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sharing Third Degree – This is real.
You did it Whimmers! "Delightful," "fantastic," "thoughtful," "stellar," "a feast for the senses"—just some of the words lavished by audience members on Whim W'Him's latest program, Third Degree. "Aesthetically," writes Anna Waller in Seattle Dances, [...]
composing – Brian Lawlor
Brian Lawlor is, as he puts it, "a musical mutt." The composer for Whim W'Him artistic director/choreographer Olivier Wevers' revealing new I don't remember a spark,* Brian says he is a "hypercollaborator." He delights in [...]
unpacking baggage – Olivier Wevers’ ‘Spark’
"I don't remember a spark..." says the voice of Whim W'Him artistic director/ choreographer Olivier Wevers at the start of his latest creation, thus giving rise to the title of what is in many ways [...]
yearning – Andrew Bartee in L’Effleuré
L'Effleuré is the most overtly balletic of the roles Andrew Bartee has danced for Whim W'Him. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa created this solo for the Dutch dancer Rubinald Pronk. Rubinald Pronk in L'Effleuré About [...]
learning fast – Jesse Sani
In some ways the Whim W'Him moments I love best are when choreographer/artistic director Olivier Wevers is working with 1, 2 or a few dancers to draw out the meaning of a piece. Friday morning, Olivier [...]
composing – Lena Simon
Lena Simon grew up in Venice, California and has been "doing music for a long long time." Dancer/choreographer Andrew Bartee maintains that Lena "plays a bit of everything." She's composing the music for his piece [...]
moving on – Sergey Kheylik
What brought Sergey Kheylik to ballet? "My mom made me do it," he says in his surprisingly deep voice. "to keep me off the city streets." Sergey grew up in the city of Voronezh, Russia, [...]
traveling – Whim W’Him is going places
Whim W'Him is headed to New York City, by invitation, to the Joyce Theater—crème de la crème of US dance venues—as a part of their Ballet v6.0 Festival. August 12-13, 2013. A great honor. A [...]
choreographing – Andrew Bartee
"I was always bossy," says Andrew Bartee, though you'd never know it from his modest, playful persona. The oldest of four kids, he "always had an urge to put something on—plays, variety or talent shows, [...]
Whim W’Him photo favorites 3 – Adam Bamberg
Whim W'Him is fortunate to have Adam Bamberg, of Bamberg Fine Art Photography— along with wife Kim Bamberg and co-conspirator Molly Magee—as official recorders of the company's most striking moments. Here are Adam's thoughts on 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.