In Practice: Book Review: Katherine Dunham: Dance and the African Diaspora by Joanna Dee Das

The first time I met dance historian Joanna Dee Das was either at an event she curated when she was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Dance Studies at Stanford or […]

SF Conservatory’s New SoMa Studios: An Expanded Vision for Ballet Education

Summer Lee Rhatigan has just opened a ballet school without mirrors. They teach Gaga. It’s like neo-Europe over there on 8th and Folsom, turning ballet dancers into improv artists, melting […]

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest (Day Two)

Yerba Buena Gardens ChoreoFest highlights the strength, diversity and vibrancy of the Bay Area contemporary dance scene through a two-weekend mini festival of site-specific work. Curated by RAWdance’s Artistic Directors, […]

I Want This Instead.

Tim Rubel Human Shakes presents: I Want This Instead. Choreography by Tim Rubel. In collaboration with dancers Derek DiMartini, Dalton Alexander Valerio, and Hannah Westbrook. Lighting Design by Maxx Kurzunski. […]

I Want This Instead.

Tim Rubel Human Shakes presents: I Want This Instead. Choreography by Tim Rubel. In collaboration with dancers Derek DiMartini, Dalton Alexander Valerio, and Hannah Westbrook. Lighting Design by Maxx Kurzunski. […]

Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble (NCDE) & Lydia Feuerhelm: In a New Light

In a New Light brings together two Peninsula dance artists, Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble (NCDE) & Lydia Feuerhelm, for an evening of new performances.  The split-bill event will include a […]

Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble (NCDE) & Lydia Feuerhelm: In a New Light

In a New Light brings together two Peninsula dance artists, Natasha Carlitz Dance Ensemble (NCDE) & Lydia Feuerhelm, for an evening of new performances.  The split-bill event will include a […]

I Want This Instead.

Tim Rubel Human Shakes presents: I Want This Instead. Choreography by Tim Rubel. In collaboration with dancers Derek DiMartini, Dalton Alexander Valerio, and Hannah Westbrook. Lighting Design by Maxx Kurzunski. […]

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT

THE FIRST TIME I WORKED with the teens of YBCA’s Young Artists at Work program (YAAW), I watched them navigate Keith Hennessey’s Turbulence: A Dance About the Economy after discussing […]

Creating Space for Hip Hop: A Spotlight on Micaya & SoulForce

I remember first meeting Micaya backstage when I was volunteering for the San Francisco Hip Hop Dance Fest at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in November 2010. Glamorous in […]