Kathy Mata Ballet to Perform at the SF Conservatory of Music

By David B. Feldman What does Kathy Mata Ballet, a small San-Francisco-based community dance company, have in common with the great cellist Yo-Yo Ma and world-renown operatic tenor Placido Domingo? […]

Change and Exchange: University of San Francisco

Try to pronounce the letters P-A-S-J as a word with one syllable–PASJ–and you speak the lingo of young artists at the University of San Francisco. Rather, the shorthand version for […]

Dance Scholars and Critics Convene in the Bay Area

For four days this June, the Bay Area will become the center of the dance studies universe. The two leading organizations of dance writers, historians and critics, the Society of […]

Hanau: Birth of a Hula Nation

Na Lei Hulu’s virtual 2021 show features newly choreographed pieces that run the gamut from kahiko to auana to hula mua (traditional to modern to innovative). Filmed in San Francisco and […]

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee Announces Nominees and Honorees for 2018-19 Performance Season

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, known locally as the Izzies, are awarded annually to acknowledge creative achievements in the performance and presentation of dance. This year the Isadora Duncan Dance […]

SPEAK: The Practice of Conjure Art in the Making of EarthBodyHOME

AS A DANCE MAKER over the past ten years, my work has been in an evolutionary state. I have resisted the confines of existing labels though I realize most funders and some […]

Five Solos: Views of the Primal Body

For Sara Shelton Mann’s The Eye of Horus, five performers come together to perform solos that have been developed over the past several years and will now be placed outside and under […]

ANNA HALPRIN: Redefining Dance at 95

ANNA HALPRIN is, quite simply, amazing. In July she’ll turn 95, but she is still actively teaching, experimenting, creating, performing, and changing people’s lives through her approach to dance. “I have an enduring love for […]

In Practice: Meet Talli Jackson

Photo by Eric Polizer I grew up in Brooklyn (New York, not Wisconsin; if you think the clarification is unnecessary, you’ve never been to Wisconsin). And this is what it […]

Classic, Contemporary and Controversial: Previewing the Upcoming Bay Area Ballet Season

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a vibrant and diverse professional ballet scene: inventive choreography, groundbreaking collaborations, committed artistic staff and highly-skilled dancers. Companies here are able to […]