Founded in 1997, Velocity Dance Center has become the primary hub for contemporary dance in Seattle. Velocity offers classes and social dances for the public, but has a robust curatorial program that presents and commissions dance works by artists from around the corner and around the globe. Artists who've showcased their work at Velocity include: Tere O’Connor, Pat Graney, John Jasperse, Amy O’Neal, Miguel Gutierrez, Danielle Agami, Ezra Dickinson, Anouk van Dijk, Reggie Watts, Faye Driscoll, zoe|juniper, Deborah Hay, KT Niehoff, Keith Hennessey, Dayna Hanson, and many others.