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Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater – music & words
When Early Music Seattle executive director, Gus Denhard suggested the idea of a music/dance collaboration for Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater to Seattle Baroque Orchestra music director, Alexander Weimann, Alex says that he was "captivated by the idea." [...]
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater – dance
Stabat Mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat Filius are the opening words, dating back at least to the 13th century, of an ancient hymn to the sorrowing mother of Jesus standing at the foot [...]
‘Trail of Soles’ – Olivier Wevers
"Nomads in crowded isolation." That favored phrase of Olivier Wevers, Whim W'Him founder and artistic director, could well have been the title or subtitle of his Trail of Soles, the third and final work in the [...]
‘The Most Elusive Hold’ – Yin Yue
*Yin Yue, photo by Christopher Jones When Yin Yue was a small child in Nanchang, China (about 700 km from Shanghai) children had lessons in several arts to see what interests or talents [...]
seeking out the quiet places – Zoe Scofield
Zoe Scofield "What got you dancing?" I asked Zoe Scofield, who's creating her 1st piece for Whim W'Him's upcoming program, 3 x 3, opening Friday, January 18, 2019 at the Cornish Playhouse. "My sister's [...]
‘Before After’ – Alice Klock
It's the hands that draw one in. Telling something about an old world lost and a new one coming into being. In a Q&A session query about yoga influence in her piece, Before After, for [...]
‘Stephanie Knows Some Great People’ – Brendan Duggan
And now for something completely different... The images by Stefano Altamura (see last week's post) of Omar Román de Jesús' Welcome to Barrio Ataxia for Whim W'Him's Choreographic Shindig IV are dark and intense in [...]
‘Welcome to Barrio Ataxia’ – Omar Román Jesús
To give Whim W'Him followers a chance to see more of the beautiful photos taken at full dress rehearsal by the company's photographers, I usually devote a blog post almost entirely to images. This time, [...]
depicting the human form in motion – Stefano Altamura
It is hardly surprising that with an Italian father, a name like Stefano Francesco Altamura and being raised up in a Catholic household surrounded by Renaissance art, Whim W'Him's new photographer, was himself drawn to [...]
engaging the viewer – Brendan Duggan
Photo by Nir Ariel Like many imaginative kids, Brendan Duggan, who grew up in Amherst, New Hampshire, loved dressing up in costumes. But he only came to dance relatively late, in high school [...]
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.