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composing—Byron Au Yong-1
Words about music without sound are like words about dance without photos. Before reading about composer Byron Au Yong, you might like to listen to samples of his work at: HearByron.com Byron is a [...]
rehearsing-2
Major choreographic work was done in June, but a lot was only sketched in. Details were missing, connections unclear. Some things worked brilliantly. Others didn't—dancers didn't like them, Olivier couldn't get them right. [...]
rehearsing-1
Creation of 3Seasons started back in June 2009. As Olivier told On the Boards Artistic Director Lane Czaplinski, on the first day of rehearsal, dancers from Spectrum stood on one side of the room, PNB [...]
designing—Michael Cepress
Michael Cepress’s grandfather was a watchmaker, and he makes clothes as if they were fine watches. He specializes in witty, dazzling detail, and surprising use of subtle color. His verve, panache, and real innovation light [...]
dancing – Jim Kent
Jim is an independent dancer and an independent man. He dances for several companies, but doesn't invent or conceive of himself inside of any one institutional structure. In his life, both precarious and free, he [...]
beginnings—Olivier Wevers
At last, the Whim W'Him blog is up and running! Format not elegant, but it will do the job for now. Didn't realize how easy it was to start something like this— sometimes division of [...]
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.