Khambatta Dance Company dancers will perform with German-based Tchekpo Dance Company in the sixth annual Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Fest.
Jim Cole
#The sixth annual Seattle International Dance Festival Winter Mini Fest presents four public performances from Feb. 25 to March 4 in conjunction with a 10-day residency between Seattle-based Khambatta Dance Company and the German-based Tchekpo Dance Company.
#TDC is an international troupe combining African, Italian and German artists.
#Highlighting spontaneity, the SIDF Mini Fest features premieres by each company and work created collaboratively in a few days’ time between artists hailing from three continents. It brings contemporary dance to Seattle’s doorstep by presenting four performances over two weekends.
#The first week of the residency, Tchekpo Dance Company and Khambatta Dance Company meet and exchange favorite works with the audience relating to being a stranger, the animal world and other subjects. The first performances are at 8 p.m. Feb. 25 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26, at Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway).
#Khambatta Dance Company premieres Now What? It mixes spoken word, music and athletic movement, while contemplating the self-reflective introspection and enlightenment of a death/rebirth cycle. KDC also collaborates with Tchekpo Dance Company, to create a new piece, born of artistic inspiration and spawned in just a few days’ time. The work will be titled just before the show.
#The second weekend, performances begin at 8 p.m. March 3 and March 4 at Erickson Theater (1524 Harvard Ave.).
#Visit www.seattleIDF.org for ticket and performance information.