NEW VIEW: Jiten Daiko

Taiko is a broad term for Japanese percussion, but here in the U.S., the word tends to refer to a form of highly physical drumming performance. While largely a musical […]

One Chinese Foot, One American Foot: Talking with Lily Cai

MY CONVERSATION with dancer and choreographer Lily Cai began with a topic that is probably the most important issue facing artists in San Francisco in 2016: real estate. We met […]

Being Good is OVERrated: Creating a Pray-Ritual

I am remembering my dad when he left me in the parking lot of Tegucigalpa’s tiny airport when I was 14 years old, and he said “always remember your country.” […]

See What Happens

Together with multi-generational collaborators, I repossess moving artifacts, while generating dances arising from the emerging present.

Welcome, September 2014

While tackling domestic responsibilities, I multi-task, listening on the radio to music, news, game shows, and the wonderful tales presented on programs like This American Life. A few weeks ago, while paying […]

Fourth to Fifth Generation Flamenco & Spanish Dancer

I was 5 years old and it was “show and tell” day at my elementary school.

Did you know? Los Lupeños de San José

Los Lupeños de San José is one of the region’s many mexican folklórico companies and was founded in 1969 by Susan Cashion, Phd and Ramón Morones. After a variety of changes, […]

Finding Trio A

It is a well documented fact that in 1965 the dance and film icon Yvonne Rainer spent about 180 days in a studio in New York City creating what has […]

Edinburgh or Bust: Getting to the Fringe Festival

There are Fringe Festivals in almost every major city in the US (I’ve counted 16) and in many countries across the world. These theatrical extravaganzas celebrate unbridled creativity, uninhibited performance, […]

Finding Creative Action in the Teaching World

Teaching artists can no longer afford to wait for administrator buy-in or to be offered a seat at the table. In the January/February 2014 issue of In Dance, I described the […]