AXIS Dance Company Celebrates 25 Years of Innovative, Integrated Dance

“We stopped doing pieces about disability fifteen years ago,” said Judith Smith, founding member and creative director of AXIS Dance Company. This month, the internationally renowned physically integrated dance company […]

Community Engagement: An Interview with Julie Potter, Writer in Residence at ODC

For the artist Marcel Duchamp, “a work of art is a rendez-vous,” a time and space where artists and viewers come together. At times, a third party can be present, […]

Regaining an American Foothold in the International Dance Scene

According to a survey conducted for Dance/USA in 1991, national dance touring companies earned approximately 40% of their income from international engagements. The majority of companies stated that international touring […]

Dance/USA Convenes in Philadelphia

“It’s a small world,” continues to ring in my ears with each connection I make in the dance field, as I often find a friend of a friend or colleague […]

ONSITE: Erika Chong Shuch

Love Everywhere A public celebration of love Feb 12-14, 2010 SF City Hall, Downtown San Francisco & Glide Memorial Church Love Everywhere kicked off in the Rotunda of San Francisco City […]

ONSITE: Jo Kreiter

Niagara Falling (world premiere) Aerial dance, film and a story of what America is A street, two towns, a nation falling and rising FREE Wed-Sat, Sep 26-29, 2012 30-minute performance at […]

Intersections: Sex and Performance in the Bay Area

THIS IS WHAT I WANT (TIWIW) is an annual live performance festival in San Francisco about desire. The festival has developed into the focus point for a field of activity […]

Dana Lawton Embraces Big Moments

FOR EVERY CHOREOGRAPHER the prospect of presenting his or her first full evening of work represents a thrilling and terrifying creative milestone. This month choreographer Dana Lawton “takes the plunge” […]

Looking Back to Move Forward: A Continued Conversation with Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen

PART TWO OF A TWO-PART ARTICLE IN THE OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE OF IN DANCE Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen announced that come January 2014 KUNST-STOFF Dance Company (KSDC) will no […]

FALLING FORWARD INTO NEW SPACES: In Conversation with Mary Armentrout

Why, What, When, Who and Where – life is full of these five ‘w’ questions. And that last ‘w’ (the where), seems of particular concern these days. From the prosaic to the logistic […]