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Karin Stevens Dance

Karin Stevens Dance promotes well-being through accessible movement practices. Their mission is to help individuals reconnect with themselves and others, relieving stress and fostering self-awareness through gentle movement and dance.

Schedule a 1:1 somatic &amp; spiritual session to explore how your body, breath, and spirit move together. These sessions draw from Hakomi, Sufi healing, gentle movement, and spiritual direction to support grounded awareness, healing and creative inquiry.&nbsp; Rooted in Karin&#39;s commitment to an embodied art of living, each session is collaborative and responsive to you. Share a bit about your intentions and needs so we can shape a session that honors your lived experience and inner journey.&nbsp;

Schedule a 1:1 somatic & spiritual session to explore how your body, breath, and spirit move together. These sessions draw from Hakomi, Sufi healing, gentle movement, and spiritual direction to support grounded awareness, healing and creative inquiry. Rooted in Karin's commitment to an embodied art of living, each session is collaborative and responsive to you. Share a bit about your intentions and needs so we can shape a session that honors your lived experience and inner journey.

1:1 Somatic & Spiritual Sessions | Hakomi • Sufi Healing • Movement • Spiritual Direction

Commission by the University of Washington&#39;s WA Sea Grant and EarthLab for a public performance at Gould Hall on May 28th, 2026 of the work &quot;Sea Change Within Us&quot; by Karin Stevens Dance. Important Note on Checkout: Zeffy is a completely free platform that allows our non-profit dance company to receive 100% of your commission fee without losing money to credit card processing fees. At the final checkout screen, you will see an optional dropdown prompt to add a &quot;contribution&quot; or &quot;tip&quot; to Zeffy. This contribution goes entirely to Zeffy to keep their services free for non-profits; it is completely optional and can easily be set to $0 or&nbsp;&quot;Other&quot; if your organization&#39;s accounting policies do not allow for platform tipping. From: Karin Stevens Dance1004 NW 130th Street Seattle, WA 98177EIN: 27-4573333 Bill to: Washington Sea Grant3716 Brooklyn Ave NESeattle, WA 98105Att: Kate Little

Commission by the University of Washington's WA Sea Grant and EarthLab for a public performance at Gould Hall on May 28th, 2026 of the work "Sea Change Within Us" by Karin Stevens Dance.Important Note on Checkout: Zeffy is a completely free platform that allows our non-profit dance company to receive 100% of your commission fee without losing money to credit card processing fees. At the final checkout screen, you will see an optional dropdown prompt to add a "contribution" or "tip" to Zeffy. This contribution goes entirely to Zeffy to keep their services free for non-profits; it is completely optional and can easily be set to $0 or "Other" if your organization's accounting policies do not allow for platform tipping.From: Karin Stevens Dance1004 NW 130th Street Seattle, WA 98177EIN: 27-4573333Bill to: Washington Sea Grant3716 Brooklyn Ave NESeattle, WA 98105Att: Kate Little

UW Public Performance Commission #1

UW Public Performance Commission #2Commission by the University of Washington&#39;s WA Sea Grant and EarthLab for a public performance at Gould Hall on May 28th, 2026 of the work &quot;Sea Change Within Us&quot; by Karin Stevens Dance. Important Note on Checkout: Zeffy is a completely free platform that allows our non-profit dance company to receive 100% of your commission fee without losing money to credit card processing fees. At the final checkout screen, you will see an optional dropdown prompt to add a &quot;contribution&quot; or &quot;tip&quot; to Zeffy. This contribution goes entirely to Zeffy to keep their services free for non-profits; it is completely optional and can easily be set to $0 or&nbsp;&quot;Other&quot; if your organization&#39;s accounting policies do not allow for platform tipping. From: Karin Stevens Dance1004 NW 130th Street Seattle, WA 98177EIN: 27-4573333 Bill to: Washington Sea Grant3716 Brooklyn Ave NESeattle, WA 98105Att: Kate Little

UW Public Performance Commission #2Commission by the University of Washington's WA Sea Grant and EarthLab for a public performance at Gould Hall on May 28th, 2026 of the work "Sea Change Within Us" by Karin Stevens Dance.Important Note on Checkout: Zeffy is a completely free platform that allows our non-profit dance company to receive 100% of your commission fee without losing money to credit card processing fees. At the final checkout screen, you will see an optional dropdown prompt to add a "contribution" or "tip" to Zeffy. This contribution goes entirely to Zeffy to keep their services free for non-profits; it is completely optional and can easily be set to $0 or "Other" if your organization's accounting policies do not allow for platform tipping.From: Karin Stevens Dance1004 NW 130th Street Seattle, WA 98177EIN: 27-4573333Bill to: Washington Sea Grant3716 Brooklyn Ave NESeattle, WA 98105Att: Kate Little

