“[…] Evoke Productions’ Full Tilt is still going strong […]. Providing valuable opportunities for both emerging artists to make their first connections and for established artists to expand their networks, the festival offers a venue and paid studio time for many of Seattle’s local choreographers and dancers, and has become a deeply rooted community institution.” –seattledances, May 2018
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Mission Statement
Evoke Productions’ mission is to provide opportunities and venues for talented dancers and choreographers to present their passion for contemporary dance in the Seattle area. Fumi Murakami and Kelly Smith have been dancing and performing in the Seattle dance scene for many years and have also been ongoing supporters of the arts in our region. In an effort to broaden our contribution to the performing arts community we envisioned a platform where dedicated, passionate, and talented dancers and choreographers could come together to present dance performances that were exciting, daring, emotional, entertaining and memorable.
Fumi Murakami
Artistic Director, Founder, Producer
Born in Osaka, Japan, Fumi Murakami first took ballet at the age of four. Although Fumi always maintained an interest in movement and dance, she had little formal training until she attended college. Fumi received a degree in Mathematics and Theater/Dance from Oberlin College. Since her arrival in Seattle in 1981, Fumi has had the privilege of working with many talented local choreographers including Yoko Murao, AC Petersen, Shannon Hobbs, Michele Miller and Pablo Cornejo. Fumi has also had the opportunity to work with internationally renowned choreographers David Rousseve and Ann Carlson.
Vy Duong
Assistant Producer
Vy is a dancer, producer, mother, full time professional, and an occasional kung fu practitioner. Born in Saigon, Vietnam and raised in the Midwest, Vy had a late start in dance, taking her first class at age 18. She earned her BFA in Dance with a minor in Theatre in 1997 at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis where she had the opportunity to work with acclaimed choreographers including Danny Ezralow, Ralph Lemon, Susan Marshall, Joe Chvala, and Stuart Pimsler.
Her path as a performer continued in Madison, Wisconsin, where she danced with Kanopy Dance Company, Connolly Dance Company, and Li Chiao-Ping Dance. Since making Seattle her home in 1999, Vy has collaborated with a wide range of artists and choreographers, performing works by Brian Dawbin, Shawn Hove, Pablo Cornejo, Fumi Murakami, Amy O’Neal, Christy McNeil Chand, Jovon Miller, Marlo Martin, and Amy Lambert. She has also explored the creative process from the producing side through her work with Evoke Productions and her participation in numerous Full Tilt concerts.
Constanze Villines
Assistant Producer
Constanze trained at SVN and Tanzprojekt in Munich, Germany, as well as The Bosl Stiftung, part of the Munich Opera until age eleven. She then expanded her dance training to tap, jazz, and contemporary/modern, and also spent several years on gymnastics and rhythmical gymnastics teams. Constanze attended Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany for theater arts, and also studied at Santa Monica College and Dance Experiment in Los Angeles, CA.
Constanze has danced for Brigitta Toma, Tanztheater Salome, Marlo Ariz (badmarmar), Erin Nichole Boyt (Version Excursion), Sara Sader / Amy Weaver (Sapience Dance Collective,) Kimberly Holloway, Cyrus Khambatta, Maya Soto, Alicia Mullikin, and Xaviera Vandermay (3rd Shift Dance,) amongst others. She had the pleasure of performing at The Munich State Opera, Tanztheater Salome, Tollwood Festival, Dance Experiment Los Angeles, SIDF, VE’s Standing in the Storm, Body Politics Tacoma, Converge Dance Festival, and more.
Constanze’s work has been shown throughout Seattle at Velocity Dance Center, the Seattle International Dance Festival, The Pocket Theater, The Neptune Theater, and more.
Constanze is the managing director for Khambatta Dance Company and produces, in cooperation with Cyrus Khambatta, the annual Seattle International Dance Festival (SIDF.) She is also a film & television professional with over 15 years of experience in film and video production, as well as live event producing. Constanze owns her own production company in Seattle, WA and is presently working on finishing her first independently financed short film. She is also busy producing a new web series to be premiered online in spring 2018 and creating new works for her own dance company re:flexion Dance.
Arlene Martin
Assistant Producer
Arlene Martin is a dancer, producer, and arts advocate based in Seattle. Originally from Chicago, she began her dance training at a young age in tap, jazz, and ballet and even appeared on The Bozo Show. She continued dancing on her high school and college dance teams while earning a degree in Engineering from Northwestern University. She moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington for business school but later relocated for several years. After returning to Seattle in 2005, she rediscovered dance.
Arlene has performed throughout the Pacific Northwest, including appearances in Full Tilt, Seattle International Dance Festival, Converge Dance Festival, Northwest Film Forum, Body Politic Tacoma, and a Seattle Seahawks halftime show. She has been a performer with eXit SPACE School of Dance’s TakePause for 21 years and has had the privilege of working with choreographers including Laura Beth Rodriguez, Emily Johnson, Amy Johnson, Alicia Mullikin, Marlo Martin, Erin Nicole Boyt, Maya Soto, and Constanze Villines.
In addition to performing, Arlene is deeply committed to supporting and building the dance community. She founded Tint Dance Festival and previously served as a board leader for Seattle International Dance Festival. Outside of dance, Arlene is a hockey player, fitness enthusiast, and proud dog mom.
Past Contributors
 Kelly Smith |  Kaitlin McCarthy |  Sarah Nelson |
 Amy Lambert (Johnson) |  Jamie Karlovich |  Hailey Burt |
 Christin Olyano (Lusk) Assistant Producer |  Helen Thorsen Assistant Producer |
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