A Virtual Concept: Taking a New Look at Technology and Networking in Artist Residencies

CounterPULSE wanted to try something new with Performing Diaspora to better support work from artists, document the process of production and to interact with audiences. We created a virtual artist […]

Collective Matters on Dance and Other Body Modifications

Dancing Around Race (DAR) explores the socio-cultural dimensions of race within the interconnected fields of choreography, dance presentation, dance training, funding, curatorial practices, and dance criticism in U.S. contemporary and […]

Speak: Tension

My name’s Dia Dear. I’m an untraditionally trained dancer, choreographer, performance, and visual artist and make live, solo work. My work grew out of drag clubs and queer nightlife in […]

We Write Ourselves as We Move

I was born in the early 1980s in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, to a nurse and a lawyer.

Got Space? Launching A New Online Directory of Performing Arts Spaces

HAVE SPACE? NEED SPACE? Starting November 15, the Bay Area Performing Arts Spaces (BAPAS) online resource holds the keys to hundreds of venues throughout the Bay Area. The BAPAS website […]

Tips on Writing a Letter of Intent (LOI) and Grant Application

DOS AND DON’TS Planning is key to success. Think carefully about your outline and proposal. Talk about your ideas with staff and colleagues. Good writing does not usually happen in […]

Describing Dances: Increasing Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Audiences

with Tiffany Taylor and Georgina Kleege In 2016, during the development of a duet I created and continue to perform with noted Scottish disabled artist Claire Cunningham, The Way You […]

Writing it Down: In Defense of a Comprehensive Arts Education

Sunday morning on a college campus: half the students were still asleep, the others were finishing Monday’s homework, and my friend and I were enjoying an unexpectedly good brunch at […]

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, […]

SPEAK: The Practice of Conjure Art in the Making of EarthBodyHOME

AS A DANCE MAKER over the past ten years, my work has been in an evolutionary state. I have resisted the confines of existing labels though I realize most funders and some […]