Critical Dialogues

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 […]

FACT/SF’s New Commissioning Program JuMP: Balancing Breadth and Depth

OFTEN WHEN THERE ISN’T an ideal opportunity at hand, you have to create one for yourself. In that vein, FACT/SF founder and Artistic Director Charles Slender has recently created a […]

Building and Rebuilding: Ernesto Sopprani & Kathleen Hermesdorf Discuss the New Arts Building Consortium

Space is a crucial factor in any performing arts community and there will always be issues around the search for usable, affordable spaces artists need for performing, rehearsing and living. […]

Reality in Black Swan or Just a Lot of B.S.?

NOTE: SPOILER ALERT It’s an understatement to say that everyone is talking about Black Swan. The reviews have been out and widespread since it opened in December. Natalie Portman has […]

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 […]

The Consummate Conversationalist: An Interview with Monique Jenkinson

Conversation comes easy to Monique Jenkinson. We sat down together for dinner at her home in the Mission–to talk about her work–and nearly four laughter-filled hours later I found myself […]

Acting The Part: A Process in Learning a New Motivation for Dance

This past winter I was required to degenerate into a screaming fit onstage. As part of Christine Cali’s Move Thru Me, a contemporary dance piece fusing dance, live music, and […]

New View

With fresh young faces popping up constantly, the local Bay Area dance community is a unique blend of seasoned and new perspectives. In Dance caught the new view from New […]

Sauna Series

I work as an interdisciplinary movement-based artist. I shorten it to choreographer most of the time, depending upon where I am, who I’m talking to. Right now I am in […]

In Situ: Nina Haft and Sue Li Jue Find Common Ground in “this.placed”

How does a choreographer stay creatively vital over time? Early enthusiasm gets burnished by maturity, and one makes peace with issues that used to vex and inspire. It’s a question […]