rep two
conceptualized by joshua grant
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
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Coping Mechanisms
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lowleveljoy
A message from the
Artistic Directors
We’re so grateful to have you here. rep one was a meaningful and successful beginning, and it’s because of your presence and support that we’re able to continue forward. DTS is growing, and that comes from a community like this one that shows up, engages, and believes in what we’re creating.
This evolution is reflected in rep two which leans toward minimalism. Toward finding self, embracing simplicity, and allowing the pull of new adventures and blind leaps of faith.
We begin with BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS, a work created for digital release during the isolation of the COVID pandemic. BYT explores the tension between individuality and structure, and how a singular voice can still emerge within uniformity. The score, composed by former Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer William Lin-Yee, carries a pulse that feels like a battle cry.
Coping Mechanisms is a conversation with Balanchine’s Black & White ballets of the mid to late 20th century. These works formed my early understanding of dance as I often returned to them. There was a kind of relief in their clarity: no character to construct, no narrative to fulfill, only the body, the music, and the demand to be exact and present. Set to Paganini, the score resists stillness. It drives, fractures and plays. Precision while never settling into predictability.
We close with lowleveljoy, where the boundaries between dream and waking begin to soften. Movement and sound interlace and pull apart, tracing a path through disorientation toward something quieter, more resolved. Not an answer, perhaps, but a way of seeing through. Featuring music by Röyksopp, lowleveljoy is a journey of finding the simplicity to see through the difficulty.
Thank you again for being here and for supporting Dance Theatre Seattle. We’re excited for what’s ahead as we continue to build, explore, and create space for new work. We hope to see you again at our gala and A Nutcracker later this year, and for rep three in Spring 2027.
For now, enjoy the performance
Joshua Grant and Chrissy Montoya
Music
William Lin-Yee
Choreography
Joshua Grant
Dancers in order of appearance
Cameron Matsui
Tiffany Hu
Thomas Fontana
Sana Tepley
Bizzie Adams
Chisanna Suzuki
Juliana Wright
BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS
Intermission
Coping Mechanisms
Music
Niccolò Paganini: Selections from 24 Caprices
Itzhak Perlman
Choreography
Joshua Grant
L’Arpeggio
Sana Tepley
La Chasse
Blaise Dagnen
Vivace
Tiffany Hu
Posato
Thomas Fontana
Allegro
Juliana Wright
Agitato
Dorie Raynolds
The Trill
Ayumi Matsuda
Tema con Variazioni
Complete
Intermission
lowleveljoy
Music
Jane Antonia Cornish
Röyksopp
Cigarettes After Sex
Choreography
Joshua Grant
Costumes
Ronalee Wear
Drift
Thomas Fontana and company
In Space
Company
Poor Leno
Company
40 Years Back
Bizzie Adams and Dorie Raynolds
Come
Company
Sweet
Sana Tepley and Juliana Wright
Please join DTS immediately after the performance for a post-show Q&A
DTS greatly thanks Susan Y. Buske and anonymous donors for their generous support.
Meet the Company
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Dance Theatre Seattle Board
Artistic Directors
Joshua Grant & Chrissy Montoya
President: Natalie Ramsey
Vice-President: Chrissy Montoya
Secretary: Rebekah Turk
Treasurer: Joshua Grant
DCS Board Liaison: Sierra Keith
On behalf of the Board of Dance Theatre Seattle, welcome to rep two.
A year ago, we introduced rep one with a sense of possibility. Since then, that beginning has taken shape and direction, growing into something more assured and more expansive. rep two reflects that continued momentum and the commitment to keep building on what was set in motion.
rep two is a testament to the artists who bring it to life and to the vision guiding it forward. Artistic Director and Choreographer Joshua Grant’s work continues to evolve with intention and depth. His choreography invites both precision and vulnerability, offering space for movement to speak in ways that feel immediate and honest.
We remain dedicated to fostering work that respects the foundation of dance while allowing room for it to shift, stretch, and transform. rep two carries that forward, embracing both discipline and discovery.
