Hi everyone! My name is Amy O'Neal, and I’m raising money for my ninth evening-length dance performance titled Again, There is No Other (The Remix) premiering at On the Boards March 26-28, 2026. This project is co-commissioned by On the Boards and CAP UCLA.

I am working with an incredible cast and crew to bring this work to life.

Dancers and movement collaborators: Nia-Amina Minor (Seattle/LA), Tracey Wong (Seattle), B-girl Rascal Randi (LA), Annie Franklin (Chigaco/Pittsburgh), and I'm dancing!

Lighting and scenic design: Amiya Brown (Seattle)

Projection design: Meena Murugesan (LA)

Costume styling: Wazhma Samizay (Seattle)

Sound design: WD4D (Seattle)

Production management: Maria Manness (Seattle)

About the work:

Again, There is No Other (The Remix) is a dark and joyful ritual merging street and contemporary dance forms. The work interrogates fears of the feminine while asking questions about the intrinsic links between gender and race—and how we perform and perceive both through movement.

Its five femme-identified performers speak a variety of dance languages: house, hip hop, breaking, contemporary, popping, waacking, vogue femme, vernacular jazz, ballet, and hustle. Through hybridizing the nightclub, the cypher (the circle), and the theater, they explore touch, support, the imperative of connection, the tensions of identity, and the embrace of difference.

History, development, and significance:

This new project is the abstracted flip side to my last evening-length work, Opposing Forces, which premiered at On the Boards in 2014. Opposing Forces also explored fears of the feminine in our culture—but through the masculine form of breaking with five Seattle-based B-boys.

The culmination of 12 years of performance research, and the last in a series of works with a similar title since 2015, Again, There is No Other (The Remix) marks my return to Seattle after nearly a decade in LA.

This project has received research and residency support from:

BASE: Experimental Arts + Space (Seattle)

Body- Space- Time Residency at The University of Washington (Seattle)

Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle)

Hybrid Dance Lab (Seattle/LA)

Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (LA)

What we have:

A dance performance of this scale takes anywhere from $60k to $150k to create. Our budget is close to $80K. On top of the fee that On the Boards gives us to create and premiere the work, we are very grateful to have support from the National Performance Network and some early donation support from Case van Rij, Glenn Kawasaki, and Molly Scott.

However, all of this combined does not cover the entire budget. We didn’t receive all the grants we applied for. Some other funding asks didn’t work out. A free housing situation for two out-of-town artists fell through.

What is needed:

We are asking for our combined communities to come together and help us fill a $15k gap. This gap covers the following:

Housing for two out-of-town artists for two weeks in Seattle.

Per diem for three out-of-town artists for two weeks in Seattle.

Airfare for three out-of-town artists.

Artist fees for two artists on our team.

Artist values:

As an artist who has made dance in theaters professionally since 1999, I value paying artists equitably for their time. Ninety percent of our budget is going to artist fees and care for their time, talent, and commitment.

This project is fiscally sponsored by Velocity Dance Center and all donations will be tax deductible!

About Velocity Dance Center:

Velocity advances contemporary dance and movement-based art by fostering the creative explorations of artists and audiences.

THANK YOU! WE CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.

Every contribution, big or small, makes a real impact. Even just a few dollars can help move this mission forward and reach those who need it most.

If you can’t donate right now, sharing this fundraiser is also incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. It means the world to me.