by Matthew Echert

"I would say do anything you can — cash in your life insurance, pawn your children, whatever it takes — to grab a ticket to "3Seasons," the first full-length evening of work by Olivier Wevers and his new dance company, Whim W'Him."

For Seattle dance lovers, the members of Whim W'Him, a newly founded Seattle dance company, are a known quantity. They're four stellar performers from Pacific Northwest Ballet (Chalnessa Eames, Kaori Nakamura, Jonathan Porretta, Lucien Postlewaite), another gifted quartet from Spectrum Dancer Theater (Ty Alexander Cheng, Hannah Lagerway, Kylie Lewallen, Vincent Lopez), and an eye-catching loner, Jim Kent, who has danced with Mark Haim ("Goldberg Variations") and Scott/Powell Performance.

Here's a little peek at some rehearsal images for 3Seasons, courtesy of La Vie photography:
[Duet featuring Ty Alexander Cheng and Kylie Lewallen]

The intrepid Jim Demetre has posted a review of each and every single night of The A.W.A.R.D. Show! on ArtDish. Thoughts on all the performers, the format of the event, post-show conversations and more are included. The article starts out: