Join the UW Department of Dance Kawasaki Guest Artist Amy O'Neal, 23 UW dance students, and Seattle guest artists for a Spring Hybrid Dance Lab (HDL). This performance plus dance party is a research and performance platform for experimental street dance practitioners to challenge traditional notions of street dance in theater, address creative hybridity, and nurture cultural literacy.
Made possible by generous gifts from the Glenn H. Kawasaki Foundation and John C. Robinson.
Doors Open at 7:30. RSVP Required. Please check back to this page for instructions on how to RSVP.
About the Performance
Amy O’Neal, a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography, has been working with students for the Spring quarter in a choreographic lab course. Over 10 weeks, Amy has been sharing practices from her experiences as a contemporary, hip hop, and house practitioner and how she has evolved to merge these forms mindfully over the course of her nearly 30 year dance career. Three times a week, students met to train in a consistent functional movement warm-up, hip hop and house foundations, and freestyle and composition exercises that draw connections between these forms while honoring their differences. Every student is coming from different dance backgrounds and explored how to bring all their experiences forward in their dancing to make what they do more powerful, connected, and expressive.
Guest Performers from the Seattle Dance Community
- Micaiah "Pluto" Jeffrey
- Dufon "Orb" Smith
- dani tirrell
- Tracey Wong
- Guest DJ SANR