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dreaming – Olivier’s Midsummer
When Grand Rapids Ballet director Patricia Barker asked choreographer and Whim W'Him's artistic director Olivier Wevers to mount a new Midsummer Night's Dream for her company, it was a dream come true for Olivier. For [...]
still cloudy – Olivier Wevers’s newest piece
Whim W'Him artistic director Olivier Wevers stands before the Whim W'Him dancers, ready to introduce a yet uncreated work. Poulenc's Organ Concerto in g minor is the music. That is clear. The piece will have [...]
inventing – dancers talk about Annabelle’s new piece
The hand motions of the four women in choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's as yet untitled new piece, for Whim W'Him's May show, grow out of her own distinctive gestures.* And the curious vocabulary being developed [...]
always changing – Andrew Bartee
I’m here, but it’s not the same is the title of the piece Andrew Bartee is creating for Whim W'Him's May show.* "It’s about the inevitability of change and changing as a person," he says, [...]
dreaming – Olivier’s Midsummer
When Grand Rapids Ballet director Patricia Barker asked choreographer and Whim W'Him's artistic director Olivier Wevers to mount a new Midsummer Night's Dream for her company, it was a dream come true for Olivier. For [...]
‘decyphering’ – Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s latest
A Black Box, but not tiny. Though the seats are few in number (150), the stage is large (50’ wide, about 40’ deep without wings or backdrop, 15’ up to the lights). Guest choreographer Annabelle [...]
shaking things up – Whim W’Him in May
This spring Whim W’Him is branching out, Where are we going this time? To the Erickson Theatre on Capitol Hill. New venue, a new community to beguile, smaller space with more shows, and a comfy, [...]
lighting motion & emotion – Michael Mazzola
Light is an integral part of Whim W'Him's work, and Michael Mazzola has designed the lighting for nearly all its productions, the most recent show included. With Instantly Bound, the first piece on the program (January [...]
reacting to what people say
Seattle was enjoying gleeful hysterics a week or so ago in its role as the 12th Man. An interesting concept that, one which—for all the commercialism and hype— gets at a crucial and universal element [...]
program notes – how much is enough?
"You'll never please everyone," says Whim W'Him artistic director Olivier Wevers. But I find it intriguing to try. As the writer of Whim W'Him program notes, I'm very curious about what level of detail an [...]
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.