Legends Walk Among Us: A reflection on the cycles we dance, generation after generation

I recently met Ellen Webb when a colleague informed me that she owned a dance studio for rent insanely close to my West Oakland home.

Dancing Archivists: A Conversation

Hallie Chametzky and Sarah Nguyen are archivist dance-makers who met at the Mark Morris Dance Group Archives, where Sarah was working and Hallie was visiting, in the fall of 2019.

all the things we couldn’t say in real time

Dear Professor, Dancing in a professional dance company has always been a dream of mine. Ever since I was little, I would mimic what I would see on music videos […]

Speak: Money Changes Everything: Dance and Demos in Contemporary Capitalism

SARAH ANNE AUSTIN’S by now notorious March article in Dance/ USA’s e-Journal compared dance in higher education to a pyramid scheme. The harsh economic reality faced by contemporary dancers is […]

Dear Anna

Photo by Shinichi Iova-Koga Anna, I’ve been thinking about you. Our world breathes so strangely now. My dance becomes more and more quiet. As I write this, I “shelter at […]

“Crip Ecstasy” Centers Accessibility in Nightlife

There is a sense of belonging felt deep in my bones that only the dance of a nightclub can bring.

FINDING FLAMENCO: A Crash Course

I RECENTLY WENT on an artistic scavenger hunt. Or maybe it was more of a fact-finding mission. The goal – learn about flamenco dance in the Bay Area. The timeline […]

What do you think is the: Value of Dance?

In Dance gathered responses from various members of our Bay Area community. Our question polled the opinion of dancers, choreographers, administrators, enthusiasts, and teachers. Whether it’s a personal connection to […]

Traveling and Touring

2017 was a big year for us, with our first large-scale domestic tour. Together with choreographers Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener we premiered Tesseract at EMPAC in January and went […]

Parangal Passes It On

“We want to learn and grow artistically with a group of people who are passionate about Philippine dance. We dance for one another and the community, while giving tribute to […]