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They’ll make dance here: The Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center opens its doors

They’ll make dance here: The Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center opens its doors

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Karen Ducey

The late Kabby Mitchell III was beloved for his talents, his warmth, his brio. The choreographer, teacher and role model was an artistic trailblazer: the first African-American company member of Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Mitchell died May 4. This past weekend, friends and family gathered at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre to send him off with one final celebratory dance performance.  And also this past weekend, the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center (T.U.P.A.C.) officially opened its doors with a ribbon cutting and open house, ensuring the legacy of Mitchell, who helped found this new nonprofit dance space, lives on.

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Karen Ducey

By Karen Ducey

Karen Ducey is a founder of Animal News Northwest and Karen Ducey Photography. She's worked as a photojournalist on staff at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Puget Sound Business Journal and the In