Notes from an Invited Spy: My RSVP to 95 Rituals

“…How am I even going to write about this emerging, unfolding thing?…” I wrote this after my first day observing theater and dance company inkBoat in rehearsal for 95 Rituals, […]

Creating and Revising

DURING THE LAST YEAR, I spent a great deal of my time writing the second edition of Body, Mind & Spirit IN ACTION: a teacher’s guide to creative dance (BMS). […]

Education Matters: Four Artists’ Methods for Teaching College-aged Dancers

WHEN UNDERGRADUATES FACE the decision of majoring in dance or another discipline, they are often confronted with questions about the usefulness of their degree or the chances of pursuing a career […]

Glimpses of Nijinsky…100 Years Later

Much celebrated this year is the 100th anniversary of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, the Paris-based company that changed the face of dance in the twentieth century, as well as having […]

A Virtual Concept: Taking a New Look at Technology and Networking in Artist Residencies

CounterPULSE wanted to try something new with Performing Diaspora to better support work from artists, document the process of production and to interact with audiences. We created a virtual artist […]

THE GISELLE PROJECT

GO ALMOST ANYWHERE in the world and mention ‘Silicon Valley’ and most think of technology; from the likes of Google to Apple to Facebook to Netflix to Twitter and more. […]

Masks Off: Sara Shelton Mann Talks About Her New Set of Simultaneous Solos, The Eye of Horus

At 70, Sara Shelton Mann remains not only one of the Bay Area’s preeminent artists, but a restless, galvanizing seeker. Her latest project, The Eye of Horus—made in collaboration with David Szlasa […]

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 […]

Out of Order: Disobedient Dance Criticism

“The review, the most common form of dance writing, is weak as much for how it attempts to describe the object of that performed event as for what it leaves […]

One on One: For Christy Funsch One is Never a Lonely Number

Rarely do audiences experience a dance performance more than once, however Christy Funsch gives dance-goers a second chance with the ephemeral, time-based, and fleeting art form in her upcoming retrospective […]