Unpacking Julie Crothers’ Abstract Necessity

Imagine being seen and recognized one way during your adolescence by people in your hometown. You move away, then return with a new take on life, both for yourself and […]

Diablo Ballet: Swan Lake Suite

Swan Lake Suite features highlights from Act 1, White Swan and Black Swan Pas de Deux, First Act Pas de trois, czardas, variations and grande finale featuring the entire company, […]

Raising a Roof: Rob Bailis Give the Lowdown on the ODC Theater Renovation

After three decades of use, the ODC Theater in the Mission District of San Francisco is finally on its way to a much-deserved renovation. While only the brick walls and […]

We Write Ourselves as We Move

I was born in the early 1980s in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, to a nurse and a lawyer.

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company at 35: Translations Over Time

Choreographer Margaret Jenkins premieres her evening-length work Other Suns (A Trilogy) at the Novellus Theater at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts September 24-26. The collaboration with China’s Guangdong Modern […]

SPEAK: A Community Perspective

When approached by Joe Landini to curate a male choreographers festival I said, “Yes.” As a man, I’ve been struggling to understand how I can be a part of the […]

Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Spring Season

This season LINES Ballet presents a world premiere, a reimagining of The Collective Agreement, and 2013’s Concerto for Two Violins. Originally commissioned by San Francisco Ballet in 2018, The Collective […]

SPEAK: Dance Artists on Dance

Leaving a recent Fullbright grant meeting, encouraged by the advisor’s response to my project idea, her parting words hit like bricks: “you just have to follow your dream.” I’ve been […]

CubaCaribe: She Who is Queen/Ada Ara

CubaCaribe announced its 16th Annual Festival of Dance & Music featuring a world premiere work choreographed and directed by Susana Arenas Pedroso and performed by Arenas Dance Company, entitled She […]

Welcome

It can be hard to be an optimist in a country and world with deep injustices. “The arc of the moral universe,” said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “is long, but […]