My Year in the Show Ring

Editor’s Note: Having danced with Chicago Moving Company, Winnipeg’s Contemporary Dancers, and Theatre of the Open Eye in New York, John R. Killacky has played several roles in the Bay […]

John Jasperse in the Bay Area: Gaps, Misuse, and the Possibility of Thick Description

John Jasperse is a choreographer known as: Cool. Brainy. Provocative. Naked. Virtuosic. Transgressive. Austere. Opaque. Difficult. Formal. Experimental. Critical. Ironic. Oblique. Pensive. Part of the witty, cerebral downtown New York […]

What’s in a Name: The Legacy of Everybody’s Creative Art Center

The 1970s were a time in America when black people awakened to their African heritage and were taking on new names more fitting their history and characters. For dancer and […]

Dance, Protest and Identities: A Book Review

Embodied Politics: Dance, Protest and Identities Stacey Prickett Published by Dance Books, 2013 IN THE LAST DECADES, we have begun to feel a seismic shift in western understanding of the […]

Israel Gone Gaga: Batsheva to the Max

Float. Pull your bones. Smear your flesh on the ground. Connect to your pleasure. Quake. Stretch your face. Find the snake in your spine. Put a good taste in your mouth. Melt. Connect to your form. Take an ice cold shower. Boil like spaghetti. Find your groove. Above all, don’t stop moving.

Bridge Project 2016: Ten Artists Respond to Trisha Brown’s Locus

Bridges are a big part of the Bay Area’s landscape. From the spectacular vistas of the Golden Gate to the new Bay Bridge and many more, bridges link this region together. […]

Diablo Ballet presents LOVE STORIES

The final program of Diablo Ballet&’s 27th Season, Love Stories, features the wedding celebration from one of the best-loved classical ballets, Coppelia. This charming, lighthearted, romantic comedy staged by Artistic Director, […]

Diablo Ballet: 29th Anniversary Gala

Celebrate Diablo Ballet’s 29th Anniversary with a special one–night only performance featuring Diablo Ballet’s premiere of the festive Confetti by Gerald Arpino, the former Artistic Associate of the Joffrey Ballet, in […]

Diablo Ballet: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Diablo Ballet closes out their 29th Season, May 26 – 27 with a brand-new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Julia Adam based on Shakespeare’s charming story of a […]

Saint Mary’s College of California: Catalyst (Theater Performances)

The Saint Mary’s College of California MFA in Dance program presents Catalyst, a series of performances featuring the thesis work by the graduating cohort. We are proud to present works […]