With Their Own Special Flair: Five Mexican Folklรณrico Companies Perform New Traditional Work

The challenge for writing thoughtfully about the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival is that itโ€™s hard to consider the event in its totality without resorting to broad strokes that meander […]

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 […]

Notes on Rendering Vessels

This writing is an accumulation of reflections on transformation taken from dark/lessons/rupture, an evening of performance excerpts featuring new works by Jess Curtis and Beyond Gravity artists, Silk Worm and RUPTURE (jose e. abad, Gabriele Christian, Stephanie Hewett, Styles Alexander, and Clarissa Dyas), co-presented by Gravity and CounterPulse.

Eavesdropping on a Chat Between Rosanna Gamson and Niloufar Talebi about Layla Means Night

THIS FALL, I will be ringleading the ten performances of Layla Means Night premiering at ODC Theater (October 30-November 3, 2013). Layla is a re-imagining of Director/Choreographer/Auteur Rosanna Gamsonโ€™s earlier […]

In Practice: Out of Practice

One of my jobs is college admissions essay coach. The most popular platform for college admissions is called the Common Application. Over 900 colleges and universities use the Common App as their gateway for admission. The Common App requires the usual stuff:

In Conversation with Erik Lee

Iโ€™m very much so interested in this idea of opening new โ€“ itโ€™s not a reopening, Iโ€™m not trying to return to the way things were before โ€“ Iโ€™m really invested in how we move forward.

“Crip Ecstasy” Centers Accessibility in Nightlife

There is a sense of belonging felt deep in my bones that only the dance of a nightclub can bring.

Fiscal Sponsorship

Dancers’ Group fiscally sponsors over 100 artists and companies. View current projects Criteria Dancers’ Group will consider projects for sponsorship if: Dance is primary to your process, including multi-disciplinary works […]

Curating Performance in East Bay: Spotlight on Four Artist Groups

As most young artists discover, making the art is only half the work. Bringing the art to people involves a particular method to the madness. Commissions, showcases, residencies and co-productions, […]

Sharing a Global Moment

Imagine yourself doing a dance on a street corner. You are with a group of performers, maybe about thirty people of all ages and backgrounds, and youโ€™re making your way […]