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KTUB, Kirkland Teen Union Building, is sponsoring an Artist-In-Residence Program. The internship is a six month program that provides aspiring artists (ages 13 - 20) the opportunity to build a body of work, develop as individual artists, and make connections with artists in the community. Any youth who think they would benefit from this awesome opportunity are encoiuraged to apply! They can contact Mercedes at [email protected] for more detailed information and applications.Deadline to apply is December 6, 2008Check out ktub.org for more information on this opportunity.

A review of New Worksat Pacific Northwest BalletBy Kaitlin S.The sweat flew at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s New Works, which featured two world premier pieces, a Pacific Northwest Ballet premier, and a reproduction.M-Pulse, one of New Works’ world premiers, featured a tribal, percussion-heavy score by Christina Spinei and choreography by Kiyon Gaines. Gaines received his ballet education at the School of American Ballet. At the school, Gaines met Peter Boal, PNB’s Artistic Director. “It’s interesting that some people see movement when they hear music. I see colors,” said Gaines in an interview with Ballet Dance Magazine in 2006. The colors shined in the piece’s costumes and set, which resembled peacocks and leopards. So perhaps Gaines saw green, blue, and spots while choreographing.New York City Ballet dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied contributed the choreography for the world premier, 3 Movements. According to New York Guides, Millepied has gotten a great deal of inspiration from the work of choreographer Jerome Robbins. 3 Movements’ choreography resembles Robbins’ minimalist, modern style, but is still full of its own surprises.PNB premier, A Garden, was choreographed by Seattle native Mark Morris. Morris has proved to be a prolific choreographer and entrepreneur. In 1980, he formed The Mark Morris Dance Group, and has choreographed over 120 pieces. A Garden had a plain blue background, plain costumes, and was, on the whole, a rather predictable, cleanly done production.In One Flat Thing, fourteen dancers crawl, swing from, sit on, and gymnasticize around twenty metal tables. The tuneless music to which the piece is choreographed resembles the sounds one would hear at a construction site. William Foiursythe pushed the limits of what is typically considered ballet with One Flat Thing.Pacific Northwest Ballet has done 44 new works since 2005. “All of what we love about ballet is born of the opportunity to create and experiment.” said Peter Boal in the New Works’ director’s note.Only time will tell whether or not this “creation” and “experimentation” produces true classics. New Works plays at Pacific Northwest Ballet now thru Sunday November 16that McCaw Hall, Seattle Centervisit http://www.pnb.org/ for more infoBox Office: 206.441.3574

Review of Becky's New Carat ACT TheatreBy Michelle K.As soon as one enters ACT, the vibrancy of the venue and the whispering of the play-goers’ excited voices sends chills up the spine. Once sat into my seat by a friendly usher, I couldn’t help but notice some similarities between the stage set up and ancient amphitheatres. The circular construction of the stage, and the ever-rising seats served as a perfect auditorium for the actors. Speech was likely to be heard crystal clear, which it was the whole time sans clunky microphones. However beautiful and rousing the venue was, the true center of attention was “Becky”, or the talented actress Kimberly King. Assisted by loving husband, Joe (Charles Leggett), this team made a funny script hilarious with their unbearable realness and almost too nuanced affections of husband and wife. However, when Becky meets a wealthy new man (Walter- Michael Winters), her loving relationship falls into a bed of lies.The play consisted of not only dialogue, but pauses for the audience because the lines were laugh-out-loud funny. Steven Dietz, playwright of Becky’s New Car, infuses a sarcastic humor and faith in an amazing cast to bring to life an experience that seems not only Becky’s, but the audience’s watching. To further this experience, the play is conducted in a viewer-interactive manner: many of the actors talk to audience members sitting in front rows. Charles Leggett (Joe), in a particularly intense scene even screeched with utter amusement, “C’mon Becky, it’s not like all these people aren’t right here in front of us!” The fact that the cast acknowledged our existence made this play unique in a very one-on-one sense: we were a part of the play, our existence made it or broke it, and they knew it.The play was a wild ride throughout: love triangles, fiancés, and luxurious SUVs, “Becky’s” had it all. However humorous the script, the play involved a sense of seriousness with dabs of philosophy and “wisdom through experience” moments. In the play, Becky spoke to the audience of her recently deceased friend, “She would always say when a woman asked for a new car, she really wanted a new life.” And boy, did Becky drive away full speed ahead in that “car”. But, did she ever make a U-Turn? That’s for the audience to know, and you to find out!Becky's New Car plays now through November 16, 2008ACT Theatre700 Union Street, Seattle WA 98101206.292.7660http://www.acttheatre.org/

