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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.

dancer feature – Mia Monteabaro

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:20:50-08:00April 30th, 2015|

Mia Monteabaro is adventuresome. Seeking out circumstances that demand a [...]

inventing – Kate Wallich

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:20:50-08:00April 22nd, 2015|

An empty studio in which she can dance, write, think, [...]

dancer feature – Lara Seefeldt

By Victoria Farr Brown|2021-05-11T14:02:17-07:00April 16th, 2015|

As I was thinking about how to introduce Lara Seefeldt's [...]

‘Alone is the devil’ – Olivier Wevers in the studio

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:20:50-08:00April 9th, 2015|

Hieronymus Bosch, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four [...]

dancer feature 3 – Kyle Matthew Johnson

By Victoria Farr Brown|2020-04-27T18:42:17-07:00April 2nd, 2015|

KYLE JOHNSON. Resourceful. Resilient. Inquisitive. For Kyle Matthew Johnson, [...]

dancer feature 2 -Tory Peil

By Victoria Farr Brown|2018-05-26T15:28:29-07:00March 26th, 2015|

TORY PEIL. Powerful. Intense. Voracious. Tory Peil is warm, funny, [...]

dancer feature 1 – Jim Kent

By Victoria Farr Brown|2018-04-02T14:22:44-07:00March 18th, 2015|

This post starts a series of new profiles on Whim [...]

balancing—Whim W’Him dancers on pain

By Victoria Farr Brown|2018-02-08T16:52:14-08:00March 12th, 2015|

So how do Whim W'Him's dancers cope with pain? It’s [...]

is it hurting yet? – on dance & pain

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:20:51-08:00March 10th, 2015|

Dancers are so matter-of-fact about pain. Whim W’Him’s Lara Seefeldt [...]

teaching – Whim W’Him at Velocity Dance Center

By Victoria Farr Brown|2017-02-07T02:20:51-08:00February 1st, 2015|

It's always intriguing to watch people in different roles than [...]