In Dance


The Emperor’s Old Clothes?: Reflections on Thirty Years of the Ethnic Dance Festival

Upfront: here is my disclaimer and confession. I owe much to the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival ...


Finding the Way: Kumu Hula Makuakane Choreographs the Story of Ancestral Navigation

When World Arts West executive director Julie Mushet approached Patrick Makuakane with the idea of ...


Reflections from the Community

To compliment the articles in this issue that pay tribute to the 30th Anniversary of the San ...


Philanthropy Future/Present

Ten years from now: these things I know. New program officers will think they are smarter and ...


SPEAK: Beyond Stage Space

When I think of a typical performance experience, I imagine one of the intimate theaters tucked in ...


One Website under California with Profiles and Resources for all, May 2008

Starting this May, every dance group in California from the San Francisco Ballet to the local ...


Shawl-Anderson Dance Center: Celebrating a Half-Century of Making Dance and Community

In 1958, dance class was $2 at the studio Frank Shawl and Victor Anderson started above a liquor ...


A New Type of Franchise in Los Angeles: CHIME program expands

After three years of running his own dance company, Bradley Michaud took a good, hard look at his ...


The Bay Area’s Summer Performances: Theatrical adventures for any taste

If you want to experience the real Bay Area dance scene in all its breadth, depth, variety, and ...


The Art of Teaching Dance

“'Artists are people who play hide-and-seek but do not know what they seek until they find it.' In ...