Tickets are now on sale for the sixth annual “Chop Shop: Bodies of Work, A Contemporary Dance Festival” at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center in downtown Bellevue.
The festival takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, and at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 17. It offers a sampling of contemporary dance from local, national, and international award-winning dance makers, according to a press statement.
A free “Reading Dance” event will explore the meaning of dance at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at the theatre.
The festival will also feature master classes and lectures by the festival’s artistic directors and choreographers. To register for these classes, call (206)799-6004.
Festival tickets cost $25 for adults and $20 for students and seniors at 1 (800) 838-3006.
This year’s performing artists include:
- Spectrum Dance Theater (Seattle)
- Joshua Beamish (New York)
- Shayla Bott & Company (Utah)
- The Stone Dance Collective (Bellevue)
- Kiyon Gaines (Seattle)
- Bennyroyce Dance Productions (New York)
- Andrew Bartee (Seattle)
- Heather Dotto (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Vincent Lopez (Seattle)
- Mid-Columbia Ballet (Richland)
