Whim W'Him is a Seattle-based dance company founded by Olivier Wevers in January 2009.
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Company history
Whim W'Him was granted 501(c)3 status in the autumn of 2009. The inaugural performances were held January 15–17, 2010, at On the Boards in Seattle.
The company's original nine dancers were chosen primarily from the rosters of Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) and Spectrum Dance Theater, both Seattle-based. They continued to dance for their respective companies as well. The original roster was:
Olivier Wevers
Founder and artistic director Olivier Wevers, born in Brussels, Belgium, is a former principal dancer at Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB). Prior to PNB, he trained at the Karys Dance Center and became a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He has been a guest artist with Ballet Jorgen, Columbia City Ballet, Reiko Yamamoto Ballet Company, Le Gala des Étoiles, Dancers for Life, The Millennium Gala, Aoyama Ballet Festival, Evelyn Hart, New York City Ballet’s Balanchine Centennial, and Peter Boal and Company. Wevers received an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship Award.
Between 2002 and 2010, Wevers choreographed 20 pieces; the first of these, in 2002, was “DAL-LY-ING” for a PNB School Performance. He participated in the New York Choreographic Institute and the National Choreographers Initiative. He has been commissioned to create works for Spectrum Dance Theater, PNB’s Laugh Out Loud festival, Seattle Dance Project, Cornish College of the Arts, and Reiko Yamamoto Ballet Company.