In Conversation with Erik Lee

I’m very much so interested in this idea of opening new – it’s not a reopening, I’m not trying to return to the way things were before – I’m really invested in how we move forward.

Zaccho Dance Theatre: Ancestral Awakenings: An Afrolistic Documentary Screening & Community Workshop

Join Black Futures Resident Artist Nekia Wright for a special communal experience at the Zaccho Studio on Mother’s Day. The event will begin with an opening ritual followed by a […]

Preserving, Building and Connecting: Addressing Social Justice Issues through Culturally Specific Dance

Culturally specific dance is a lifeline for diverse cultural communities throughout the United States to stay connected to our cultural roots. This article explores the role of culturally specific dancers to address important social justice issues of our time and the capacity building support needed to maximize their impact on the communities they serve as well as the dance sector at-large.

Chris Black’s Multigenerational Edition of the Rotunda Dance Series

During her 20 years of creating theatrical and humorous work in the Bay Area, Chris Black describes her shift from creating works for the stage to developing intricate site-specific dance […]

June 2015

Welcome by Wayne Hazzard Sustaining the Lineage: Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche shares the multi-faceted training of a Kumu Hula by Rob Taylor Anna Halprin: Redefining Dance at 95 by Sue Heinemann Making […]

Bear/Skin: A Review

ALTHOUGH KEITH HENNESSY’S Bear/Skin, presented at the Omni Commons January 30th and 31st, is a solo piece, the ideas it negotiates are meant to resonate on a community scale. Bear/Skin sits […]

Reflections: What a Difference a Dance Conference Can Make

Flying from Oakland to Chicago to attend the 16th annual conference of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), November 5, 2014, I recalled my maiden voyage to NDEO in 2001. Back […]

SPEAK: How to Ask for Help, Raise Your Ghosts, and Make a Family

Photo by RJ Muna When we were growing up, we went to Hawaii nearly every summer. Our parents grew up on the island of Kauai, as did their parents. Our […]

In Practice: Holding Wait with Jo Kreiter

On a rainy afternoon in March, I met with Jo Kreiter, choreographer, artist-activist, and artistic director of Flyaway Productions, in a rehearsal space at Project Artaud, behind the Joe Goode […]

In Practice: Later Alastair Macaulay

This article is modeled after outgoing New York Times chief dance critic Alastair Macaulay’s January 10, 2019 letter to the Dance Magazine editor[1] about Emma Sandall’s January 7, 2019 piece, […]