In Dance


The Problem of “Culturally Specific” Dance: The Search for a Critical Multiculturalism in Dance, Apr 2009

One of the blessings of Bay Area living is our access to a rich variety of dance—a choreological ...


John Jasperse in the Bay Area: Gaps, Misuse, and the Possibility of Thick Description

John Jasperse is a choreographer known as: Cool. Brainy. Provocative. Naked. Virtuosic. ...


Maclovia Ruiz: A Life in Spanish Dance

Editor’s Note: Dancers’ Group strives to honor the diverse and rich legacy of all forms of ...


The Conversations that Shift and Shape Dance Education

“An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policy and Practice,” the ...


What is Dance/USA?

You’ve most likely heard the name Dance/USA. But what exactly does the organization do? Why, you ...


From Hawai’i to Taylor and Back Again: A Conversation with Rachel Berman

Rachel Berman, former member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, is an easy person to like. We met at ...


My Year in the Show Ring

Editor’s Note: Having danced with Chicago Moving Company, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, and ...


Longing: The Global Postmodern Poetics of David Roussève’s “Saudade”, Mar 2009

The same moment I discovered how much my body could be hated is the same moment my heart discovered ...


Jérôme Bel and Myself: A Choreographer Interrogating Dance

For one night in March, French choreographer Jérôme Bel comes to San Francisco to present his work ...


Outer Space to Inner Space: Universal Themes, Very Different Styles

Amara Tabor-Smith/Deep Waters Dance Theater shares a bill with Cathie Caraker and Katarina Eriksson ...