History in the Taping: Confessions of an Accidental Dance Videographer

As I was preparing to write this article about dance documentation, it occurred to me that it has been exactly ten years since Shelley Trott and I started the interviews […]

Looking Back to Move Forward: A Continued Conversation with Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen

PART TWO OF A TWO-PART ARTICLE IN THE OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE OF IN DANCE Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen announced that come January 2014 KUNST-STOFF Dance Company (KSDC) will no […]

Going Bicoastal: RAWdance Does a Triple Take

Photo by Hillary Goidell For fifteen years, under the banner of RAWdance, Wendy Rein and Ryan T. Smith have been teaching and producing work in San Francisco. Their leadership in […]

Moving in Space: Considering the Spring Season

In thinking about the upcoming season, the theme that came to mind was space. We don’t have enough of it around here, for living or dancing. And the powers that […]

Moving Across Cultures: Transmitting cultural knowledge through movement language

The effects of dance on the brain have been studied using Western dance forms like ballet, but not with less known forms like Persian/Iranian dance.

Exploring Power and Agency in Early Childhood Dance

In the current political backdrop of the United States and the slew of problems we’re facing, the role of the early dance educator has never been more vital to ensuring […]

Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose Celebrates 35 Years

A COUPLE OF WEEKS ago I received a property tax statement from Santa Clara County. Imagine my surprise when I spotted an image of Mythili Kumar and her daughter Malavika […]

Community Perspectives: Looking Back at 2012

We asked our readers to share memories of this past year: to think back to classes taken; performances attended, danced in or created; events that happened; even, trips taken. We […]

Joti Singh and Zenón Barrón: Excavating Cultural Encounters

On Friday, March 27, I watched a rehearsal between Joti Singh and Zenón Barrón. Joti is the founder and artistic director of Duniya Dance and Drum Company, a performance project […]

SPEAK: Times Two

Editor’s Note: 70 years ago, the 1947 Partition of British India resulted in the formation of present day India and Pakistan, causing one of the largest displacements in recent South […]