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About Victoria Farr Brown

Victoria Farr Brown is a writer, mostly of fiction, based in Seattle, and a long-time lover of dance. Behind the Scenes focuses on WhimW’Him—Olivier Wevers’s dance company, formed in 2009—its projects, artists, and whatever ideas, whimsical or otherwise, strike her in the course of watching the company grow.

compassion, empathy & love – Ihsan Rustem returns

By Victoria Farr Brown|2018-02-08T16:52:05-08:00November 24th, 2017|

After a much-acclaimed creation for the company's first Choreographic Shindig [...]

remembering Shindig III

By Victoria Farr Brown|2018-02-14T13:54:41-08:00November 7th, 2017|

On arriving back from several months on the east coast, [...]

cutting loose – Bruno Roque

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-09-09T23:09:18-07:00September 9th, 2017|

How The Background Hum of Stimuli came to fruition shows [...]

summoning – Adam Barruch

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-09-09T10:09:08-07:00September 8th, 2017|

“I’ve never done anything like it,” exclaims dancer Tory Peil [...]

choreographer profile – Banning Bouldin

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-09-07T17:21:43-07:00September 7th, 2017|

"I love a good challenge," says Banning Bouldin whose Limitation [...]

choreographer profile – Bruno Roque

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-09-03T15:30:25-07:00September 2nd, 2017|

Growing up in Portugal, Bruno Roque "wasn't in a dance [...]

dancer feature – Cameron Birts

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-09-08T11:43:14-07:00August 22nd, 2017|

If you're young, romantic and naïve, it may seem that [...]

dancer feature – Adrian Hoffman

By Victoria Farr Brown|2020-05-26T07:53:15-07:00August 6th, 2017|

One of the things that always strikes me most about [...]

choreographer profile – Adam Barruch

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-08-31T13:40:43-07:00July 7th, 2017|

Adam Barruch, one of 3 choreographers chosen by the Whim W'Him [...]

watching ecstasy

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-06-08T22:06:12-07:00June 8th, 2017|

"Approaching Ecstasy is not a light, happy ballet," writes Melody [...]