Evoke Productions / Full Tilt

We want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone -- choreographers, dancers, crew, volunteers, and audience members -- for making Full Tilt 2026 an amazing celebration of dance! We're eternally grateful to be a part of this amazing and supportive dance community! Full Tilt will return next year for our 20th Anniversary performance at Erickson Theater. Look out for postings this fall for choreographer applications and dancer auditions. THANK YOU!!!! - Evoke Productions (Fumi, Vy, Connie, & Arlene) Photos: I am not a violent dog | Diana Kim (@dkimmmm ) Think, Again | Olivia Evans (@oliviaechoreography ) on the edge of your vast expansion| Marlo Martin (@marmarmartindance ) Blink of an Eye | Madeline Maxine Roman (@madelinexmaxine ) Observed Threads | Heather Smith & Samantha Weissbach (@theobnoxiousoyster ) (@samantha.weissbach ) Baada Ya Kifo | dani tirrell (@danitirrell ) PC: @jazzyphoto #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #dance #seattledance

Link on profile Reposted from @seattledances “Each choreographer brought a level of composition to their work that was coherent, rich, and multilayered. The pieces went so well together, in fact, that I felt that I was just watching one long piece…” Read Alyza DelPan-Monley’s take on Full Tilt 2026 on our website now…link in bio! 📷 by @jazzyphoto #dance #seattledance #seattledances #danceperformance

Online ticket sales are now closed. We are sold out for Saturday's performance and have a few tickets available at the door for the Sunday performances.

Full Tilt 2026 is this weekend! Saturday's performance is sold out but tickets are still available for both Sunday matinee and evening performances. Get your tickets soon! Saturday, April 11th | 7:30 pm Sunday, April 12th | 2:00 pm & 6:30 pm Exit Space | NOD Theater 1621 12th Avenue Seattle WA 98122 Featuring new work by: Olivia Evans Diana Kim Marlo Martin  Madeline Maxine Roman Heather Smith & Samantha Weissbach dani tirrell Ticket 🔗 in bio @oliviaechoreography @dkimmmm @marmarmartindance @madelinexmaxine @theobnoxiousoyster @samantha.weissbach @danitirrell Photo: @jazzyphoto #dance #FullTilt2026 #EvokeProductions #seattledance #supportindependentarts

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! Madeline Maxine Roman (with original music by Valentina Roman) Madeline Maxine Roman is talkative and loud. That’s partly due to being hard of hearing, but primarily because she embraces her queer, disabled, and neurodivergent identity. Featured in Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, she is the Artistic Director of GRIDLOCK Dance in Washington, DC. A standout force among Gen Z choreographers, her choreography is “intellectually probing, politically minded, and personally revelatory” (Dance Magazine), “conceptually rich and ambitious” (Maryland Theatre Guide), “boldly explores technology’s downsides” (Washington City Paper), and provides “a searing comment on how pervasive social media and mobile devices affect human behavior” (Arts ATL). Max’s recent engagements include the Men in Dance Showcase (WA), a James Madison University commission (PA), Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery commission (DC), Dance Loft & Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation commission (DC), Steps on Broadway Choreography Lab (NY), Pentacle’s Tour Ready Lab (NY), Montgomery College’s Artist-in-Residence (MD), Dance Canvas Choreographer Career Development Initiative (GA), Maryland Youth Ballet’s S.H.E./Moves Program (MD), Rutgers University Integrated Dance Collaboratory Choreo Lab (NJ), Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch Showcase (NY), Atlas Arts Lab Fellowship (DC), Dance Place’s Dance and Disability Residency (DC), and a Joe’s Movement Emporium commission (MD). Max graduated as commencement speaker from Towson University with her B.F.A. in Dance Performance & Choreography and B.S. in Mass Communication. During college, she received the Honors College Award, the Kaplan Award, the Research Impact Award, and the Outstanding Choreography Award. @madelinexmaxine @gridlockdance #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! dani tirrell dani tirrell (dani), recipient of Seattle’s 2019 Mayor’s Arts Award, is a Black, Trans Spectrum, Queer choreographer, dancer, and movement guide, known for their deeply impactful work centered on Black identity, community, and storytelling. dani has shared their practice in cities across the U.S., including Detroit, Seattle, Washington D.C., and beyond. Currently, dani serves as the Artistic Director of Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas in Seattle and is the founder and artistic director of The Congregation, a movement-based performance ensemble dedicated to stories from the African Diaspora. dani’s work has been commissioned by organizations such as Seattle Theater Group, On the Boards, and Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, and they maintain close collaborations with Velocity Dance Center and Northwest Tap Connection. Their artistic achievements have been recognized with fellowships from Arts Matter, Artists Trust, 4Culture, and most recently, the 2023 NEFA National Dance Project Grant. @danitirrell @dtcongregation #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! Olivia Evans Olivia Evans is a dancer, choreographer, and educator. She grew up training in classical ballet, but more recently attended the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program from 2021-23. There, she performed works by Kayla Farrish, Moscelyne ParkeHarrison, Chuck Wilt, and Jay Carlon. Since graduating, she has worked with Aleño Dance Project, BKirk Dance, and Davianna Griffin for Full Tilt Dance Festival. Olivia began choreographing work in 2019. In 2025, she premiered “As the World Widens”, a segment of BKirk Dance’s evening-length show “Etymology of Being” presented at Base: Experimental Arts + Space. She was a co-choreographer on the award-winning dance film, “Intimité Révélée”, in collaboration with Ballet22 and the SF Dance Film Festival in 2024. She has presented live works with ZK Gallery, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, and the LINES Training Program, and her films have been screened in the US and Australia. Olivia currently teaches for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Community Education Program, PNB School, and Creative Dance Center. To learn more, visit her website at oliviaevanschoreography.com. @oliviaechoregraphy #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! Diana Kim Diana Kim is a Seattle based dancer, choreographer, and instructor who originates from the Metro Atlanta Area. Diana has trained in a variety of styles ranging from Fosse Jazz to Horton Modern to UDA Competition Pom, and greatly enjoys learning and blending various styles. As an artist Diana is narratively driven and focused on using dance as a medium to communicate emotions that transcend words. Their work explores the power of human connection through eclectic movement and comedic, eccentric narratives. Diana Kim’s latest work asks if we are able to ever truly break free from the cycles of our trauma. Inspired by the phrase “I am not a violent dog, I don't know why I bite” the piece flows through a journey of introspection becoming more nightmarish as layers are stripped away. The 10 dancer ensemble explores repetition, time, uniformity, and control to show that even in the act of attempting to break free from our past we may still bring others down with us. “I bite because it is all I have ever known.” @dkimmmm #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! Marlo Martin Marlo Martin is a director, choreographer, educator and producer in Seattle, WA.  She holds a BFA in dance from Western Michigan University and recently received the 2022 WMU Department of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumni award for Arts Education. Marlo finds fulfillment and joy in celebrating and practicing all that encompasses and defines dance. Martin founded and currently directs eXit SPACE (est. 2004), a center for dance education and performance opportunities for the beginning student through professional level dancer. Martin has grown eXit SPACE from a single room studio with two teachers into three locations, five studios, a theater, 19 faculty members, housing for local dance companies, a host of artist programming, a pre-professional training program, and over 90 classes per week. While developing eXit SPACE, Marlo has also continued to work as a choreographer. She has created works for her own company, oaklanDrive (2005-2009) and badmarmarDANCE (2010-2015, 2022-current). Since moving to Seattle in 2002 her work has been presented at numerous concerts and festivals including The Bridge Project Velocity Dance Center, the High Wire Series Seattle U, 12 Minutes Max On the Boards (2005, 2010, 2012), BASH theater, Redd Legg Dance, A Moving Conversation The Fremont Abbey, Evoke Dance Production’s Full Tilt, Beyond the Threshold / Spotlight on Seattle (2011, 2013, 2015), the BOOST dance festival, the Fall Kick Off Velocity Dance Center, NEXTfest NW Velocity Dance Center, self-produced full length tenSIDES (2012) and SPLIT BILL (2013) and WITNESS (2024), Cornish Dance Theater, Bellingham Rep Dance, Strictly Seattle (2013/2015), and Western Michigan University Dept. of Dance. Martin’s Artistic Directorship has evolved over the course of the past 20 years of leadership at eXit SPACE. In 2016 and 2021 Martin continued to develop eXit SPACE by creating two new artist’s spaces called theNEST and Studio SEA..... Full bio at evokeproductions.org/choreographer-bios/ @marmarmartindance @badmarmar.dance PC: @jazzyphoto #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Reposted from @baseartspace Interested in sharing the beginnings of a new work, or revisiting an idea? Audition for 12 Minutes Max on April 26! We welcome artists from all artistic backgrounds to apply. A brief application is due by April 22. 12MM: Edition Three is on June 21 @ 5 PM and June 22 @ 7 PM. Find more details about 12MM at the link in our bio, and stay tuned for a curator announcement. Photos from Edition Two by Jim Coleman

