A Love Letter to San Francisco: A Dancer’s Understanding of Home

Photo by Queering Beauty. [ID: Jesse stands in front of a red sequin curtain while wearing a checkered rainbow button up shirt. Jesse’s hands are inside his pockets as he […]

dancing close to home

My mom lives alone, about a thirty minute drive away, in the condo complex where my two sisters and I grew up. There’s a sprawling rosemary bush out front, planted […]

Cracked Open: Reflection on Moving the Body-Brain, Moving the Brain-Body – a danced lecture

Prompted by Dominic’s creative matchmaking, Paul and I had a conversation via Zoom that allowed us to speak about our dance-making as a way of engaging with and transforming difficult legacies that are invariably written on and encoded in our bodies.

Pomegranate Garden Dance: Persian & Central Asian Dance Classes

The Persian & Central Asian Dance instructors have started up an online dance platform to share our love of dance with you through Zoom! Take Class with us EVERYDAY (For […]

In a New Place: Dance & Disability in 2018

The San Francisco Bay Area is known to be on the vanguard of what is possible in dance, who dances, where, and how. Because of the work of AXIS Dance […]

Isadora Duncan Dance Awards Committee Announces Nominees and Honorees for 2018-19 Performance Season

The Isadora Duncan Dance Awards, known locally as the Izzies, are awarded annually to acknowledge creative achievements in the performance and presentation of dance. This year the Isadora Duncan Dance […]

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? […]

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 […]

Welcome, Dec 2011

Looking back, looking forward. Sometimes it’s best to state the obvious: Like when a friend has a piece of spinach caught between his/her teeth. You need to tell them. You […]

Next-Gen Interventions: What We Need To Perform

Contrary to common sentiment, ‘next-gen’ does not refer to ‘looking to the youngest person in the room.’ From our perspective, ‘next-gen’ refers to a combination of skills that are effective […]