A Red Thread: Creating Dance Across Cultures and Politics, Sept 2008

San Francisco, May 9, 2008 Abby Chen of the Chinese Cultural Center, invited me to create a ...


Revealing the Process

When someone joins the Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee (The Izzies), they’re usually ...


What’s a Live Film Festival?: And other fun questions like: Milkbar, a new organic drink or a collective of artists?

This September 12 through 14 MilkBar will be taking over the new Oakland Noodle Factory Arts Center ...


Seeing Dance, Talking Dance in Washington, DC

With its flag-bedecked entrances, huge lobbies and wings that you get lost in, the Kennedy Center in ...


A Journey Home with Mamady Keita: How Codification of Dance Changes the Form

In December 2007, I had the opportunity to travel with Mamady Keita to his native village of ...


Flamenco Moving on Two Paths

Flamencologists tell us that the art of Flamenco was nurtured for centuries among the gitano (gypsy) ...


Critical Pedagogy: The Art & Power of the Question

When asked their goals for students, teachers often respond, “I want them to be critical ...


SPEAK By Erika Chong Shuch

I went to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the SFMOMA. It’s presented to show how her life affected ...