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rehearsing the sofa
The eponymous sofa, in its Seattle incarnation, has at last made its grand entrance into the Whim W'Him rehearsal studio. A royal-purple velour Victorian settee, it commands at least as important a role in Olivier [...]
traveling places – Amber Willett 2
When new Whim W’Him dancer Amber Willett set off for Tübingen, Germany last year, with her husband of two weeks, he had a good teaching fellowship, she didn’t have any job. But they settled in [...]
traveling places – Amber Willett 1
New Whim W'Him dancer Amber Willett (www.amberwillett.com) drinks a lot of coffee, but quite aside from caffeine, she has a lot of natural energy. Both her parents were artists and gymnasts, and her mom had [...]
What a night! – Out On A Whim #4
Best Out On A Whim turnout and proceeds so far! Whim W'Him's big fund-raising event of the season began with two silent auctions of fine art, tickets to arts events, and various experiences. These, plus [...]
rehearsing 2 – Olivier Wevers & Co
Watching rehearsals over several weeks in October, I amused myself by making a list of characteristics Whim W'Him artistic director/chief choreographer Olivier Wevers looks for and of patterns in how he works. •Tracing. Making a [...]
multiple lives – Margo Spellman
You might say Margo Spellman leads a double life—or triple or quintuple lives. Her energy, persistence, logical mind, artistic temperament, vast network of friends, and wide-ranging interests fill her days with marketing meetings, sessions in [...]
sizzling!-Lily Verlaine
I first met her in person on a cold Saturday backstage at Open Space Vashon—a dim and cavernous former warehouse, now arts venue. She was rehearsing for a show to light up the place that [...]
dancing for your life – Ty Alexander Cheng
Next week, at the Out On A Whim #4 auction to benefit Whim W’Him,* Ty Alexander Cheng will dance with his former partner Kylie Shea Lewallen, in artistic director Olivier Wevers's sassy, sizzling Coquette. It’s probably [...]
drawing from life – Erin Schulz
And now for something completely different! On the surface, it would be hard to find paintings less alike than those of Erin Schulz and of Tom Barnes, whom I profiled last time. Both painters are [...]
drawing on the run – Tom Barnes
"The last of the great gaucho painters," he likes to call himself. His watercolor and ink drawing, Sexy Legs and Boots will be auctioned at Out on a Whim #4 November 3.* At some point [...]
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.