The Art of the Possible: Increase funding for the arts in 2008

It has been four years since the California Arts Councilโ€™s (CAC) budget was drastically cut by 94% leaving our state at the bottom of the nation in per capita spending […]

Past Perfect

Donโ€™t stop believinโ€™โ€” yes, the now-famous power ballad by Journey originally airing in 1981, speaking to my state of mind then, before cell phones and emails, before AIDS and HIV, […]

CSUEB Inclusive Performance Festival

The Festival runs from Tue, April 6โ€“ Sat, May 8. The Cal State East Bay Department of Theatre and Dance is collaborating with Dandelion Dancetheater and a wildly diverse group […]

Welcome, May 2010

Community โ€” A complex notion? Or as simple and essential as breathing? Our community can be represented by those we are born into, or those we choose for consistent needs […]

Diving Deeper Into Flamenco

For the last twelve years, Iโ€™ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying flamenco and performing professionally. While there are many good flamenco teachers passing down the tradition, Iโ€™ve […]

The Dance v. The Critic: Who Has The Right to Write?

IN 2007 IN DANCE DEVOTED a majority of its November issue to the topic of dance criticism. Many critics and community members commented on the threat of a kind of […]

Bali Takes Center Stage

With the mere mention of the word “Bali,” images of lush, green rice terraces and dancing maidens often come to mind. Though just one of over 17,000 islands that make […]

Inclusion in Education: Children with Autism

Allison is five years old. She attends dance class each week at her public school in Oakland. In class, Allison spins, jumps, and sways to the music, laughing as she […]

Looping Back to San Francisco: Kim Epifanoโ€™s Web of Art Making

Recently returned from Mexicali, Mexico and currently preparing for her Home Season at the ODC Theater in June, Kim Epifano relishes traveling with the task of making art in another […]

Israel Gone Gaga: Batsheva to the Max

Float. Pull your bones. Smear your flesh on the ground. Connect to your pleasure. Quake. Stretch your face. Find the snake in your spine. Put a good taste in your mouth. Melt. Connect to your form. Take an ice cold shower. Boil like spaghetti. Find your groove. Above all, don’t stop moving.