Finding Center Between East and West: A Conversation with Tara Catherine Pandeya

When Tara Catherine Pandeya first landed in Tajikistan last year, she only planned to spend a month in the country. Almost 11 months later, she lives in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital, […]

What’s in Place

Not every year is like 2015. The Supreme Court upheld marriage equality, the Warriors won the NBA title, and we celebrated Anna Halprin’s 95th birthday. The median price of a […]

Welcome

Welcome “La la la la la la, La la la la la la, My cherie amour, lovely as a summer’s day ….” There are times that listening to music is […]

Artist Residencies as Homes for Community-building and Risk-taking

IN THE RECENTLY-RELEASED documentary about Yvonne Rainer called Feelings are Facts, one statement reveals a key element in the artistic explorations of the 1960s: Steve Paxton says that he had […]

Welcome

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, […]

Sustain Arts for the Bay Area: A New Website

A project of the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University, in partnership with the Foundation Center and Fractured Atlas, Sustain Arts equips communities with relevant data that focuses […]

Speak: Money Changes Everything: Dance and Demos in Contemporary Capitalism

SARAH ANNE AUSTIN’S by now notorious March article in Dance/ USA’s e-Journal compared dance in higher education to a pyramid scheme. The harsh economic reality faced by contemporary dancers is […]

Teacher, Priestess, Dancer: Paying Tribute To Blanche Brown

“I’VE TRIED TO RETIRE FOUR TIMES,” says Blanche Brown with an infectious laugh, “And I always come back. I just have to dance. I have to listen to those drums.” […]

Speak: Ode to Della

EDITOR’S NOTE: Deborah Slater is the 2015 recipient of The Della Davidson Prize. This annual award has been set up to honor the life and work of choreographer and teacher […]

The Twentieth Wife

This article first appeared in India Currents Magazine. Lovers of The Twentieth Wife will be excited to know kathak artist Farah Yasmeen Shaikh will soon be interpreting the popular novel on […]