Mash Up: Capacity Building in a Time of Continual Flux

There are least two levels of capacity building: practical usable tools, like technology and web-based platforms, and foundational skills, like adaptability, transparency, agility, and the ability to make clear decisions. […]

In Practice: Borderlines

Every day my inbox receives announcements for interdisciplinary conferences on migration, conferences that investigate โ€œthe performative role of the document in controlling the movement of bodies across bordersโ€ or the […]

Art, Dance, Theory, and Perception

I FELT UNCERTAIN. Sort of solitary? Though a lot goes on in the Bay Area, the limitations (cost, accessibility, space, outreach, etc) to the dance world frustrated me. I wanted […]

New View: Sean Bennett

Tell us about your artistic practice and/or background. Iโ€™m a corps de ballet dancer with SF Ballet and I began studying ballet at the age of eight here, through the […]

Riding the Panel Process

The panel-based selection process frequently used by arts funders, residency programs and award committees has always felt on par with how dodge ball teams were picked in PE classโ€”elitist, superficial […]

In Conversation with Erik Lee

Iโ€™m very much so interested in this idea of opening new โ€“ itโ€™s not a reopening, Iโ€™m not trying to return to the way things were before โ€“ Iโ€™m really invested in how we move forward.

DID YOU KNOW? Highlighting the Activities of Artists/Organizations in Our Region

FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Mona Khan formed the Mona Khan Company in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009. Khan has trained in Bharatnatyam for nine years and went on […]

Questions from a Mom

To be a choreographer takes absolute commitment. To be a parent takes absolute commitment. Can the two live harmoniously? I have thought a lot about what it takes to be […]

Finding Flamenco: A Journey Full of La Duende

I was introduced to flamenco by a blood-letting, like a tailored and sharply-cut red dress whipping out from the back of my head. I was introduced by a woman who […]

Zaccho Dance Theatreโ€™s Aerial Arts Festival

An extraordinary public event approaches. Thrill seekers, arts enthusiasts, hard to please skeptics, this spectacle will not disappoint. Come August โ€“ if the crisp, bay breeze at Fort Mason Center […]