SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL

Winter Mini Fest
March 29 - April 7

Bringing the World of Contemporary Dance

to Seattle’s Doorstep

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Director's Note
Cyrus Khambatta

In 2024, SIDF resumes its mission at full steam delighting audiences by reaching across the globe and throughout the Pacific Northwest to present contemporary dance artists who bring creativity and vitality to our community. In this rare coupling of local and global contemporary dance, Seattle residents are invited to experience the festival’s creative hotbed of world-defining dance-making.

Walking into a show at SIDF, produced by Khambatta Dance Company since 2006, is like walking into an embassy, where everyone speaks international dance. The thrill of different languages being bandied about, artists working to bridge cultural and aesthetic gaps, and dancers physically sharing their personal intimate space using only the language of the body to guide them – this is the flair of the SIDF experience. Join us for a spin around the world of contemporary dance.

 

Bringing local, national, and international dance
to Seattle audiences

The SIDF Winter Mini Fest, a mid-winter audience favorite for five years running, will present a 10-day Seattle residency between Khambatta Dance Company and Newport Contemporary Ballet of Rhode Island. The two companies will mix and mingle dancers and collaborate to present new works created in just a few days’ time. The excitement for this event lies in experiencing the intensity and immediacy of freshly minted dance works buzzing with potential. Being the first audiences to have a look at some works that will go on to be presented and toured around the world, it is a unique opportunity to feel a part of a creative process born here in the Emerald City.