SPEAK By Jenny McAllister

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had an insatiable hunger for stories. You might even classify it as an addiction. I will ravenously consume any kind of narrative, […]

Getting it Out There: Smart Mobs, Improv Everywhere and Engaging Dance Audiences

A few weeks ago, a good friend told me I needed to check out a YouTube video she had come across—The Sound of Music at Central Station in Antwerp. Google […]

Of Collaboration: Two Perspectives: One Performance; Part 2

I find collaboration the best way to get my work done. Without a deadline and performance to work toward it’s difficult for me to create anything at all. My hat […]

Around, Over, Through – Together

Summer was almost half over when I finally paused to take stock. Last school year was filled with challenges, opportunities, and success for me as a dance educator, yet I […]

Director’s Note

I feel restless, maybe even a bit complacent. Believe me, I have plenty of tasks to accomplish and paperwork that I avoid addressing. The feeling has nothing to do with […]

Outer Space to Inner Space: Universal Themes, Very Different Styles

Amara Tabor-Smith/Deep Waters Dance Theater shares a bill with Cathie Caraker and Katarina Eriksson from March 5-7 at CounterPULSE. Upon first reading the descriptions and approaches taken by the artists, […]

Dispersing the Diaspora: Excerpts from the CounterPULSE Blog

Edited by Maureen Walsh Traversing personal and cultural borders are two topics that the Performing Diaspora artists, staff and audience are talking about. I’ve sifted though the CounterPULSE blog, selecting […]

A Mini History of Dance Education

Dance has been a part of U.S. public education since the early 1900s, when the concepts of gymnasium and open-air exercise were becoming popular in Europe. National dances were developed, […]

Exploring Visible Intimacy with Ben Levy

With major support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Dancers’ Group has commissioned Benjamin Levy, artistic director of LEVYdance, to create a dance-video performance installation in San Francisco later this month. […]

Pilot in Progress: How We Build a Shared Evening

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2010, 8:30AM I walk into ODC Dance Commons for the first meeting of PILOT 56. We sit together in the back office conference room. Kimi Okada, Director […]