Velocity Presents Daniel Linehan in NOT ABOUT EVERYTHING and Velocity Open Forum: The Good Life, September

Velocity presents a homecoming for Washington State native and emerging international superstar, Daniel Linehan. Linehan performs his critically acclaimed Not About Everything and leads a 6-day Residency with a cast of Seattle guest artists to create the latest installment of The Karaoke Dialogues (2014).

Daniel Linehan is an exceptional artist recognized internationally for being on the cutting edge of experimental dance and a celebrated a new voice in contemporary performance. Born in Olympia, WA, Linehan has not performed in this region since graduating from the University of Washington in 2004. His critically acclaimed solo Not About Everything has been presented in more than 50 venues internationally, but never on the West Coast of the U.S. A major part of Velocity's mandate is to champion the creation and presentation of Washington State performance. Linehan is a Washington State artist, changing the field of dance with his bold ideas. Velocity is excited to be the catalyst for Linehan's homecoming.

Not About Everything is a funny and thought-provoking attempt to remain clear-sighted and lucid amid the physiological disorientation that accompanies 30 minutes of relentless spinning.

"The speed and positioning of his turns varied, from whipping to lazy rotations, in time to rhythmic shifts in the vocal score, continuing while he drank water, stripped down to pale blue skivvies or read a letter to the audience outlining his "ethical dilemma" over creating in such a brutal world. Are Art's questions enough to sustain people . . .? Who can answer definitively? But in that moment, in that circle, they were."

- The New York Times

The Karaoke Dialogues: Seattle Trial
In a six-day residency marathon, Linehan will collaborate with ten Seattle dancers and actors to explore with finesse and humor our connection to our identity, both singular and collective and ask: What do we win, and what do we lose by participating in forms of common action? Highlights from the intensive residency will be part of Daniel Linehan's Velocity performances September 12-14.

The Karaoke Dialogues: Seattle Trial is a part of a weeklong Velocity Open Forum: The Good Life happening alongside Linehan's Seattle performances.

Learn more at DanielLinehan.com.

VELOCITY OPEN FORUM: THE GOOD LIFE
SEPT 6-14, 2013

All events free unless otherwise noted.

Velocity Open Forums invite one-and-all into open, free-wheeling conversations on issues in contemporary art and society. This week of multidisciplinary art, book clubs, workshops, speakeasy events and conversations takes place alongside Daniel Linehan's performances of Not About Everything + The Karaoke Dialogues: Seattle Trial with a focus on what it means to take an ethical approach to life and art.

FRI SEPT 6 - SAT SEPT 14
Workshop/Performance:
Daniel Linehan's The Karaoke Dialogues: Seattle Trial
Workshop: FRI-THURS 1-6PM with Performances THURS-SAT 8PM

Velocity Founders Theater 1621 12th Avenue

$250 / $215 MVP

Open to movers and performers of all disciplines interested in engaging in a week-long creative process with an international leader in experimental dance. Participants will explore our connection to our identity, both singular and collective and ask: What do we win, and what do we lose by participating in forms of common action? The workshop culminates in three performances September 12-14 as part of Velocity's presentation of Daniel Linehan's Not About Everything + The Karaoke Dialogues: Seattle Trial.

MON SEPT 9
Happy Hour Book Club

How Are We to Live? Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest

Liberty Bar 5:30PM
FREE

This happy hour conversation, happening alongside Daniel Linehan's Residency at Velocity, focuses on excerpts from bioethicist Peter Singer's controversial book How Are We to Live? Ethics in an Age of Self-Interest. Find the reading online and at velocitydancecenter.org.

FRI SEPT 13

Post Show Q+A
Directly following the Friday night performance.

Velocity Founders Theater 1621 12th Avenue
FREE

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