Welcome

Recently, I’ve been obsessed with home. The obsession runs deep through my veins. In thinking about why I’ve come to this, I think about temporarily living in a new place […]

10 People on 10 Years of Dance Generators in San Francisco

Dance Generators was founded in Massachusetts in 1997 by Amie Dowling, a former member of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. In 2006, Dowling relocated to San Francisco, and in 2007 […]

Bebe Miller’s A History Reveals the Body as Archive

In advance of her company’s West Coast premiere of A History January 25 and 26 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), Bebe Miller made a visit to […]

He Moved Swiftly…

“Do you dance for the dead or with the dead?” This is the choreographer’s and the conjurer’s dilemma. What we know from watching Amara Tabor-Smith is that the answer comes […]

Out of Order: Disobedient Dance Criticism

“The review, the most common form of dance writing, is weak as much for how it attempts to describe the object of that performed event as for what it leaves […]

March 2010

Welcome By Wayne Hazzard Becoming A Kathaka: Chitresh Das and the New Generation of Kathak Dancers By Monica Dalidowicz Exploring Visible Intimacy with Ben Levy By Wayne Hazzard SPEAK By […]

Dancers’ Group: Celebrating 30 Years

30 THOUGHTS FOR 30 YEARS 1.    QUIETLY HIDDEN 2.    SECRET HALLS 3.    VIBRANT SCRAMBLES 4.    WINDOWS LIT 5.    PRACTICE STEPS REPEAT 6.    SECLUDED RISK 7.    WAYNE HAZZARD AND RAPTURE 8.   […]

Homecoming for the Ohlone: Honoring Tribal Recognition

If you walk into the cool quiet of Mission San Francisco de Asis, better known these days as Mission Dolores, there’s a curious, multi-tiered hut constructed out of reeds in […]

Diving Deeper Into Flamenco

For the last twelve years, I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying flamenco and performing professionally. While there are many good flamenco teachers passing down the tradition, I’ve […]

Stretching the Limits: Managing Hypermobile Joints

Proper care of a hypermobile body can mean the difference between a fulfilling career and sidelined dreams. We know it when we see it: the hyperextended line of an arabesque, […]