UW's Public Performance Commission #2

THE ART &amp; PRACTICE OF MOVEMENT Accessible, Stress-relieving, Transformational60 Minute Class (sometimes we go over 10 mins) Recharge &amp; Reconnect: A Gentle Movement ExperienceMovement is necessary for improving our well being, overcoming life&#39;s obstacles, and connecting more deeply with ourselves, with each other and with the world. These unique movement sessions are perfect for anyone who wants to live embodied and offers the chance to recharge and reconnect through gentle movement, self-awareness exercises, and just a touch of dance. What you&#39;ll gain:Relieve stress and relax through mindful movementRelease old patterns and internalized beliefsConnect deeply with your body for improved well-beingExplore movement in a fun and supportive environment at your own pace Come in comfortable clothing, we have the rest covered. This is your chance to prioritize yourself, move at your own rhythm, and rediscover the joy of movement.

The Art & Practice of Movement

A powerful evening of dance and live music featuring the return of a beloved 2016 work and five world premieres created in collaboration with Seattle composer Michael Owcharuk and his seven-piece ensemble. Karin Stevens Dance presents KSD &amp; Michael Owcharuk, a 60-minute evening of contemporary dance and live music featuring the return of a beloved work alongside five world premieres performed by Seattle composer Michael Owcharuk and his seven-piece ensemble. Performances take place November 13 &amp; 14 at 8:00 p.m. at YAW Theater in Seattle&#39;s Georgetown neighborhood. The concert celebrates more than a decade of artistic collaboration between choreographer Karin Stevens and composer Michael Owcharuk. Built on years of friendship, mutual trust, and creative exchange, the evening brings together six dances that explore the many ways partnership shapes our lives&mdash;from intimate relationships and everyday encounters to community, belonging, and our shared humanity. Owcharuk&#39;s new five-part suite, Partners, serves as the heart of the program. Blending jazz with Ukrainian folk traditions, Americana, tango, and classical influences, the music reflects on the countless forms partnership takes: those we choose, those we inherit, and those that emerge unexpectedly through the ordinary rituals of daily life. Several movements incorporate musical ideas inspired by field recordings gathered during Owcharuk&#39;s travels in Morocco, Spain, and France, creating a richly textured score that is both deeply personal and globally informed. Stevens responds choreographically with five new dances, each inspired by one movement of Partners. The works move through the awkward vulnerability of learning to connect, the earthy tenderness of companionship, the exuberant joy of collective celebration, and the ceremonial circles that echo the music&#39;s Ukrainian roots. Continuing her long-standing commitment to collaborative creation, Stevens developed the choreography in close partnership with the six dancers, making this one of the most ensemble-driven creative processes of her career. The program also features the return of Stevens&#39; 2016 collaboration with Owcharuk, newly reimagined as Flesh, Soil, Sky. Originally created for four dancers to Owcharuk&#39;s string quartet The Upward Spiral, the work has been recreated for six performers. The dance is a soaring meditation on our human existence between earth and cosmos&mdash;grounded in soil while reaching toward mystery, beauty, and the unseen forces that sustain us through suffering, wonder, and love. Known for creating physically expressive contemporary dance that bridges artistry, ecology, spirituality, and lived experience, Karin Stevens Dance has been commissioning and performing original music by Seattle composers since the company&#39;s founding in 2009. Live music remains central to the company&#39;s artistic vision, fostering meaningful collaborations across disciplines while supporting the vitality of the region&#39;s creative community. Together, Stevens and Owcharuk invite audiences into an evening where movement and music become equal partners&mdash;celebrating connection, collaboration, and the enduring possibility of finding one another through art.&nbsp; Funding Support Karin Stevens Dance and this project are supported by 4Culture Sustained Support, the Glenn Kawasaki Foundation, the Abundant Blessing Foundation, the ArtsFund Accelerator Grant, and the generous contributions of the Karin Stevens Dance community. Karin Stevens Dance believes that dance is a radical, vital art, key to our future in this 21st century. KSD aims to re/connect us to our bodily selves, to each other and to the greater spiritual ecologies of our collective dance. Encapsulating the breadth of the moving human experience, our contemporary dance artworks strive for beauty through richly textured patterns that embody the complex, turbulent layers of our time, our cultural spaces, and our relationship to environments. Our work embraces the mystery, suffering, wonder, and bewilderment in our interdependent existence through re/imagination, transformation, and healing for our collective well-being.&nbsp;

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