Bodies of Work proudly announces the performing artists for the 2016 edition of the festival. Held February 13th and 14th, 2016 at The Theatre at Meydenbauer, the festival presents extraordinary contemporary dance from Seattle and beyond, alongside master classes and free community outreach programs. Now in its ninth year, CHOP SHOP is recognized as one of the most important dance events of the year, serving up a unique sampling of contemporary dance from leading regional, national and international award-winning dance makers, specifically for the Eastside.
Drawn from diverse backgrounds and possessing strong individual voices, each CHOP SHOP company or artist is united through the contemporary language of dance and its power to stir the senses through the visceral moving image.
CHOP SHOP 2016 Artists:
Spectrum Dance Theater (Seattle)
Michele Miller/Catapult Dance (Seattle)
Kyra Jean Green (Montreal)
Coleman Pester // Tectonic Marrow Society (Seattle)
Lauren Edson/LED (Boise)
Anna Conner +CO (Seattle)
SubRosa Dance Collective (Portland, OR)
Liz Houlton and Dancers (Seattle)
Alexander Pham (Minneapolis)
The Stone Dance Collective (Eastside)
