Mission & History

Dancers’ Group promotes the visibility and viability of dance. We are the primary dance service organization of the San Francisco Bay Area, home to one of the largest and most […]

Central Market Arts: New Fall Festival Picks Up in the Mid-Market Corridor

IT IS A LONG-STANDING argument that maintaining strong creative and artistic cultural presence is a pivotal part of a flourishing culture. This argument has been used to fight for arts […]

Philanthropy Future/Present

Ten years from now: these things I know. New program officers will think they are smarter and funnier than their predecessors. Foundations will have undergone (at least once) strategic planning […]

Mosaic America: A Movement for Moving Communities

Typically seen as a form of individual expression, dance can be a form of worship, a powerful tool for passing on ritual and tradition through generations.

SPEAK: Shifting the Paradigm

Many of us teaching artists have unwittingly become stuck in dangerous perceptual habits. While this is happening across all levels of education, I want to focus on the issues of college […]

Building Sisterhood Through Movement

Nava Dance Collective, photo by Laura Soriano A cooperative with multiple contributors. An array of artistic perspectives and voices. A desire for an alternative, more egalitarian structure. A common passion for […]

Oakland Asian Cultural Center: Lunar New Year Celebration

Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC) will present its first-ever virtual Lunar New Year Celebration with a weeklong schedule of diverse cultural content featuring new year’s traditions from China, Vietnam, Korea, […]

Words on Dance; The Lives Behind the Footlights

San Francisco ballet principal Tina LeBlanc takes the stage April 30th for an interview with fellow Joffrey alum Leslie Carothers as part of the dance lecture-interview series Words on Dance.

Finding Inspiration: ODC Forges New Partnerships

1. A point is that which has no part. 2. A line is breadthless length. 3. The ends of a line are points. 4. A straight line is a line […]

SPEAK: What’s the Big Deal with Cultural Appropriation, and What’s the Path Forward?

Photo by Rachel Duff Photography Cultural appropriation is considered to be the taking of one or more aspects of a culture other than one’s own and using it for personal […]