SPEAK: Stuck With You

By Xandra Ibarra Ten years in burlesque has provided me with an intimate knowledge of the political and emotional consequences of performing with/against the fictions structuring Mexican/Chicana female subjectivity.  Burlesque […]

FLY-LINES: A Brief History of Aerial Dance

Off-the-ground dance comes loaded with its own peculiar history, beginning with the acrobatic and technological innovation of women dancing on pointe. At the end of the 18th century, Charles Didelot […]

The Festival before the Festival

A preview of the 2007 Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions, a multi-day audition open to the public.

ONSITE: Jo Kreiter

Niagara Falling (world premiere) Aerial dance, film and a story of what America is A street, two towns, a nation falling and rising FREE Wed-Sat, Sep 26-29, 2012 30-minute performance at […]

Della Davidson Prize

2020 Awardee:  Jubilith Moore, a performer, director, teaching artist and producer of live performance, has devoted her professional life to exploring the ongoing life of traditional Japanese and contemporary American […]

November 2008

Vision, Strength and Stamina: AXIS and Lily Cai celebrate 20 years By Julia Hollas A Place to Explore: Mama Calizo By Jessica Fudim Bringing Dance to Teens: an Inquiry By […]

Respect Your Roots; Contact Improv and the Blues

The following is an abridged excerpt from a forthcoming book on Contact Improvisation by long-time Bay Area teacher and Contact pioneer John LeFan.

First You Must Observe

Shortly after WWII, educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy came together determined to ensure that fascism would never again occur in their country. Hope for the future would lie in the […]

Niagara Falling: An Aerial Look at Urban Decline

What do San Francisco and the town of Niagara Falls have in common? Not much. Located on opposite sides of the country with contrasting population sizes, climates, cultures, and demographics, […]

#15. Street Dance

Sat, Jun 22, 1pm In this Dance Discourse Project, moderator Samantha Giron talked with panelists Teela Shine Ross and Power Surge (Sergio Suarez) and explored different facets of street dance […]