Meet the Full Tilt 2026 Choreographers! Heather Smith & Samantha Weissbach Heather Smith & Samantha Weissbach are the co-founders of Equipoise Dance, a Seattle-based contemporary company dedicated to exploring the human experience through vulnerability, connection, and authentic movement. Heather (she/her) holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois and brings a multidisciplinary background as a NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Master Reiki Practitioner, and 500hr Certified Yoga Instructor. Her choreography spans concert dance, theater, and commercial work, including collaborations with Intrepidus Dance and Cultivate Dance Project. Samantha (she/her) has been choreographing, performing, and teaching for over fifteen years, with work presented by Intrepidus Dance, Seattle International Dance Festival, and Continuum Dance Project. A Dance Educators Association of Washington Educator of the Year and NASM Certified Personal Trainer, Samantha blends her extensive background as an educator and performer to create work that is both technically rigorous and deeply expressive. Together, they guide dancers through introspective creation rooted in journaling, meditation, and reflection—crafting movement that is personal, athletic, and deeply human. @theobnoxiousoyster @samantha.weissbach @equipoisedance #fulltilt2026 #evokeproductions #choreographers #dance #seattledance

Reposted from @menindance MEN IN DANCE is committed to supporting and producing cutting-edge male concert dance in all of its color. To these ends we invite choreographers of all gender expressions to submit a proposal for our 2026 Festival of MEN IN DANCE, which celebrates the 30th anniversary of our founding in 1996 • All performers must be male. • Three (3) performances will be held: an evening show on September 25 and 26 and a matinee on September 27, 2026. • All shows will be held at The Erickson Theatre in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, WA. • We will produce (up to) 8 choreographers, each receiving a stipend of at least $500; dancers will also be paid a stipend of at least $200. Choreographers who perform in their own work will be compensated for both roles. • All disciples of dance are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to Ballet, Jazz, Modern Hip-Hop, Musical Theatre, Circus Arts, Tap, etc. • All proposed works should be a maximum of 10 minutes; solos and duets are accepted, but small group pieces are encouraged. The Deadline for Submissions is April 30, 2026. All Applicants will be contacted no later than May 31, 2026. Click the link in our bio to submit your work or visit us at menindance.org - 📷 Jeremy Zihao Yuan (@jeremyzihaoyuan ), photo by Andrew Estes (estesandy)