Welcome

To live in the San Francisco Bay Area is to reckon with striking paradoxes. Rising wealth contrasts with persistent homelessness. Socially progressive values butt up against NIMBY (not in my […]

Speak: RACE

1968 was a tumultuous year: Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated; the Vietnam War was losing support; Muhammad Ali was found guilty of draft evasion; and Apartheid in South Africa […]

Conversations with Anna Halprin

Photo by Rick Chapman As surely everyone must know by now, Anna Halprin turns 100 on July 13, 2020. Just as her work has celebrated the dancer in every body, […]

SAFEhouse Arts presents RAW: Resident Artists Workshop

SAFEhouse Arts presents RAW: Resident Artists Workshop live performances and film screenings for in-person audiences. 7pm LIVE show – Aishwarya Chandrashekhar. 8pm LIVE show – Angelica Velez and Maggie Ogle, Sawako […]

at some point

The following are twelve moments that ping pong through time to reflect on our past, present, and future selves. 

Dancing Diplomacy; One Woman’s Journey to the Heart of Kathak

The traditional Kathak solo is alive and well. In India? Maybe not. But in California, yes! In 1992, I wandered into Pandit Chitresh Das’ Kathak class at SFSU when I […]

Dancing Happens in Strip Malls Too

My first memories of learning dance were at the Strip Mall Dance Studio near my house in Lawrence, Kansas. The strip mall was creatively named “The Malls Shopping Center.” I don’t remember what the studio itself was called but I know exactly where it was—tucked in the corner of a row of single-story beige buildings that also housed Pet World (my favorite place on earth as a 4-year-old), an Ace Hardware (my second favorite place), and a Godfather’s Pizza.

Tips for the Business of Dance: Making Your Resolutions Real

It’s that season again when people dream of getting fit, learning a new skill, or accomplishing something grand in their personal or professional lives. After all, looking toward the new […]

Beauty in Search of a Resting Place

Does an artist have a responsibility to anything or anyone other than their whim?

Keepers of Home: Muisi-kongo & Kiazi Malonga

Muisi-kongo Malonga and Kiazi Malonga are the children of Malonga Casquelourd, a world-renowned Congolese dancer, drummer and choreographer who built an exceptional legacy in the traditional arts in the US, and spent half his life activating Congolese culture at the Alice Arts Center (now named after him), in Oakland, California