SPEAK: BLACK CHOREOGRAPHERS FESTIVAL: In the Spirit of Sankofa

THE MOTTO for the Black Choreographers Festival (BCF)—Keeping the Vision For-ward—is at the core of all that we plan, curate, and present. The summer of 2003 began two years of […]

Welcome

Looking Back with Love Dancers’ Group has been home. For thirty-five years I’ve worked on and off, mostly on, for this art-full organization. Learning on the job has always been […]

Out of Touch

“Secretly I want to be ‘Amma’ a.k.a. ‘the hugging saint,’ the Indian spiritual leader who goes around the world giving hugs to millions of people. I want to midwife life after COVID-19, to bring people back into their bodies.” –April 20, 2020

FINDING FREEDOM IN BEAT AND SONG: A Conversation with Gabriela Shiroma of De Rompe y Raja

Gabriela Shiroma stood before her students with a stern but dedicated expression. Her gaze panned from left to right, as the dancers moved together to the beat of the music. […]

ENCORE

ENCORE, featuring Los Lupeños de San José and Los Lupeños Juvenil traditional Mexican folk dance companies, is our first theater concert in two years! ENCORE reprises five audience-favorites and debuts […]

ENCORE

ENCORE, featuring Los Lupeños de San José and Los Lupeños Juvenil traditional Mexican folk dance companies, is our first theater concert in two years! ENCORE reprises five audience-favorites and debuts […]

ENCORE

ENCORE, featuring Los Lupeños de San José and Los Lupeños Juvenil traditional Mexican folk dance companies, is our first theater concert in two years! ENCORE reprises five audience-favorites and debuts […]

History in the Taping: Confessions of an Accidental Dance Videographer

As I was preparing to write this article about dance documentation, it occurred to me that it has been exactly ten years since Shelley Trott and I started the interviews […]

Dancing in the Land of Edelweiss: My Adventures in Salzburg

Three months ago I was living the good life. I resided in an apartment in beautiful Oakland, California seven blocks from Lake Merritt with two cats, a boyfriend and another […]

The Lively Foundation: Adult Ballet on Zoom

Adult Ballet online. Appropriate intermediate levels. Full barre plus combinations for small spaces. Register by emailing livelyfoundation@sbcglobal.net Taught by Leslie Friedman. She has taught ballet companies in Europe, China, US […]