Hey Teens. . . .Do you have a special arts event coming up at your school, community group, or elsewhere?Want to let other teens know about it?If so, consider posting to the Teen Tix blog!You can enter information on your upcoming event, and have it seen by hundreds of avid readers and arts patrons.Announce your school play.Talk up your band's latest gig.Highlight a local art exhibition.Publish your latest short story.The list is endless. . . . .Contribute to the Teen Tix blog today!simply email: [email protected] to get login and password information, then go to http://www.teentix.blogspot.com/ to add your post.Done and done!Hope to see your events up here soon!!!!!!!!!!

Don't miss out!Only 2 weeks left!The Three MusketeersSeattle Repertory TheatreNOW through Nov. 9thwww.seattlerep.orgPictured: Montana von Fliss as Sabine and Ryan Shams as AramisI’m sitting in my dressing room at the Seattle Rep after a student matinee performance that had, in my opinion, our best audience ever! Let me back up and tell you that I’m Montana von Fliss and I work for Teen Tix, but I’m also a professional actor and I’m thrilled to have a part in The Three Musketeers, which is playing right now at Seattle Repertory Theatre. I play Sabine, D’Artagnan’s feisty sword fighting 17 year old sister, who tags along for the adventure. She’s not in the original novel but has been added as a sort of 5th Musketeer. (D’Artagnan is generally considered the 4th Musketeer so Sabine is, as I prefer to call her, the 5th Beatle – or "Totally Awesome," as I also like to call her.)The show has tons of sword fighting and swashbuckling and spectacle. It’s sort of an Indiana Jones in olden times. Pure fun. And today we found our perfect audience: people between the ages 13-18. This morning teenagers from all over this fine state packed the Rep’s huge 850-seat auditorium for our student matinee and laughed and hollered and cheered for the good guys and hissed at the bad guys. It was live theatre with a live wire audience and it was brilliant!So if you’re 13-18 years old, please don’t miss this show. Please come and laugh loudly and boo and hiss and ooh and aah, just like the audiences in the good old bawdy days at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Use your Teen Tix pass and get a $5 ticket to The Three Musketeers before it closes on November 9th – don’t wait!

All for one,MontanaTeen Tix Duchess

JasminWe will be getting a group for Saturday morning runs from RRS if you are still interested.I'll get your e-mail from Dana if I don't get a response from this. Hope Acrobatics (Circus classes!) is off to a good start.Also, think about Wed. interval workouts at Nathan Hale. They will keep you in shape!-Richard [email protected]

Hey! I book free monthly shows at The Vera Project called Veracity. They are on the second Wednesday of every month! If you know a band that will play for free, just emerging, or just want to have a fun small show, please have them email [email protected]!Please come to the next show!!! :]

Do I read the Teen Tix Blog?Why yes.I do in fact.Enjoy all the posts. I like hearing more extensive reviews of the shows going on... not just the little blurb that a company will write about themselves.

Some of the comments are quite lengthy, and as a college student, I can't keep up with all the reading on top of my school stuff! Maybe a paragraph tops on a review, then if there's like an interview, then that can be longer... Make sense to anyone else? Keep bloggin!!!

Sound Off! 2009Battle of the Underage BandsCall For EntriesFor the eighth year EMP/SFM is hosting Sound Off!, the Northwest's largest underage battle of the bands competition. A launching pad for musical careers, Sound Off! has enjoyed hosting many young up-and-coming bands over the years including Schoolyard Heroes, Idiot Pilot, Mon Frere, The Lonely H, Dyme Def, Capitol Basement, The LonelyForest, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head and New Faces. If you’re age 21 or under and play rock, hip-hop, electronic, pop, or any other kind ofmusic, this is your chance to join the ranks of these luminary groups and perform at EMP/SFM.The live concerts for the next Sound Off! will take place Saturday nights February 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2009. The competition culminates in a Sky Church show that will pit the winners from each semifinal night in a duel for a number of great prizes including a performance at Bumbershoot 2009.Applications are due by Monday November 10, 2008. To enter SoundOff!, download and print out the application available at empsfm.org/soundoff. Complete the application and send it, along with a non-returnable CD of original music, to:EMP/SFMAttn: Sound Off! 330 6th Ave N #200 Seattle, WA 98109More information at: www.empsfm.org/soundoffIMPORTANT NOTE: All participants must be 21 years of age or under.

