The Jewish Nutcracker Goes Back in History and Redresses for the Holidays

MAKING HISTORIC COSTUMES for the theater can toss a designer way back in time, but for dancer-designer Jamielyn Duggan it was a quantum leap to 166 BCE for The Jewish […]

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

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

Here’s To Hip Hop: Hip Hop Is Here

From old school movements like the Richmond Robot and Oakland Boogaloo, to Hyphy and Turfing to San Francisco’s ‘new style’ hip-hop choreography, the Bay Area is a hub for hip-hop […]

Synchronous Objects: What Else Might Dance Look Like?: An Interview with Professor Norah Zuniga-Shaw

Back in college, while in one of my countless rehearsals I remember thinking, “I wonder what areas of the stage we use the most?” Little did I know that this […]

Turning Point: Re-Defining Bay Area Ballet

BALLET IS DEAD, bemoans dance historian Jennifer Homans in her latest opus, Apolloโ€™s Angels: A History of Ballet. Homans grew up in the Balanchine era and now finds the contemporary […]

Bigger, Better, Faster, More: Audience Development Tools for the 21st Century

THEREโ€™S A REVOLUTION BREWING in audience development, that amorphous and all-encompassing term that describes the tools we use to lure and keep patrons in our seats. A slew of new […]

One Website under California with Profiles and Resources for all, May 2008

Starting this May, every dance group in California from the San Francisco Ballet to the local community center hip hop group will have access to a powerful new tool for […]

Ten Tips for Creating a Top Performing Website

Think back to the last dance performance you saw: How did it inspire you? What feelings did you have after you left the performance? How did you hear about it? […]

Artistry, Engagement and Advocacy with AXIS Dance Company

Judith Smith and Sonsheree Giles / photo by Trib LaPrad โ€œJust as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching […]

An American in Dรผsseldorf: Shifts in Perspective: Experience at a European Dance Festival

This summer I was invited to join Dance/USA as part of the American delegation at the Internationale Tanzmesse NRW, a biennial international dance festival and conference in Dรผsseldorf, Germany. I […]