Ballet in jorts. RICH SMITH
On the afternoon of August 11, more than 4,000 people showed up to Olympic Sculpture Park to watch a contemporary dance performance. That’s more than the number of people who showed up for the Trump rally in Lynden, Washington. Four thousand is the conservative estimate from Seattle Art Museum—emotionally, the number felt closer to a bajillion.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet/Seattle Art Museum event was part of the Summer at SAM series. A typical Thursday night will draw a crowd of about 1,000 to 1,200, but the museum was expecting around 2,000 this time…
