In Dance


What We Talk About When We Talk About Traditional Arts: Speaking with Lily Kharrazi of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts

When many of us come to California, we come with the goal of embracing the new and leaving our ...


Dance/USA Convenes in Philadelphia

“It’s a small world,” continues to ring in my ears with each connection I make in the dance ...


Choreographer in the Classroom: At the Intersection of Dance and Academic Curriculum

It’s Tuesday afternoon at Monument Mountain Regional High School in the Berkshire Mountains of ...


Balance, Push and Promotion: Self-Producing After College

My college welcoming committee consisted of one overworked upperclassman. I was an over-eager ...


New View: Risa Jaroslow

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Regaining an American Foothold in the International Dance Scene

According to a survey conducted for Dance/USA in 1991, national dance touring companies earned ...


Pas de Deux: San Francisco and Dutch National Ballets Partner to Produce a Spellbinding New Cinderella

If only ballet had a fairy godmother. With a wave of her magic wand, she could summon bewigged ...


A Legacy of Innovation Within Tradition: Talking About Creating New Work with Celine Schein and Rachna Nivas

I am in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco visiting the administrative offices of the ...


Welcome, May 2013

These days, I’m into watching. A happy voyeur sitting in a darkened room where I view bodies ...


Dancing An Homage: Shantala Shivalingappa Honors Her Mentors with Namasya

Shantala Shivalingappa is a truly gifted dancer, so graceful and precise that she seems to move as ...