KSP Studios Class Schedule

Join us at the newest spot in Oakland for dancing, KSP Studios! Here at KSP Studios, all of our instructors are people of color, offering classes in varying levels and […]

dancing close to home

My mom lives alone, about a thirty minute drive away, in the condo complex where my two sisters and I grew up. There’s a sprawling rosemary bush out front, planted […]

In Conversation with Melecio Estrella

In Conversation, a series of interviews exploring exchanges about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance. As we examine home and place and what community means, these questions presented themselves. […]

we done/come home: a ritual prayer for belonging

House/Full of Blackwomen Photo by Robbie Sweeny. [ID: A Black woman with her eyes closed sits in a blue armchair with her head slightly leaning to the side. On the […]

Divine in i: The Divine Coloring Book Cultural Arts Experience

Divine in I, an intercultural community arts festival honoring the Divine Spirit within, celebrating The Divine Coloring Book, inspired by folklore and spirituality from Haiti, Brazil and the Philippines. Festival offerings include: […]

Flying Somewhere New: Introducing the Center for Dance and Aerial Arts, in Conversation with Joanna Haigood

My relationship with heights is not a good one. I’m no fan; we’ve never been friends; and I would even characterize our co-existence as mildly contentious. For me, the ground […]

Dance Discourse Project #22

Dance Discourse Project 22:  animal, human, posthuman Mon, Mar 28, 2o16 7:30pm CounterPulse, 80 Turk St, SF FREE Taxonomies have boxed in humans (and in particular certain humans) as separate […]

SPEAK By Jose Navarrete

In 2007 I went to India, and on that journey I experienced everything from horror to beauty: magnificent palaces and temples contrasting with the utmost human misery. Throughout it all, […]

Welcome, Sep 2010

Everything is set to launch another rich dance season and September marks the return of new productions, programs and renewed theaters that reflect our robust growing community. I’ve purposefully used […]

Bigger, Better, Faster, More: Audience Development Tools for the 21st Century

THERE’S A REVOLUTION BREWING in audience development, that amorphous and all-encompassing term that describes the tools we use to lure and keep patrons in our seats. A slew of new […]