Critical Dialogues: Heather Desaulniers and Katherine Hawthorne

What if, rather than writing a review, a critic sat down with a choreographer to have a two-way conversation about the work? that’s the experiment behind critical dialogues. For this […]

Just Out of Reach: The Art of the Company History, Mar 2008

Capturing dance, if not purely impossible, is at least like hunting butterflies: a fragile art, with many beautiful frustrations. Once you pin it down, its motion has been stilled, and […]

The First Steps: Luna Dance Institute

Dance teacher, Bonner Odell is on maternity leave. With the birth of her daughter, the count is five teacher-mothers (out of seven) at Luna. As our small organization juggles busy […]

Speak: Money Changes Everything: Dance and Demos in Contemporary Capitalism

SARAH ANNE AUSTIN’S by now notorious March article in Dance/ USA’s e-Journal compared dance in higher education to a pyramid scheme. The harsh economic reality faced by contemporary dancers is […]

When Salsa Swipes Right on Somatics, There is a Match

Photo by David Poertner What if the digital space could be a reprieve, an alternate reality for postcolonial dance research? Perhaps now, working outside of institutional demands, brown perspectives can […]

Inside, From a Distance

Margy—one of Margaret Jenkins’ many monikers—always considered her dancers collaborators, and I had the good fortune to work with her from 1979 to 1990. Through the years, she gave us […]

Grace; Revisiting a Definition

An essay examining the historical evolution of grace as a concept and its application to integrated dance.

Crafting Chaos; Davidson Brings us Closer to Collapse

Review of Side Show Physical Theatre’s new piece “Collapse (suddenly falling down)”

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 […]

Heavens’ Coming to the Bay: An Interview with Miguel Gutierrez

Arriving on the West Coast in June, as part of a teaching/performing tour, Miguel Gutierrez will present his newest work, HEAVENS WHAT HAVE I DONE; the piece has been performed […]