Thank you for being here and for continuing to support DTS. Your presence allows this next phase to unfold.
Warmly,
Natalie Ramsey
Board President
Dance Theatre Seattle
I create from the pulse of the world around me—the way wind moves through trees, the stillness between two people before they speak, the electricity of a glance, the ache of silence, THE ANXIETY OF DOUBT. I’m drawn to the organic and the structured equally, the unspoken, the human experience. Music is my first collaborator—when it swells, I want to feel it in my ribs, in my spine, pulling movement from places words can’t reach. My choreography is rooted in self-truth. No artifice. No empty shapes. I don’t want dancers to perform emotion—I want them to live inside it, to let it crack them open and pour out. Each piece is a conversation between body and sound, heart and memory. It’s not about perfection. It’s about presence. About feeling. About finding something real in the chaos. A quiet, powerful way to say what can’t be said any other way. If we're not moved—genuinely, deeply—then what are we even doing?
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Joshua Grant
Discounted and no cost seats were generously donated by 4Culture.
DTS recognizes and appreciates the generous and continued support 4Culture provides.
DTS thanks the following for their contributions to the art form.
4 CULTURE
Aaron & Wren Crosleycone
Abby Daane & Jesse Noffsinger
Aki Suzuki
Allie Karney
Alyse Schrecongost
Amanda Tomczyk-Kemp
Angela Gramann
Angela Schmidt
Anna Ciriani Dean
Anne M DelVecchio
Annette & Pete Seda
Annie deVuono
Annie Mercer & Bobby
Anonymous
April Kristjansson
ArtsFund, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Ayumi Mastuda
Betty & Richard Ricke, posthumously
Bizzie Adams
Boeing
Brittany Davidson
Bryan & Sierra Keith
Caroline Goodell
Celena Fornell
Charles & Patricia Ingraham+
Chase Bank
Claudia Kirkland
Cristina Vargas
Dawn Fernandes
Deborah Cochelin
Dorie Raynolds
Echo Norris
Elizabeth Topping
Emily McGrath
Erin & Kevin Leff
Esther Herzog
Gabriel Montoya & Garbeir Gonzalez
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
Gregory Hitzel
Hazel Cobb
Helen Eugene Nowik
Ian Powell
Isabella Hitzel
Jackie Monahan
Jina Taub
Jeremy Carney
Jessica Matsui
Jessica Quinn
JoAnna Lau
Jonathan Mace
Jordan Louie
Juliana Wright
Julie Cella
Julie Kafkalidis
Kanita Amorasin
Karena Valiquette
Katrina Pickens
Kate Hoerster
Kelly Wald
Kendra Mathias
Kendra Shea
Kent Stowell & Francia Russell
Kevin Munoz
Dr. Kimberly Muczynski
Kristen & Saul Becker
Kyle Heenk
Mutuus Studio
Kyna Foster, Sean Blakey, & Ciaran Foster-Blakey
Laurel Yamaguchi
Lauren Cavanaugh
Liza Perpuse
Marcia Davis
Margaret Oti
Margaret Robey
Maria Butler
Maria Mackey & Joe Breskin
Mary Englund
Mary Sheets
Megan Helmer
Mighty-O Donuts
Melissa Patopea
Michelle Froehlich
Micheal O’Connell
Michael & Sophia Burkland
Natalie & Jason Ramsey
Nolita Reynolds & Mike Bozee
Otto Neubert
Patricia Vaccarino
Patrick Kreuch
Patty Makatura & John Hacket
Prasti Purdum
Rainbow Fletcher
Randi Young
Rebecca O’Connor
Rebekah Turk
Remi Yamanaka
Rèmy Oliver
Rob Kilmer
Ronalee Wear
Sana Tepley
Satoshi Shimohi
Seoung Jung
Sigrun Giannetti
Stacie Hart
Stella Kutz
Yaw Theatre
Stephanie Sharkey
Susan Y. Buske
Terra Milles
Terrel Lefferts
Thomas Fontana
Tiffany Hu
Tricia Van Tuyl