Velocity Presents THE BRIDGE PROJECT: Summer 2018

Velocity presents The Bridge Project: Summer 2018. Three of Seattle's most promising choreographers will take the leap to create three new works within a pressure cooker of just three-weeks. The Bridge Project is Velocity's program for movement-based artists who have been making work in Seattle for three years or less. The performances feature cutting-edge new work by emerging Seattle artists Moonyeka, Timothy M. Johnson, and Allison PB.

"The Bridge Project is one of Velocity's great gifts to the city." - The Stranger

Velocity is Seattle's forward-thinking laboratory and essential incubator for artists, new dance works, critical conversations, community, and teachers. A national nexus for dance, Velocity is recognized as a leader in a new dance development in the US and is instrumental in making Seattle a destination city with one of the most active dance communities in the nation. With artist-led classes and workshops daily, performances weekly; two annual festivals, the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation and Strictly Seattle; year-round subsidized studio and theater rentals; and ongoing humanities programs that activate thoughtful conversations; Velocity is a portal for those new to dance and an important community resources. Velocity is Seattle's only dedicated contemporary dance venue where groundbreaking work and disciplined practice coexist.

Home to hundreds of independent dance artists and renowned for producing innovative, cutting-edge work, Velocity's artist development programs have fostered the early work and careers of Cherdonna, Zoe Scofield, Dani Tirrell, Kate Wallich, Danielle Agami, Alice Gosti, Kim Lusk, Coleman Pester and 100s more; and was the first to bring to Seattle the work of art stars Tere O'Connor, Miguel Gutierrez, Anouk van Dijk, Bebe Miller, Deborah Hay, Ralph Lemon, Faye Driscoll, Monica Bill Barnes and many more.

Velocity also supports YC2 in partnership with Studio Kate Wallich, a platform for young dance professionals entering the working field to exercise artistic agency while receiving consistent contracted training, rehearsal and performance opportunities.

Velocity advances contemporary dance and movement-based art by fostering the creative explorations or artists and audiences through an invested commitment to education, creation, performance, inquiry, community participation, and inter/national exchange.

Performance Dates + Times:

Thursday, AUG 23; 7:30PM

Friday, AUG 24; 7:30PM

Saturday, AUG 25; 7:30PM

Sunday, AUG 26; 7:30PM

Location: Velocity; 1621 12th Ave, Seattle

Tickets: $20 advance ($25 at the door); $17 MVP members; $15 under 25 (w/ ID); $50 Patron

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