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Double Visions
This past June I attended two professional events that offered their shares of stimulation and stupefaction. This year’s Dance Critics Association conference, which I have attended for many years , […]
Gaining Perspectives, Changing Perceptions – Article #3: The Illusion of Borders
EDITORS NOTE: In this ongoing series for In Dance Farah Yasmeen Shaikh writes about her experiences as a Pakistani Muslim-American woman Kathak artist and her work teaching and performing in […]
Margaret Jenkins’ Past Meets Present in “Times Bones:” A 40th Anniversary
YOU CAN’T MISS HER in the audience at dance shows around town, with that lion’s mane of red hair, that regal posture, that focused stare, intimidating until she offers a […]
Black Ballerinas in Picture Books: Rupturing the Color Line in American Children’s Literature
As a Black girlhood studies scholar, I pay close attention to picture books that portray Black girls. More specifically, I intersect dance studies and children’s literary studies in order to explore the representation of Black ballerinas in autobiographical and biographical children’s picture books.
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 […]
Community Engagement: An Interview with Julie Potter, Writer in Residence at ODC
For the artist Marcel Duchamp, “a work of art is a rendez-vous,” a time and space where artists and viewers come together. At times, a third party can be present, […]
The Salimpour School at 70: Belly Dance for the 21st Century
Surrounded by myths, misconceptions, and sometimes maligned, belly dance as we think of it today—with two-piece costumes baring the midriff, presented in restaurants and renaissance faires—is actually quite young. While […]
Restoration Through Transformation
Let’s face it. Pretty much everything, as we know it, has changed. So much of what we believed to be true and invested in is collapsing before our very eyes. […]
In Practice: Encounters Over 60 with Margaret Jenkins
Merián Soto, Photo by Bill Hebert In October and November 2019, I saw the work of three remarkable New York-based artists: Adia Whitaker, Miguel Gutierrez, and Tere O’Connor. Although O’Connor […]
Letters to the Revolution: Guillermo Gómez-Peña
This letter was published as part of Letters to the Revolution – an online platform where leading artists and activists from marginalized communities were asked to write letters of strength […]
