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partnering-1
How dances for two are approached by choreographer and director Olivier Wevers says a great deal about what attracts me to Whim W’Him. Since at least the Sixties, the cry for “relevance” has gone up [...]
revving up
What a day yesterday! Everyone was in high gear. Opening night for Shadows, Raincoats, and Monsters is a week from this Friday. In a stroke of fantastic timing, Whim W’Him was also recently invited to [...]
monster-society
This summer while Olivier Wevers was choreographing Monster/Society, I was out of town, then still gone for Men in Dance when this duet for two men was first performed in early October by Andrew Bartee [...]
monster-addiction
It isn't Nutcracker, that's for sure. And Kylie Lewallen (who is dancing in two 2010 productions of the holiday favorite) is no sugar plum fairy in this riveting, dark piece by Olivier Wevers. Nor is [...]
monster-relationship
Great news bulletin from Palm Dessert, CA— Last night at McCallum Hall Olivier Wevers/Whim W'Him won The Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival Competition with his FRAGMENTS. The Grand Prize is a much-welcomed $5000. Congratulations [...]
dancing-Kelly Ann Barton
Kelly Ann Barton in person is small, pretty, sweet and a little shy- seeming. She surprises me with her off-stage presence, because onstage she is powerful, sometimes stern and even forbidding. Dance Magazine, October 2009, [...]
rehearsing-this is not a raincoat
The rehearsal on Monday is hard. It was a big Nutcracker weekend. Olivier and the dancers are tired. After four intense hours, things even get slightly testy, a rarity with this troupe. Raincoat seems on [...]
dancing-Andrew Bartee
At first glance, Andrew Bartee looks like any lanky kid. And then you see him move... At barely twenty Andrew is the youngest of the Whimmers. I was interested in what qualities led Olivier to [...]
Annabelle redux
In the week ending October 10, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa was in Seattle again, for the second set of rehearsals on the piece that Whim W’Him will premiere in January. Recently I caught up with [...]
out on a whim for real
Fantastic energy—so much laughter... A sizzle that surpassed even last year’s party! Dramatic auction items…, Music, art, and bodily sustenance… Dancing of course... And some quiet moments, good conversations… Annabelle there in spirit & images—the [...]
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.