SEATTLE, WA.- An array of warrior princesses, ninjas waging epic battles, hungry ghosts, birds and beasts—shape shifters all—will greet visitors at the Frye Art Museum from March 19 to June 19, 2011 when the groundbreaking Seattle performance company Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE) will be celebrated for the first time in a museum exhibition. DAE’s dynamic, event-based sensorial extravaganzas will be showcased through music, sculpture, props, costumes, musical instruments, animated films, photo and video documentation, and video projections. Included are signature DAE works such as Sonic Tales (2009) and Cuckoo Crow (2006); a premiere performance, Degenerate Art Ensemble’s Red Shoes; as well as workshops with the artists and public programs. Artworks and sets created by DAE especially for a museum context include The Hidden One, a giant, glowing girl-theater deftly