878 results for: Performing Arts
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Musician performing at Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 28, 1989
In this image Beaureguard Victor Dobbs performs as part of the duo Gumbo Jazz during Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back…
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.07
Date:1989
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Swan family performing the Eagle Dance, May 23, 1992
In this image Roxana Robertson, right, and other members of the Swan family wear traditional Native American costume as they demonstrate the Eagle Dance, which they will perform at Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts.…
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.08
Date:1992
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Aztec dancer performing at Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 28, 1993
In this image Juan Salinas, leader of Ximali, a group of Aztec dancers from Mexico City, performs during Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff.
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.10
Date:1993
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Old Rocking Chair Club, 115 14th Ave. S., Seattle, May 3, 1945
The origin of Seattle's Jazz scene grew out of the unique political and social climate of Prohibition and 1920s and was centered around Jackson Street in what is now the Chinatown - International District neighborhood. A decade later, the beginning of the swing era attracted new listeners to jazz music, particularly young people. The relatively small size of the jazz…
ID Number:2000.107.174.16.01
Date:1945
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Chinese girls drill team honoring war casualties at memorial ceremony, Seattle, May 30, 1961
In this image, members of the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team perform the "gin-lai,” the traditional three bows of respect, as a wreath is placed at the base of a memorial bearing the names of Chinese war dead. The whole Chinese community joined in the Memorial Day ceremony at Chong Wa Playfield at Eighth Avenue South and South Weller…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.03
Date:1961
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Karate demonstration at Chinatown - International District festival, Seattle, June 10, 1978
In this image, two young men demonstrate karate weaponry skills using a sai and bo staff, one of the many activities during the Summer Festival at Continental Square in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. The street fair, which also included folk dances, a rock band and an assortment of food treats, was sponsored by the International District Economic Association to…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.07
Date:1978
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Youth playing Chinese drum, Seattle, October 10, 1980
In this image a teenage member of the Chinese Youth Club plays a large drum in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.08
Date:1980
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Girl performing Pacific Island dance at Chinatown - International District festival, Seattle, June 28, 1981
The Chinatown - International District's Summer Festival, the "largest pan-Asian celebration in the Northwest," was begun in 1975 and features cultural performances, music, dancing, martial arts, and a wide array of international bites at the beloved $3 Food Walk. The event was renamed Dragon Fest when it became one of the official events of Seafair, Seattle's ten-week-long summer festival.In this…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.11
Date:1981
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Thai dancer at Chinatown - International District Summer Festival, Seattle, July 14, 1985
The Chinatown - International District's Summer Festival, the "largest pan-Asian celebration in the Northwest," was begun in 1975 and features cultural performances, music, dancing, martial arts, and a wide array of international bites at the beloved $3 Food Walk. The event was renamed Dragon Fest when it became one of the official events of Seafair, Seattle's ten-week-long summer festival.In this…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.13
Date:1985
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Woman drumming at Chinatown - International District's Summer Festival, Seattle, July 15, 1990
The Chinatown - International District's Summer Festival, the "largest pan-Asian celebration in the Northwest," was begun in 1975 and features cultural performances, music, dancing, martial arts, and a wide array of international bites at the beloved $3 Food Walk. The event was renamed Dragon Fest when it became one of the official events of Seafair, Seattle's ten-week-long summer festival. In…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.20
Date:1990