Dancing Again: My Body After a Near-Death Experience

As a dancer and choreographer, I always expected I would experience an injury, but I never imagined it would be something so significant as re-learning to walk, shower, and eat. […]

Swing Dance Lives On in the Bay Area

Impossible to resist. You know that toe-tapping, pre- World War II tune “Sing, Sing, Sing” that commands you to dance the moment you hear it? That was the point of […]

RoCo Dance: Yoga/Dance classes

Adult Classes: Livestream Classes: Single Class: $15/class 10 Class Card:$135 (13.50 per class. Good for any class, expires 6 months after purchase) In Person Classes: Single Class: $22/class 10 Class Cards:$200.00 […]

Did You Know? Bahiya Movement

Photo by Chani Bockwinkel Highlighting the Activities of Artists/Organizations in Our Region Bahiya Movement was founded in 2011 by mother/daughter team Afia and Nafi Thompson. Bahiya is a Swahili/Arabic word […]

Dance Visions: Contemporary Dance Classes

Join Lydia on Monday nights for a release-based contemporary class. In this open-level class geared towards the intermediate/advanced dancer, we’ll start with improvisation and floor work, then progress to standing […]

Questioning Contact Improvisation

Photo by Robbie Sweeny INTRODUCTION For more than 15 years I’ve been working to understand and to explain how the social contexts of contact improvisation (CI) remain predominantly white and […]

In Practice: Nina Haft & Company’s Precarious Pod

Photo by Pak Han When I was dancing with Nina Haft in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jewish themes were prevalent. She made a dance called Minyan that derived […]

Terry Sendgraff: We See You Flying!

Photos by Savage Photography The earth could not contain Terry, so she took to the sky. And when circumstances made it impossible for her to fly anymore, she overcame her […]

In Practice: A Dancer Poet Creature Conversation with Denise Leto

On July 4 of this year, I launched The Villanelle Project. Well, launch is a strong word since all I did was announce in my tinyletter that I wanted to […]

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee Announces Nominees and Honorees for 2018-19 Performance Season

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, known locally as the Izzies, are awarded annually to acknowledge creative achievements in the performance and presentation of dance. This year the Isadora Duncan Dance […]