Bringing the World of Contemporary Dance to Seattle’s Doorstep

Bringing local, national, and international dance to Seattle audiences

THis years’ SIDF Winter Mini Fest will present Ishita Mili and her IMGE dance group of New York City, coming together with Seattle-based Khambatta Dance Company for a 10-day residency celebrating the spirit of collaboration. Each company will present its works and then collaborate together for five days to premiere entirely new works on the  second weekend of the festival. Experience the excitement and immediacy of the creating process exploding right before your eyes, and right here in Seattle. This year’s artists will fuse Urban, Ballet, Modern, Bharatnatyam, and Chau, (traditional Indian forms) in a riveting mix of cultures and movement. Experience the world of contemporary dance at SIDF Winter Mini Fest February 28-March 9.

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SIDF Winter Mini Fest Artists

Performance Details : 

March 8 & 9 – KDC and IMGE Dance mix it up, swapping dancers and collaborating to create new work together in under a week. Fusing two diverse genres into a unified work, the collaboration process is an adventure in dance-making for both the artists and the audience.  

Company Background:

IMGE Dance is an American dance company that unravels traditional forms from Indian and American classical, folk, street styles, and contemporary to reinvent how movement connects our experiences. Their work often navigates themes of belonging and home, multiplicity in identities, and mythic explanations of reality to make audiences think more about how they interact with the world. IMGE was founded in 2017 by Artistic Director Ishita Mili (she/they), and has collected niche artists with unique identities across NJ/NYC. IMGE and Ishita have reached inter/national platforms from Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors, Battery Dance Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival, to the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. They’ve designed numerous commercial projects with clients like NBCuniversal, IndoWarehouse, Sona Restaurants, and fashion/lifestyle brands. They have also worked in musical theater including Broadway Bares and Asolo Rep’s “Hair.” IMGE was featured in Vogue, Vanity Fair, and KREM TV and has amassed a loyal global fanbase.

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Khambatta Dance Company - Seattle

Performance Details: 

March 8 & 9 – KDC and IMGE Dance mix it up, swapping dancers and collaborating to create new work together in under a week. Fusing two diverse genres into a unified work, the collaboration process is an adventure in dance-making for both the artists and the audience. 

Company Background:

Khambatta Dance Company (KDC) was founded by executive artistic director, Cyrus Khambatta, a biracial artist whose father emigrated from India, and who studied contemporary performance at New York University in NYC’s creatively fertile 80s. KDC connects artists and audiences by exploring contemporary issues, emotionally resonant performances, and a collaborative dance creation process. KDC tours annually nationally and internationally at renowned festivals and venues, and intentionally cultivate networks of support with other dance artists through residencies and artist-to-artist collaborations. Since 2006, the Seattle International Dance Festival, KDC’s signature program, unifies communities and celebrates the city’s neighborhoods by showcasing the work of local, regional, national and international dance artists who exemplify the diversity of contemporary dance. 

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Sat. March 8th at 8pm

SIDF Winter Mini Fest Weekend Two - B

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