Sean Dorsey Reveals the Stories of a Missing Generation

WHEN WE LAST SPOKE with award-winning dance maker Sean Dorsey, in the March 2013 issue, he was about to launch a nationwide tour of his last show, The Secret History of […]

ORGANIZED CHAOS: Lenora Lee’s Fire of Freedom Tackles PTSD

GROWING FROM A RESIDENCY on the tiny black box stage at The Garage in San Francisco to large-scale site-specific works that incorporate film, martial arts, text, and installation elements, Lenora […]

Leaning into the Unexpected: The vulnerability and willingness of anthropology and performance

When I tell people I study performance as an anthropology major at college, many consider the two an odd mix.

DOUBLE VISION; To Futurism and Back Again

Dance art and technologist duo Sean Clute and Pauline Jennings ruminate on a century-long love affair with the machine.

Musing on Merce: The Bay Area Remembers Cunningham

Merce Cunningham’s relationship with the Bay Area was deep and career-spanning, so on the eve of his company’s final performances at UC Berkeley, Claudia Bauer asked several local artists to […]

SPEAK: On Being Ally and Aesthetic Warrior

Calling all women warriors to the table. To the think tank. the battle eld. the theater. the aftermath. We will be our own landing ground, recovery center, aesthetic re-design gym, […]

The Abundant Season: Fall Performance Preview

The Bay Area welcomes a bounty of shows this fall, from outdoor aerials to free festivals and avant-garde dance-theater – this preview offers just a taste of what’s to come. […]

Working in The Garage: Tools to Help Carve Out Space for Contemporary Dance

Contemporary dance has a long history of being developed on the fringes of the cultural landscape. Choreographers have traditionally found space to make new work in basements, lofts, parking structures […]

Bring Your Best Social Self to #DanceUSAconf

This year you will not get a folder filled with schedules, bios, and panel descriptions. Instead, organizers chose the eco-friendly option and made a mobile app that will contain your […]

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 […]