In Dance


Dimensions Dance Theater: Four Decades Strong

The City of Oakland became a hot bed of cultural awareness and political and social activism for the ...


Expect the Unexpected: Subverting the Ballet Paradigm with Amy Seiwert and SKETCH 3

“When I started making work, no one was paying any attention whatsoever,” Amy Seiwert recalls. ...


Diving Deeper Into Flamenco

For the last twelve years, I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying flamenco and ...


Building and Rebuilding: Ernesto Sopprani & Kathleen Hermesdorf Discuss the New Arts Building Consortium

Space is a crucial factor in any performing arts community and there will always be issues around ...


Collaboration as Beautiful Mystery: A Glimpse into Kim Epifano’s Botany’s Breath

Artistic collaboration is huge in today’s modern dance scene. And when something is so prevalent, ...


SPEAK By Samantha Giron

The truth is, I never felt quite at home as a modern dancer. I always had the sense I was trying to ...


Dana Reitz: The Silent Innovator Comes to the Bay Area

Quick, name the top three dance performances you’ve ever seen. Mine come to mind easily. They are, ...


Delicate Acts of Artistic Courage: Performing Diaspora returns to CounterPULSE

If you're reading In Dance, then I probably don’t need to tell you that among San Francisco arts ...


How to Move to Berlin: a Dancer’s Survival Guide or 12-step Program or a Gentrification Manual Or… Can Moving Be Called Contemporary Dance?

Full Disclosure: This article doesn’t exactly know what form it wants to take yet. Similar to ...


Welcome, Jul/Aug 2013

As the seduction of summer activities—vacations, barbecues, beach walks—linger, I remind myself ...