Longing: The Global Postmodern Poetics of David Roussève’s “Saudade”, Mar 2009

The same moment I discovered how much my body could be hated is the same moment my heart discovered how much I could be loved. This was a life that […]

Click Tracks

Helen Wicks Works presents Click Tracks, a new show inspired by the history of film scoring and newsreels. In collaboration with rigger Benjy Young, aerial dancers will perform on a 4-story tightwire. […]

SPEAK: Memory/Place

“Is it possible I think of my home in every thought, in every hour? I surrender myself. I dedicate to her these teardrops continually falling.” — From IIbn Hamdis’ ancient […]

Team Rita

When I first got a call from Rita Felciano, she was working at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival office in Fort Mason Center and I was the editor at […]

Demystifying the Art of Presenting

As a presenter for nearly 30 years now, the question I get asked by artists, more than any other, is, “How do I get my work presented?” Sometimes it’s directed […]

In Practice: Stepping Back to Move Forward with Cherie Hill, Hope Mohr, and Karla Quintero

Dancers’ Group · In Practice: Stepping Back to Move Forward with Hope Mohr, Cherie Hill, and Karla Quintero   If you prefer to read this piece, continue below. Beginning on […]

Here’s To Hip Hop: Hip Hop Is Here

From old school movements like the Richmond Robot and Oakland Boogaloo, to Hyphy and Turfing to San Francisco’s ‘new style’ hip-hop choreography, the Bay Area is a hub for hip-hop […]

Speak: World Dance

Photo by Erin Brauer If I could imagine a high school experience, where I fit in, felt inspired, and gained nuanced insight from my peers, it would be attending an unconventional, […]

Dancing with Jiajia on the Spine of the Temple of Heaven

THIS PAST DECEMBER I was selected as one of seven American choreographers to engage in a cultural exchange in China, a program of ZiRu Productions and Dancers’ Group—with financial support […]

SPEAK by Dohee Lee

Inner Travel with Myth and Past Lives, History and Stories, Dreams and Future. I am looking at the ocean from the far West Pacific out to my homeland Jeju Island, South […]