One on One: For Christy Funsch One is Never a Lonely Number

Rarely do audiences experience a dance performance more than once, however Christy Funsch gives dance-goers a second chance with the ephemeral, time-based, and fleeting art form in her upcoming retrospective […]

Freedom and Community: From The Wallflower Order to the Dance Brigade

Thirty-five years of feminist dance advocating for radical social change, and it’s time for a huge celebration! With a free dance concert in Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ Novellus […]

Welcome, Nov 2011

One of the pleasures of aging is taking time to look at pictures from the past, those photographed high points of graduations, births and birthdays, parties and wedding, along with […]

2010 Highlight

LIKE MOST, I RECOGNIZED THE SYMPTOMS: acne, growth spurts, romance and tragedy, mountains of homework, and the anticipation of a promising yet daunting future. And that was just year one […]

Embracing the Past and Guiding Tomorrow

Halau o Keikiali’i performs Friday, March 4, at 12 noon in San Francisco’s City Hall Rotunda as part of the free Rotunda Dance Series, presented by Dancers’ Group and World […]

Dancers Taking Time Off

Dancers who have never questioned their path to become performers inspire me. For a long time I thought that slipping seamlessly into one’s dream dance company, without question or deviation, […]

Aging

I didn’t start my professional dance training until I was almost 20. Since I had been a good party dancer and athlete all through school, I thought I would be […]

An Interview with Wayne McGregor

International choreographer, Wayne McGregor, whose work Chroma has been met with international acclaim. Accolades include his work as movement director for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and choreographer […]

Constructive Grantwriting

How can you get the most out of working with a grantwriter? For the majority of those hiring a grantwriter, the goal is to find someone who can help secure […]

The Silent E: 29 Effeminate Gestures, 24 Years Later

Joe Goode’s 29 Effeminate Gestures was first performed in 1987, by Joe Goode himself; it was literally a self-proclamation. It began with a muttered statement, repeated more and more emphatically, […]