In Dance


Reality in Black Swan or Just a Lot of B.S.?

NOTE: SPOILER ALERT It's an understatement to say that everyone is talking about Black Swan. The ...


Inclusion in Education: Children with Autism

Allison is five years old. She attends dance class each week at her public school in Oakland. In ...


Welcome, Mar 2011

What does age say about a person? An organization? In the dance world, one can imagine a host of ...


Welcome, Jan/Feb 2011

What was your first dance image? Whatever your response, it’s most likely that your answer to this ...


Performance Preview: What’s On For This Season

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, start your espresso machines—you’ll need extra zip to keep up with the Bay ...


Big Dreams, Small Screen: Tuning Into Dance Reality Shows

IT’S BROUGHT US SCHEMING Survivors, sadistic restaurateurs and women intent on marrying ...


Dance, If You Think You Can

FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not a journalist, but when given the opportunity to interview the judges of ...


Crowdsourcing: Is it healthy?

CROWDSOURCING DANCE EMPOWERS the audience to collectively perform the roles of, at times, curator, ...


Tax Tips for Artists

Home in Office If you book your gigs from home and/or rehearse there, you may take the portion of ...


Turning Point: Re-Defining Bay Area Ballet

BALLET IS DEAD, bemoans dance historian Jennifer Homans in her latest opus, Apollo’s Angels: A ...