From 1994 - 2006, Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson’s touring dance theater company, 33 Fainting Spells, helped draw national attention to Seattle dance. RE/33: 33 Fainting Spells Revisited examines the company’s impact by restaging and digitally distributing its works.

Installment One: The Uninvited will be presented at Base Oct. 26-27, 2018 as part of Base co-founder Dayna Hanson’s Base Artist Residency. Dayna Hanson Company dancers Madison Haines and Julia Sloane re-perform excerpts from 33 Fainting Spells’ debut evening-length work, The Uninvited.

The evening will also include a talk with Dayna Hanson and former 33 Fainting Spells company member, Peggy Piacenza, along with artifacts, digital content—including downloadable video of the original work—and a limited edition catalogue. An open rehearsal, free to the public, will take place at Base Sept. 25, 5 - 7p, and a master class will be held Saturday, Oct. 27 at Base. Email juliasloane6@gmail.com to register for the master class.

The Uninvited, choreographed by Hanson and Hanson in 1994, was created as a noir reflects a joyfully obsessive and meticulous collaborative process that included extensive dramaturgical and movement research. The Uninvited was commissioned by On the Boards and toured to Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Dance Theater Workshop (New York Live Arts), Wexner Center for the Arts, DiverseWorks, Dance Umbrella (Austin, TX) and Kunstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt).

Base is located at 6520 5th Ave South #122, one block east of East Marginal Way in West Georgetown between Michigan and River Streets. Base is in the Factory Building of Equinox Studios’ Creative Industrial Complex.

ABOUT 33 FAINTING SPELLS
33 Fainting Spells was co-founded by choreographers Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson (no relation) in 1994. Based in Seattle, the duo created and toured six evening-length dance theater works and two short dance films between 1994 and 2006. Named for a 1935 play by Vsevolod Meyerhold—which in turn was an adaptation of short Chekhov pieces—the acclaimed company was known for combining polystylistic movement with source material drawn from literature, cinema and culture. The company’s work was supported by New England Foundation for the Arts/National Dance Project, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network, MAP Fund, 4Culture, Bossak Heilbron Charitable Foundation and many other funding organizations. 33 Fainting Spells’ work was commissioned and presented by dozens of venues nationally and internationally, including Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Joyce Theater, Walker Art Center, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and many others.

"Dayna Hanson and Gaelen Hanson have forged what may be the most incisive dance ensemble on the West Coast. Give them an hour; they'll remake your vision of the American dance landscape."
- Elizabeth Zimmer, The Village Voice, 11/11/97

ABOUT RE/33
Because 33 Fainting Spells disbanded before the advent of online video, the company's six major dance theater works fell abruptly out of circulation. Starting with the 1994 duet, Tsigane, RE/33 brings select pieces from the 33FS canon back to life over the course of several years. In the process, the project will shine light on an era in Seattle’s rich dance history and make accessible a body of work that is widely seen as having had unique impact. RE/33 is produced by Dayna Hanson Company with creative participation by Gaelen Hanson and Peggy Piacenza.

Support for RE/33 comes from 4Culture and Bossak Heilbron Charitable Foundation.