Webnotes
Michelle de la Vega (DA ‘97)
Michelle performed and presented an open studio at 2008's Artopia in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. The festival is
Seattle Weekly's second annual celebration of local innovative art and emerging talent.
Robert Russel (DA ‘84-86)
Robert retired from dancing professionally in 2006, after performing with such companies as the Anna Wyman Dance Theatre, Hartford and Geneva Ballets, Sinopia Danse Ensemble, and Cathy Sharp Dance Ensemble. He is now teachng dance full-time in different schools throughout the French-speaking portion of Switzerland.
Christy McNiel (DA ‘00)
Christy took her students at Harbor Conservatory of Dance to the New York City Dance Alliance Competition in Portland, OR, and her mentorship was praised by the school's owner, Angie Sabo, in March 5, 2008's edition of
The Peninsula Gateway: "[The students] have been blessed with [a] powerfully motivational and talented instructor." Along with teaching, Christy has choreographed for the Cornish Dance Theatre, Interweave Dance Theatre, ARC Ballet, En L'air Dance, Taproot Theatre, Theater Schmeater, and Shoreline and Bellevue community colleges.
Alethea Adsitt (DA ‘97)
Alethea premiered
Empty Room - a three-dimensional scrapbook of person and place combining original choreography, video, and text - in New York with her company, Alethea Adsitt & Co, and featured sound editing by
Ashley Friend (DA '01). The piece was sponsored by the Performance Project @ University Settlement, a new program that presents a cross-section of emerging and established artists, "exploring the outer reaches of their art forms and intersections between media, while engaging in boundary-breaking interactions with diverse audiences."
John Carlson (DA ‘90)
John is resident composer for the Opera House and Theater in Schwerin, Germany, and recently opened a musical version of
Dracula and wrote music for the play
Konig drosselbart. He also toured Moscow over the winter with his jazz/electronic/drum 'n' bass duo, CarMen.
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