Accessibly Special: A New Program is Packing Performance into Summer

There is work bursting from the seams of the Bay Area right now–it is impossible to ignore. CounterPULSE presents a small cross section of this work as part of our […]

Creating Space for Hip Hop: A Spotlight on Micaya & SoulForce

I remember first meeting Micaya backstage when I was volunteering for the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Fest at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in November 2010. Glamorous in […]

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 , […]

Welcome, Jun 2013

When does a project begin? Over two years ago, I met with Amara Tabor-Smith to ask if she were interested in creating a new work for our ONSITE program, which […]

Dancing Diplomacy; One Woman’s Journey to the Heart of Kathak

The traditional Kathak solo is alive and well. In India? Maybe not. But in California, yes! In 1992, I wandered into Pandit Chitresh Das’ Kathak class at SFSU when I […]

Odissi Wildflower; A Modern Dancer

While working on a bachelor’s degree in American and English literature at the University of Washington, I took almost enough dance classes for a double major. Later, I moved to […]

Improvising the Change We Need

Dancers who improvise together are onto something. We muster every bit of social intelligence and multidisciplinary craft to invent new worlds. The Bay Area is rich with improvisational forms. Among […]

A Fine Time on the F Line

A sneak preview of this year’s Trolley Dances, featuring an array of performances along San Francisco’s historic F Line.

Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Jazz Class

A personal perspective piece about life lessons learned in jazz class.

Hearan Chung’s Eternal Dance: Review: February 23, 2008

I first met Hearan Chung six years ago. The dancer, recently arrived from South Korea, was living with her two children in an apartment in Millbrae, and I drove down […]