Passing

In 2021 I was hired as an artist in residence at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (SOTA), a San Francisco high school I graduated from in 2020.

Every Second

I survived 13 years in prison, but I am not free from my experience of prison.

Movement Exchange: International Dance Exchange to Panama

Join the movement today and become a dance diplomat with Movement Exchange! Every year we host multiple international dance exchanges to Panama for dancers and movers around the world. Our […]

Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Spring Season

This season LINES Ballet presents a world premiere, a reimagining of The Collective Agreement, and 2013’s Concerto for Two Violins. Originally commissioned by San Francisco Ballet in 2018, The Collective […]

San Jose Dance Theatre: The Little Mermaid

This brand new ballet features choreography by Brooke Wertwijn, Elise Holmes, Erin Eley, Kathryn Petak, Elizabeth Sweeney, and Nicole Khoo. Follow the story of the mermaid who gave up everything […]

5th Annual FACT/SF Summer Dance Festival

FACT/SF presents its 5th Annual Summer Dance Festival bringing together an array of contemporary dance works by choreographers from the Bay Area and beyond. FACT/SF Artistic Director Charles Slender-White, explains, […]

KEEPING THE PEACE BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL AND THE MODERN: Speaking with Hula Master Patrick Makuakane

CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER AND KUMU HULA (master teacher) Patrick Makuakane is a dynamo of thoughtful energy and good-natured cheer. Speaking with him in a coffee shop near his home in Potrero Hill, I was […]

Welcome, Jan/Feb 2015

I have been imagining what it would be like to have been born one hundred years ago, to have lived through and experienced the innumerable changes in the world that have […]

A New Type of Franchise in Los Angeles: CHIME program expands

After three years of running his own dance company, Bradley Michaud took a good, hard look at his accomplishments and asked himself a question. “Have I found my voice or […]

Did You Know? Highlighting the Activities of Artists/Organizations in Our Region: The Academy of Danse Libre

In 1996, a group of 24 intrepid dancers, many of whom were alumni of Stanford’s Vintage Dance Ensemble led by dance historian Richard Powers, formed a new performance group. The name “The Academy […]