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Advocacy: Anywhere and Anytime
Advocacy has long been one of those big, broad words whose definition I knew in theory, but I’d never experienced it firsthand to gain true insight into its meaning—and outcomes. In imagining what my first […]
When Salsa Swipes Right on Somatics, There is a Match
Photo by David Poertner What if the digital space could be a reprieve, an alternate reality for postcolonial dance research? Perhaps now, working outside of institutional demands, brown perspectives can […]
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 (EDF), which marks 30 years of presenting this June. I have lived on […]
In Practice: Sean Dorsey, Fresh Meat Productions, and Trans Joy
As he looks back on 20 years of making and producing performance by trans, gender-nonconforming (GNC), two-spirit, and queer artists in the Bay Area and across the country, Sean Dorsey, Artistic Director of Sean Dorsey Dance (SDD) and founder of Fresh Meat Productions (FMP), is positively glowing.
A Banana Peel is Good for Headaches: Observations from the Traditional Arts Field
Between dinner and dessert one evening, Doba G., a medical doctor in her late seventies who emigrated from the Ukraine to San Francisco in 1993, gave me a tip: Lily: […]
Dancing in the Land of Edelweiss: My Adventures in Salzburg
Three months ago I was living the good life. I resided in an apartment in beautiful Oakland, California seven blocks from Lake Merritt with two cats, a boyfriend and another […]
Choreofund: A Work in Progress
IN DECEMBER 2013, with the support of my co-workers, I started an experiment called CHOREOFUND. It has been my life’s work to investigate the creative process. Some of the most […]
Weaving a Future for Inclusive Dance: Integrating Disability Into the Dance World
This article originally appeared in Dance/USA’s eJournal, From the Green Room, on March 22, 2016, and is reprinted here with kind permission. Dance/USA, the national service organization for the professional […]
Anna’s Postmodern Children
Sitting in Yerba Buena’s theater last March, I was mystified by the ecstatic reaction French choreographer Jérôme Bel received restaging his “encounter” with classical Thai dancer Pichet Klunchan. All around […]
Upaj (Improvisation) of Life Captured on Film
Having personally witnessed the development of Pandit Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith’s relationship on and off the stage, I was thrilled when the announcement of a documentary to capture […]
