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loss – Instantly Bound
In the small hours of Thanksgiving morning, an old and cherished companion, with whom we were staying in San Francisco for the holiday, died of a massive stroke. Unexpected. Irrevocable. Forever. Pondering this awful event [...]
jumping for joy – at OOAW5
Over $80,000 raised by generous donors! That's enough reason for whimmers to smile. But the evening was terrific fun in itself. Congenial guests, yummy food, entrancing entertainment, and a lovely atmosphere of good will, good [...]
restaging – Instantly Bound
Bullets shatter a peaceful school or shopping mall. Instantly Bound, created by Whim W'Him artistic director Olivier Wevers for Philadelphia's Ballet X last spring, fractures the events of such a day. Fragments of scenes—short-lived vignettes, [...]
come whimming with us!—nov 2, 2013
ATTENTION ALL WHIMMERS! Come on along and join Whim W'Him for OUT ON A WHIM CINQ the year’s big fund-raiser, in celebration of WHIM W’HIM’S FIFTH SEASON The Date: Saturday, November 2, 2013 The Time: [...]
exploring – Geneva Jenkins
"From the beginning movement was an essential language," says GENEVA JENKINS, who will be joining Whim W'Him this fall when January program rehearsals start. "I’m not sure it was a decision.” Though she’s followed what seems [...]
fun-raising – out on a whim cinq
OUT ON A WHIM CINQ the year’s big fund-raiser, is whimming right up, in celebration of WHIM W’HIM'S FIFTH SEASON The Date: Saturday, November 2, 2013 The Time: 6 PM-12 Am The Place: The Bullitt [...]
working on the wild side – Midsummer
Last month—as I watched Whim W'Him's artistic director, Olivier Wevers, create a new Midsummer Night's Dream for Grand Rapids Ballet—it was the first time I'd seen him choreograph within the setting of a ballet company [...]
discovering Midsummer in Grand Rapids
Last week I flew back from the east coast by way of Michigan, to spend three days shadowing Whim W’Him artistic director Olivier Wevers as he worked on a new Midsummer Night’s Dream for Grand [...]
having fun – dancer Laura McQueen Schultz
Cheerful, good-natured, full of energy and humor, Laura McQueen Schultz gives the impression of living her own ideal life. One of the mainstay dancers of Grand Rapids Ballet, she is married to another, Nicholas Schultz, [...]
trying out / finding whimmers
The public wasn't due at the Joyce Theater, for its Ballet v.6.0 program, until evening. The house waited empty except for a photographer and writer from Dance Magazine and a few observers like Patricia Barker [...]
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.