Reflection on Dancer, Storyteller, and Cultural Interpreter, Lanny Pinola

Editor’s Note: Dancers’ Group strives to honor the diverse and rich legacy of all forms of dance. To continue this mission we are working with Berkeley-based dancer and dance ethnologist, […]

Music Makers

We asked David McLean, Richard Marriott and Roby Aguilar to talk about creating music for dance and the collaborative process. How do you define yourself and your creative style? David: […]

Cultivating Freedom and Power in the Dance Classroom

I’m watching my two year old dance. He’s spinning fast, letting the full skirt of his dancing dress ripple around him, arms splayed, eyes closed. He sometimes spirals into the […]

The Proust Questionnaire: With Anna Halprin

Editor’s Note: The Proust Questionnaire was a popular form of interview around the turn of the twentieth century used to reveal the tastes, personality and aspirations of the interviewee. It […]

SPEAK: Beyond Stage Space

When I think of a typical performance experience, I imagine one of the intimate theaters tucked in unlikely locations all over the Bay Area; of being huddled backstage, getting dressed […]

Going Gaga: New Movement in the Middle East, Sept 2009

Blessed with a small grant and an apartment I found on Craigslist, I travelled recently to Israel and Palestine’s Occupied Territories to investigate dance and cultural diversity. For five weeks […]

Z Space Breathes New Life into Theater Artaud

The tall cathedral-like room at the north end of the Theater Artaud lobby is being used as make-shift office space for Z Space and its affiliate companies. My first thought […]

Jill Togawa’s Dreams and Driveways

On July 28 Jill Togawa, Director of Purple Moon Dance Company, and I held a conversation in my Berkeley home regarding her upcoming site specific performance work, When Dreams Are […]

Editor’s Note, Dec 2009

I am a creature of habit. I love having a structured routine, knowing what to expect and seeing the next step before I take it. But it’s the deviations and […]

Raising Money from Special Events

Once upon a time, dance companies could crank out government agency applications and foundation grant proposals day in and day out, and the results could keep them afloat for decades. […]