In Dance


Seventy-five and Wildly Alive: San Francisco Ballet Commissions Ten New Works

San Francisco Ballet artistic director Helgi Tomasson could have chosen to make the company’s 75th ...


History in the Taping: Confessions of an Accidental Dance Videographer

As I was preparing to write this article about dance documentation, it occurred to me that it has ...


Do You YouTube?

Every week, I get a question from someone in the dance community about online videos. As a web ...


The Art of the Possible: Increase funding for the arts in 2008

It has been four years since the California Arts Council’s (CAC) budget was drastically cut by 94% ...


What Inspires You?

Wanting a bit of winter inspiration, Dancers’ Group sent a request to a variety of dancers, ...


Talkin’ Bout Our G-G-Generation: The First Dance Discourse Project Sparks a Dialogue About Who We Are Now

Does Bay Area dance today have a zeitgeist, or is its hallmark fracture and disorganization? Is ...


KUNST-STOFF Celebrates 10 years

You can pronounce KUNST-STOFF with a little Germanic ‘sh’ added to the stoff and a very ...


SPEAK: A Community Perspective

I recently had the chance to work with Cambodian Dancer, Charya Burt, who eloquently described the ...


Fua Dia Congo; Dancing Malonga Casquelourd’s Legacy, Dec 2007

Not many small dance companies survive the death of their founders. Started in 1977 by the late ...


Crafting Chaos; Davidson Brings us Closer to Collapse

Walking into the tech rehearsal of Side Show Physical Theatre’s new piece Collapse (suddenly ...