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‘Alone is the devil’ – Olivier Wevers in the studio
Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things Pride/Vanity (Superbia) Lust (Luxuria) Sloth (Acedia) Greed (Avaritia) Wrath/Anger (Ira) Gluttony (Gula) Envy (Invidia) Alone is the devil premieres May 29-31, 2015.* [...]
dancer feature 3 – Kyle Matthew Johnson
KYLE JOHNSON. Resourceful. Resilient. Inquisitive. For Kyle Matthew Johnson, his inspirations and desires, what he seeks in his friends, and what he considers his own best and worst qualities are all intimately connected. In [...]
dancer feature 2 -Tory Peil
TORY PEIL. Powerful. Intense. Voracious. Tory Peil is warm, funny, verbal, and full of strong feelings. She loves the exaggerated physical comedy of burlesque or Olivier’s reimagining of Les Sylphides and is equally capable of great [...]
dancer feature 1 – Jim Kent
This post starts a series of new profiles on Whim W’Him’s dancers, to be rolled out across the spring. During the week of each Behind the Scenes Dancer Feature, additional photos and interesting or amusing [...]
balancing—Whim W’Him dancers on pain
So how do Whim W'Him's dancers cope with pain? It’s a balancing act, literally and figuratively. Says Thomas Phelan, "I've obviously discussed pain a lot while dancing. For example, when I'm having my students hold [...]
is it hurting yet? – on dance & pain
Dancers are so matter-of-fact about pain. Whim W’Him’s Lara Seefeldt says they take hurting “as a given,” while Kyle Matthew Johnson, speaking more personally, notes that, “For most shows I’m dealing with some injury or [...]
teaching – Whim W’Him at Velocity Dance Center
It's always intriguing to watch people in different roles than usual. On January 17, in the midst of the THREEFOLD weekend, I went to Velocity Dance Center in the afternoon to watch the third of [...]
watching Threefold
First on the THREEFOLD program last weekend at Cornish Playhouse was Whim W’Him artistic director Olivier Wevers’s We Are Not the Same. Called by at least two reviewers his most sophisticated work to date, it [...]
onstage – THREEFOLD
Something is lost in leaving the studio behind: the clear view of facial expression and the immediacy of corrections and adjustments made in front of one's eyes. The intimacy of the studio gives way to [...]
in process – Loni Landon 2
Loni Landon, one of the three choreographers of Whim W'Him's upcoming THREEFOLD program, has keen preferences and intentions. She expects the audience to do their own work of interpretation: there are no predetermined meanings in [...]
About the writer
Victoria Farr Brown is a former historian, a writer, now mostly of fiction, and a long-time lover of dance. She has written about Whim W’Him from its first steps in 2009.