Join us as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of movement, global connection, and artistic innovation at the Seattle International Dance Festival.

Schedule:

Saturday, June 7, 2025

8pm: Inter|National Series Weekend One - Program A

Celebrating SIDF’s 20th Anniversary, opening night is free, featuring an art exhibit and reception. Performances include Project CHAM (S. Korea) with Black Diamond on historical forced labor, Khambatta Dance Company (Seattle) satirizing family dynamics in Family Tide, and MiYoung Margolis (Seattle/S. Korea) blending Korean symbolism and Graham technique, alongside her dance-inspired artwork.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

2pm: Up and Coming Series Education Program

Dance studios across the region share the diverse creative approaches that represent the city’s creative juggernaut. Experience the next wave of Seattle dance artists before they hit the big stages and support young artists as they emerge.

7:30pm: Inter|National Series Weekend One - Program B

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company (China/NYC) shares the struggle and triumph of the immigrant experience, T.O.B Group (S. Korea), break boundaries, thinking outside the box, MiYoung Margolis (Seattle) brings her stunning visual eye to dance, and MS+A (Seattle) examines life from the perspective of microorganisms.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

7:30pm: Spotlight on Seattle Series

Dive into the Seattle dance scene with the artists selected by this year’s panel: DeShawn Morton, Hana Shiozaki + Arlo King, Meredith Pellon, Miranda Knorr, and Rodrick Barnes.

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

7:30pm: James Ray Residency Project - Program A

Witness the work of artists selected for this year-long program, Leah Russell, who theatrically mines vulnerability for an unapologetic exploration of humanness, and Rhea Keller who utilizes a dichotomy of patience and vigor in reconciliation of a wanting body.

Thursday, June 12, 2025

7:30pm: James Ray Residency Project - Program B

Project Convergence unites Bharatanatyam Indian dance and tap dance in a rhythmic and comedic explosion of joy performing with local favorite, stylistically charged, and vividly colorful Rainbow Fletcher and HYPERNOVA.

Friday, June 13, 2025

8pm: Inter|National Series Weekend Two - Program A

Almada Dance Company (Lisbon, Portugal) recreates the visceral and enigmatic narrative of Kafka, and Maia Melene D’Urfé (Seattle) shares an authentic voice expressing sensation, conviction, fear, and her musings.

Saturday, June 14, 2025

8pm: Inter|National Series Weekend Two - Program B

Guillaume Basso, former PNB dancer and prix de Lausanne winner, introduces Adage Ballet Ensemble with contemporary virtuosity to the SIDF stage, Meta Dance Project (S. Korea) examines the delicate, unpredictable phenomena of relationships, and J Cline Movement (Bar Harbor, ME) explores a fragmented body vs. a sense of wholeness.

Sunday, June 15, 2025

7:30pm: Inter|National Series Weekend One - Program C

Ishita Mili and her IMGE (NYC) reinvent movement blending Indian and American classical, folk, and street style, Soo d Art & Company (S. Korea) explores the past and present to expand “body-space,” and Khambatta Dance Company performs, Dream in the Back of Your Head, described as an ‘exotic journey’ by the international press.

Date:
June 7-15, 2025

Location:
Broadway Performance Hall,
1625 Broadway on Capitol Hill,
Seattle, WA 98122

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