Embracing Fat: Technique, Performance and Movement Innovation

The following article is the first in a three-part series on body image and dance. Look for Part II in June and Part III in the July/August issue of In Dance

Make Friends with the Janitor; And Other Tips for Working in Schools

For dance teaching artists who teach in school settings, this is usually a busy time of year. School classes have begun and although kids have settled into their daily school […]

Curtain Up on ODC

After 27 straight years housing some of San Francisco’s most memorable dance performances, ODC Theater will be going black at the end of this year. The theater, whose programming needs […]

Artist & Educator Li Chiao-Ping Comes Full Circle, Apr 2007

An interview with internationally renowned artist and Bay Area native Li Chiao-Ping about her new professorship at Mills College and her upcoming performance “Home Works.”

Dance Educators Descend on Alabama

A re-cap of this year’s annual National Dance Education Association Conference in Alabama.

Lighting Artists in Dance

Announcing the 2019 Lighting Artists for Dance Grant Recipients In its 12th year, the Lighting Artists in Dance program provides lighting designers access to funds that will support artistic collaborations with […]

Dance Discourse Project #6

Dancing in the World: Excavating Site Specific Dance in the Bay Area The Bay Area has a long and storied history of site specific dance exploration, and is continually coming […]

Arts and Politics: Where are We?

“Every grand American accomplishment, every innovation that has benefited and enriched our lives, every lasting social transformation, everything that has from the start made America the world capital of hope, […]

Major celebrations and successes meet the usual challenges of presenting new work

This past year was a time of big birthdays, initiatives, celebrations, and rebuilding in Bay Area dance. Outshining all in historical import, ambition, publicity, and yes, hype—some perpetuated by this […]

Riding the Panel Process

The panel-based selection process frequently used by arts funders, residency programs and award committees has always felt on par with how dodge ball teams were picked in PE class—elitist, superficial […]