12 Minutes Max

This beloved short-form performance lab for new and experimental works was originated by On the Boards in 1981 and handed off to Base in 2017. Led by a different pair of community curators each round, 12 Minutes Max auditions are open to artists at all career stages working in dance, music, theater and more. For decades, 12 Minutes Max has been a launchpad for new artists and a testing ground for longer works—so much so that it’s inspired similar programs across North America, including Vancouver, B.C., Chicago and Houston.

12 Minutes Max Edition One will feature works by:
Olga Kravtsova, Miri Daniels, Pooja Ganesh and Eve Salonen, Dani Schofer, Sara Caplan and Anja Kellner-Rogers.

Sunday, November 9, 2025 | 5 PM
Monday, November 10, 2025 | 7 PM

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Program

12 Minutes Max is a low-tech showcase. Selected works can be up to 12 minutes long; each artist/group will receive a $150 fee. Check out our 12 Minutes Max Guidelines for details.

Meet the Artists

Dani Schofer (they/she/he) is an independent dance/music interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and scholar. Dani moved to Seattle, WA, in the Summer of 2025 after completing their MFA in Dance at the University at Buffalo. Dani's choreographic work uses devised creation and audience interaction to create art shaped by relationships. Dani's has presented interdisciplinary arts pieces at the University at Buffalo, Rochester Fringe Festival, Buffalo Gay Men's Choir, American Dance Festival's student showcase, and multiple concerts at Muhlenberg College. An avid composer, musician, and Dalcroze certificate candidate, Dani applies principles of Dalcroze Eurhythmics to facilitate informed collaboration between musicians and dancers. Dani has taught dancers ranging from infants to professionals both nationally and internationally, and is recently earning a second Master's in Elementary Education from Western Governors University. Dani is excited to begin their choreographic career in the Seattle area.

Miri Daniels (they/them) is a performer, director, writer, clown, graphic designer, and filmmaker. They graduated from Cornish College of the Arts with a Theater BFA(original works)in 2021. They are a co-founder of DUMCANNY ALLEY @dumcanny. "Part clown, part human, all dum." Their most recent performance credits include CIRCLE THE DRAIN(it), an original multimedia piece that debuted in 18th Union's SPRINGSHOT 2024, GO PISS GIRL, another  multimedia project for BASE's 12mm September 2023. Check out their latest film projects and digital collage work.

Sara (she/her) and Anja (she/her) are east coasters who met in Seattle in 2022. After magically realizing they attended the same small college in western New York, Sara and Anja bonded over dogs, early 2000s movies and music, and no longer being in their 20s. Sara and Anja perform together with Karin Stevens Dance. They can be found in rehearsal together talking about the full moon, complaining about their shoulder pain, and asking the rehearsal dog, Twyla, if she'd like to be in our next project.

Olga Kravtsova (she/her) is a movement director and performer working at the edge of physical theater and sensory design. Drawing on archetype, folk lineage, and a neurodivergent sense of time, she builds high-attention worlds where story is felt before it's named. Her work blends body, light, and sound with tactile materials—clay, cloth, and simple objects—treating the environment as an active collaborator, and inviting audiences into an undercurrent that wakes archetypal memory before words return. Creator of Harvest of Woman (upcoming at BASE as part of Offerings, Dec 18–21); her current project is Place I Have Never Been, a new work-in-development.

Pooja Ganesh (she/her) is a Kathak artist pursuing Kathak under renowned Gurus in India and the U.S. She has performed at prestigious festivals including the Seattle Theater Group, Yuva Bharati, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, Indian Consulate, YUVA Festival and the New York Kathak Festival, alongside touring across the US and Canada with Abhinava Dance Company engaging diverse audiences.

Eve Salonen (she/her) has dedicated over 20 years to Flamenco, performing in Finland, Portland, and Seattle. She founded Flamenco Boreal and co-founded the Northwest Flamenco Academy, actively fostering Flamenco education and community in the Pacific Northwest. As co-director of Espacio de Arte, she promotes access to Flamenco culture in Seattle.

Meet the Curators

marco farroni leonardo (b. 1995) is a Dominican interdisciplinary artist based in Seattle, Washington, whose practice spans dance, performance, oral history, and mixed media. They hold a BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts (2017). Grounded in embodied research and community-based stories, marco's work explores themes of home, the body as an archive, the Black diaspora, and memory. Their work has been presented at numerous cultural and performance venues across Seattle, including Seattle Center, Velocity Dance Center, Wa Na Wari, Base Arts Space, 10 Degrees Arts, Spectrum Dance Theater, The AIDS Memorial Pathway, River, and 12th Ave Arts. marco is a co-founder of Black Collectivity, a member of Wa Na Wari's Seattle Black Spatial History Institute, and currently a MFA in Dance Candidate at The University of Washington. 
Photo Credit: Victoria Kovios 

Adriana Hillas is a versatile performer, writer, and teaching artist. Growing up abroad most of her life as a third culture kid, theater is always how she found community. She graduated with an MFA in Collaborative Theatre-Making in 2018 from Rose Bruford College in London. With a love for performance that knows no bounds, Adriana has shared her experience in performance and writing, collaborating as an educator with public schools, community centers, nonprofits and shelters in Washington DC, London, New York City, and now Seattle. Committed to facilitating inclusive spaces, she strives to help people of all backgrounds recognize the artist within themselves.