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.