Artemis Danza: Pasolini-Fuochi segreti (Secret Fires)

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s birth, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco will present a production of Compagnia Artemis Danza, with the support of […]

Dance Delights This Fall: Find Your Favorites and Discover What’s New

The fall has always been one of my favorite times to go see dance. Before the rain starts, those warm fall days in the Bay Area are the best for […]

Critical Dialogues: Heather Desaulniers and Katherine Hawthorne

What if, rather than writing a review, a critic sat down with a choreographer to have a two-way conversation about the work? that’s the experiment behind critical dialogues. For this […]

Kinetic Light: DESCENT: Online & In-Depth

Inspired by the work of Auguste Rodin and performed on a custom-designed architectural ramp installation with hills, curves, and peaks, DESCENT explores the pleasures of wheeled movement and reckless abandon. […]

Transpositions: Dance Poems for an Online World

Bridging a performing arts gap created by the pandemic, Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) has partnered with the Yale Dance Lab and 16 renowned dance artists to launch a 16-episode series, […]

I Wonder if My Neighbors Can Hear Me Singing

In March, when we received the Stay at Home Order, I was burnt out. Most days, I was driving in circles around the Bay to keep up with my freelance gigs, eating peanut butter sandwiches in my car between jobs, and desperately in need of a break. I couldn’t have imagined when we received that first Stay at Home order on March 16 that we would be here now.

In Practice: Sean Dorsey, Fresh Meat Productions, and Trans Joy

As he looks back on 20 years of making and producing performance by trans, gender-nonconforming (GNC), two-spirit, and queer artists in the Bay Area and across the country, Sean Dorsey, Artistic Director of Sean Dorsey Dance (SDD) and founder of Fresh Meat Productions (FMP), is positively glowing.

From One to Many: Six Solos Shared (online)

An online performance premiere and artist Q&A featuring six commissioned choreographers: Melecio Estrella, Molly Heller, Molly Rose-Williams, natalya shoaf, Liv Schaffer, Erin Yen. The artists present brand new solos made […]

For You, For All of Us

The recent production of For You at the Marin Headlands was intended to be a break from self-absorbed, opaque art. Conceived by interdisciplinary performance maker Erika Chong Shuch, the April […]

For the Love of Dance; Dance Writers on Criticism, Nov 2007

Dancers’ Group asks seven Bay Area dance critics questions about their jobs and role of dance criticism.