Hey Teen Tix Pass holders!Seattle Children's Theatre has made a special offer just for you.Come out to see Night of the Living Dead on Saturday October 25th at 10:30, 5:30 or 8pm, and receive half off the regular ticket price. Just show your Teen Tix pass.This show is not eligible for $5 Teen Tix, so if you want to catch the show and save money, head on out to the theatre Saturday.Its a terrifyingly good show. . . .check it out!!!!

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A review of Still Life, at SIFF CinemaBy Michelle K, age 17Still Life, a story of a reuniting pair, brings curiosity to the travels of a man in an otherwise banal position. Residing in China, the main character, Han Sanming, returns to his decimated city after a massive flood took place along the Yangtze River. He is on a quest to relocate his wife (Missy Ma); they became departed after the flood took place. In this same plotline, we become acquainted with Han’s wife and follow a similar search for her husband. In a turn of events, the past lovers are placed in each other’s presence and must make peace with their current situations.Jia Zhangke, the producer of this film, holds a distinct style. He has made sure to present the film in a purely chronological order, and illustrates the life of each character in a way that is only impressive in its reality. Zhangke assures a strict hold on his aspect of Chinese culture through film for the viewer with constant pans of countryside and a journey that is never narrated, and continually authentic in its presentation. Wherever the film takes you, it feels as if you have a view of the adventure first-hand; you are sitting on a boat with villagers and witnessing them laugh with children, you can smell the aroma of noodles cooking on the stove.This film proves to be a masterpiece not for its edgy technologic features or heart thumping adventure, but for its true symbiosis with life as we know it. It purveys a deeper meaning than a simple for search for kin, but rather the meaning of hope and desire to do so. The true love that binds people together, no matter the circumstance, become apparent in this feature and is proven with the characters’ persistence in pursuing this instinctual need.Still Life is no longer playing at SIFF Cinema, but check out their website for their latest features, including a week long series centered on the theme of Halloween.www.siff.net

YES, of course - I love it! Always interesting and useful.

Review of the Three Musketeers at Seattle Repertory TheatreBy Nur L.Sword-fights are always fun to watch when they aren't real, but The Three Musketeers masterfully choreographed battles were absolutely epic. The skill with which these fights were staged speaks to the prowess of actors and the directors. Everything went right for this play; and the actors' skills at playing warriors were matched with the gravitas with which they performed their lines. I was hooked from the beginning.We're immediately thrust into the action as father and son parry each other's blows, practicing their fencing skills. D'Artagnan, we find out, is leaving his country life for the city. Andrew William Smith plays the part of a hick desperate to make it in with the Musketeers to the letter. He is equal parts charming, naive, and rough around the edges. And D'Artagnan must take his feisty younger sister, played by Montana von Fliss, along with him, much to his chagrin. He is on a quest to give the musketeers' coach his father's letter, in the hopes of being allowed to join their ranks, but sure enough, the letter is taken from him by the Siren-like Milady (Cheyenne Casebier.) That's when the adventure really starts.D'Artagnan is so unassumingly a country-boy that he manages to get himself challenged to a duel by the three charismatic members of the musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis (played by Hans Altwies, Jeffrey M. Bender, and Ryan Shams respectively) on the same day of his date with love-interest, Constance (Jennifer Sue Johnson. The play seamlessly mixes humor and action, creating a riveting display. But for all D'Artagnan's charms, this play belonged to the inimitable Cardinal Richelieu.Richelieu, played by Jim Abele, is every inch the conniving advisor. The dynamic between his subtly slimy, sneering, contemptuous persona and King Louis' (Alban Dennis) jovial buffoon slyly pokes fun at French history while keeping audiences totally engrossed.This play is a must-see. It dips a toe into the larger historical issues, but it is pure entertainment. I was gripped from start to finish, and I always wanted more.The Three Musketeers plays at Seattle Rep Theatre now thru November 15, 2008http://www.seattlerep.org/155 mercer Street, Seattle WA 98109Box Office: 206.443.2222

I do read this blog, as much as possible. As a young adult, teentix is a great way for me to keep in the know about whats happening in Seattle's art community. Thanks for the great writing and often new ideas!

I read it, great writers although i dont always have the time like i used to

Yes and I love it! Please continue.

Do you read this blog?Please take a moment to leave us a comment and answer: yes, no, or sometimes.Many thanks!

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