One Chinese Foot, One American Foot: Talking with Lily Cai

MY CONVERSATION with dancer and choreographer Lily Cai began with a topic that is probably the most important issue facing artists in San Francisco in 2016: real estate. We met […]

Ba-e Makiling: Deconstructing the Present to Re-imagine the Past

In a lush tropical forest speckled with dappled light and alive with the sounds of wildlife, a shape shifting deity turns herself into a wild animal that is pursued and cornered […]

‘Conference of the Birds’ Brings Together Dance Forms in San Jose

The Conference of the Birds originally was a medieval Persian poem by ‘Attar (“The Pharmacist”)—who influenced the younger, more famous poet and Sufi mystic Rumi—an allegory about the birds of the […]

In the Bag

I was driving to radiation for breast cancer when I heard an interview with Eve Ensler, feminist, playwright, performer, social activist. The title of Eve’s interview was “The Body After Cancer.” […]

Opening the Boxes

For some reason I have always been drawn to the rough spaces in theaters. There is a mood within these spaces that is rich with history, objects, technologies and stories […]

Create, Reflect, Advocate, Repeat

Jochelle Perena teaching at Luna Dance Institute / photo by Michael Ertem Dance Teaching Artist is my primary job and Professional Learning Manager, my secondary role at Luna Dance Institute. […]

Synchronous Objects: What Else Might Dance Look Like?: An Interview with Professor Norah Zuniga-Shaw

Back in college, while in one of my countless rehearsals I remember thinking, “I wonder what areas of the stage we use the most?” Little did I know that this […]

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee Announces Nominees and Honorees for 2016-2017 Performance Season

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee celebrates 32 years of honoring local dance artists by acknowledging their outstanding achievements in dance. During each 12-month performance cycle, running September 1-August 31, […]

Speak

The only thing more powerful than private funds is public will. When YBCA describes its mission as generating culture that moves people, the bet that we are making is that […]

Lovers of Home: The Diouf Family

It’s 8:37 am on a Saturday in March, at the home of the Diouf family.