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Seattle's Out There festival pairs a local choreographer with a visiting one

Velocity Dance Center's second-year experimental festival opened Oct. 1 at 12th Ave Arts with Akoiya Harris of Seattle and Jay Carlon of Los Angeles, both working in tulle.

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In Seattle, Velocity Dance Center opened its Out There festival on Oct. 1 at 12th Ave Arts.[1] Out There is the center's West Coast experimental dance festival.[2] It ran two main performance weeks, Oct. 1 to 3 and Oct. 8 to 10.[3] All festival events were at the 12th Ave Arts Mainstage.[4] The pairingThe festival's design puts a Seattle artist beside a visiting one. The Week 1 mainstage featured Akoiya Harris from Seattle and Jay Carlon from Los Angeles.[5] Velocity listed the two as its Week 1 headliners.[6] Performances began at 7:30 p.m.[7] Harris choreographed a work called Speaking of Rivers.[8] Carlon choreographed Harness (Excerpt), made with Aaron Nono Valenzuela.[9] The full Harness will premiere in Los Angeles in 2030.[10] The two works shared a material. Both used tulle fabric.[11] Week 2The second week brought Vlada Kremenović, Sara Shelton Mann and Jesse Zaritt as headliners.[12] Mann did not appear live because of an injury.[13] Week II performances also started at 7:30 p.m.[14] Velocity's Week II listing names the same three artists.[15] The 12th Ave Arts venue is fully accessible for wheelchairs and walkers.[16] Velocity describes the whole festival as a West Coast experimental dance festival.[17][18] How it was builtVelocity Dance Center runs the festival.[19] Its Week 1 listing names Harris and Carlon as the performing artists.[20] A panel of four curated the 2026 festival.[21] Velocity's own listing confirms the four-person panel.[22] Tickets came in three tiers: $55 for the champion tier, $35 general and $20 for low income.[23][24][25] Full festival passes, headliner passes and single tickets were all on sale.[26] The recordDance critic KO Humphreys reviewed the Week 1 program for SeattleDances.[27] The review is the written record of a festival that puts a Seattle name on the same bill as a touring one.[5] The festival takes place at the 12th Ave Arts Mainstage.[28] The format is simple: one local artist, one visitor, one stage.[6][29]
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  1. 2026 Out There festival Week 1 ran October 1 to 3 2026 at 12 Ave Arts. · seattledances.com
  2. Out There is Velocity Dance Center's West Coast experimental dance festival. · seattledances.com
  3. The festival runs main performance weeks October 1-3 and October 8-10 2026. · velocitydancecenter.org
  4. Festival events are hosted at 12th Ave Arts Mainstage in Seattle, WA. · velocitydancecenter.org
  5. Week 1 mainstage featured Akoiya Harris from Seattle and Jay Carlon from Los Angeles. · seattledances.com
  6. Akoiya Harris and Jay Carlon are Week I headliners. · velocitydancecenter.org
  7. OUT THERE 2026 Week I runs October 1 to 3 2026 at 7:30 PM. · velocitydancecenter.org
  8. Akoiya Harris choreographed the work Speaking of Rivers. · seattledances.com
  9. Jay Carlon choreographed Harness (Excerpt) with Aaron Nono Valenzuela. · seattledances.com
  10. The full Harness work will premiere in Los Angeles in 2030. · seattledances.com
  11. Both presented dance works used tulle fabric. · seattledances.com
  12. Week II headliner artists are Vlada Kremenović, Sara Shelton Mann and Jesse Zaritt. · velocitydancecenter.org
  13. Sara Shelton Mann will not appear live at the festival due to injury. · velocitydancecenter.org
  14. OUT THERE 2026 Week II runs October 8-10 at 7:30 PM. · velocitydancecenter.org
  15. Week II performing artists are Vlada Kremenović, Sara Shelton Mann and Jesse Zaritt. · velocitydancecenter.org
  16. 12th Ave Arts venue is fully accessible for wheelchairs and walkers. · velocitydancecenter.org
  17. OUT THERE is a west coast experimental dance festival. · velocitydancecenter.org
  18. OUT THERE 2026 is a west coast experimental dance festival. · velocitydancecenter.org
  19. OUT THERE 2026 is a West Coast experimental dance festival run by Velocity Dance Center. · velocitydancecenter.org
  20. Week I performing artists are Akoiya Harris and Jay Carlon. · velocitydancecenter.org
  21. Four panelists curated the OUT THERE 2026 festival. · velocitydancecenter.org
  22. OUT THERE 2026 was curated by a four person panel. · velocitydancecenter.org
  23. Champion tier single tickets cost 55 US dollars. · velocitydancecenter.org
  24. General tier single tickets cost 35 US dollars. · velocitydancecenter.org
  25. Low income tier single tickets cost 20 US dollars. · velocitydancecenter.org
  26. Full festival pass, headliner pass and individual tickets are available for purchase. · velocitydancecenter.org
  27. This article was written by KO Humphreys. · seattledances.com
  28. The festival takes place at 12th Ave Arts Mainstage in Seattle, WA. · velocitydancecenter.org
  29. Week I performances are at 12th Ave Arts Mainstage Seattle. · velocitydancecenter.org
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