (Seattle), Kyra Jean Green (Montreal), Coleman Pester // TECTONIC MARROW SOCIETY (Seattle), Lauren Edson/LED (Boise), Anna Conner +CO (Seattle), SubRosa Dance Collective (Portland, Ore.), Elizabeth Houlton and Dancers (Seattle), The Stone Dance Collective (Eastside) and Alexander Pham (Dallas).

Tickets will be available soon at www.brownpapertickets.com. Tickets for adults are $28 and student/senior tickets are $23. Discounted tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. The Theatre at Meydenbauer is located at 11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue, WA 98004. For more information visit www.chopshopdance.org. A promo reel featuring 2015 performing artists is available at vimeo.com/140137476.