Coming up! STOMPYS 12.7.13
INSTAGRAM DANCE FILM SCREENING & CONTEST

Submit your 15-second Dance Film by Dec 5 to be included in OtB's next Stompy's Salon during Dayna Hanson's The Clay Duke! Event curated by OtB TEAM 2 Ambassadors.

Just follow the instructions below:
1. Think of the best dance film. Record it.
2. Upload to Instagram using the tag #otbdancefilmcontest13

It may surprise you to learn that the summer months are an intensely busy time for artists and staff at OtB. For instance, check out this incredibly detailed diagram of Northwest Series artist Dayna Hanson and her crew. Dayna & co. are just some of the many artists whom we provide with rehearsal space and tech needs during the summer. (You have to buy your own Cheetos.)

Following the close of Gloria's Cause its been announced that Dayna Hanson has been chosen as 1 of 50 artists in the US to receive $50,000 from the United States Artists Fellowship. The grant will go towards the production of Improvement Club, a "film tracing the fictional creation of the actual musical." Congrats to Dayna!

by Byron Au Yong

What better time in history than in our currently tea drenched political landscape, littered with the detritus of the American Revolution, could choreographer Dayna Hanson find an audience willing to throw themselves overboard for an eccentric piece of choreographic historical revisionism?

A couple previews of Gloria's Cause have come out recently:

"Behind the Scenes at Hanson's Revolution" - Seattle Dances

by Mary Hubbard

Here at OtB, we’ve been watching Gloria’s Cause develop for quite awhile and have been weighing in with our thoughts. Now we’d like to hear what you think. Here's a sampling of what's come through my inbox this morning:

"I can't say I had any idea why what was happening was happening, but the dancing was top-notch, the music was great, the dialogue was delightful, it had authentically emotional passages, and it was overall a pleasure to attend." - Jeff Bernstein

Learn more about the process of bringing Gloria's Cause to the stage in this Seattle Times preview, "Gloria's Cause looks at the forgotten figures of 1776."

And don't miss hearing from Dayna directly in Seattle Magazine's new feature, Meet your Maker.