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Angela Kiser pursues storytelling through dance

Dancer Angela Kiser is one of the performers in Kuntz & Company's production of "Positive," a dance-theater piece that explores the lives of seven local community members whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS.

The production will be at 7…

2014-02-07
'Fuddy Meers' brings quirky characters to life in play at WWU

Western Washington University's department of theater and dance presents "Fuddy Meers," an absurd and catastrophic romp of quirky characters, on Western's Performing Arts Center Mainstage at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 6-8 and Feb. 12-15; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9…

2014-02-05
‘Fuddy Meers’ features funhouse plot, shady characters 2014-01-14
Ten Who Cared: Pam Kuntz uses dance to share stories, build community

Most people, or maybe just the lucky ones, seem to have that one thing that they can't live without. At least that's how dance instructor and arts advocate Pam Kuntz sees it.

For some, a sport like running offers a euphoric feeling that becomes something they crave. For Kuntz,…

2013-12-24
Students present original works of contemporary dance Dec. 5 to 7 2013-12-05
Show explores 1 woman’s experience walking to fight cancer

Don’t let the title fool you. The show, said Robin Walbeck-Forrest, is pretty darn clean.
“People hear the title and think it is going to be something blue or something racy,” said the North Bend actor. “But there’s no nudity and hardly any swearing.”
She should…

2013-11-07
Dance teacher inspired by class for people with Parkinson's

If you look in the windows of the YWCA ballroom on Sept. 26 at 11 a.m. you will see me doing what I love to do: teaching a dance class. This class is not my usual ballet or modern dance class for students at Western. Rather, this dance class is for people with movement and neurological disorders…

2013-09-10
Commercial Street Theater Project misses fundraising goal

The fundraising drive for the Commercial Street Theatre Project in the downtown Parkade has fallen about a quarter-million dollars short of its goal, but backers are not yet ready to give up.

Pam Kuntz, who has been spearheading the project with her husband Mark, said it was too soon to…

2013-07-09
'Commedia in the Park' continues through July 6 2013-07-05
Youth Theatre Institute set for June 24 to July 12 2013-05-30
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