This article was written on special assignment for the Art Beat blog through the TeenTix Press Corps, a teen arts journalism program run by TeenTix, a youth empowerment and arts access nonprofit organization. Read their other Art Beat articles here.
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is partnering with TeenTix to publish a round-up of arts and cultural events. The partnership supports and provides additional outlets for teen expressions in media. TeenTix programs create a place for teens to process, interpret, reflect, and think critically about the content they engage with through professional journalism and podcasting practice, and in-school arts criticism training. TeenTix and ARTS support and uplift youth voices in media to empower students while fostering future writers and content creators. Read more work by youth at teentix.org.
Take a peek at some of their recent features below:
The Dance Machine and Other Performances
Review of The Seasons’ Canon at Pacific Northwest Ballet
Written by TeenTix Newsroom Writer Milo Milller and edited by Teen Editorial Staff Member Aamina Mughal
Together, the sum of the three is more than its parts, as their consecutive flow feels more like a trilogy of motion rather than three pieces strung together. Through music and dance, visual and auditory delights, the Pacific Northwest Ballet strikes again with another near-perfect performance.
Reflection, Growth, and Fun as a Theater Production Mentor
Interview with Bayla Jaffe, 2024 Rising Star Project Mentor
Last year, The Rising Star Project produced Into The Woods, and this years’ program also replicated a 5th Ave show. Something’s Afoot, a wacky, whodunit musical inspired by Agatha Christie’s mystery tales, was performed professionally at The 5th Avenue Theatre in March 2024. Beginning in February, teenage RSP participants in a myriad of roles began the intensive work of planning and practicing for a full scale production.
Theater, Martial Arts, Dance, Oh My!
Review of Radical System Art at Edmonds Center for the Arts
Written by TeenTix Newsroom Writer Lorelei Schwarz and edited by Teen Editorial Staff Member Audrey Gray
Aside from the ferry’s foghorn, there’s rarely a reason for things in Edmonds to be loud. It’s a quiet suburban town with overly nice drivers and a median age ten years above the national average—that is to say, it’s not the place you’d expect to find an experimental dance/theater/martial arts performance on a Saturday night. But there it was: a half-full house at Edmonds Center for the Arts and Radical System Art’s eight-person cast who brought more energy than this writer’s ever seen in her sleepy town.
STEW for the Soul
A review of STEW at ACT Theater
Written by TeenTix Newsroom Writer Raika Roy Choudhury and edited by Teen Editorial Staff Member Audrey Gray
Aside from the ferry’s foghorn, there’s rarely a reason for things in Edmonds to be loud. It’s a quiet suburban town with overly nice drivers and a median age ten years above the national average—that is to say, it’s not the place you’d expect to find an experimental dance/theater/martial arts performance on a Saturday night. But there it was: a half-full house at Edmonds Center for the Arts and Radical System Art’s eight-person cast who brought more energy than this writer’s ever seen in her sleepy town.
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