Laveau

The 14th Episode of House/Full of BlackWomen: New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville Excerpts from Laveau by Britt Frazier, Directed by Margo Hall with ritual offering by Portsha Jefferson and Rara […]

Alonzo King LINES Ballet presents Constellation

Alonzo King LINES Ballet is pleased to announce it will broadcast Constellation, a collaboration between renowned choreographer Alonzo King, visual electronic artist Jim Campbell, and mezzo-soprano Maya Layhani, bringing the artistry […]

Imbuing Spirit into Cloth

  I didn’t wake up one day thinking I should create ritual costumes. They snuck up on me. They whispered to me, they brought magic into my home and drew […]

When Salsa Swipes Right on Somatics, There is a Match

Photo by David Poertner What if the digital space could be a reprieve, an alternate reality for postcolonial dance research? Perhaps now, working outside of institutional demands, brown perspectives can […]

Out of Touch

“Secretly I want to be ‘Amma’ a.k.a. ‘the hugging saint,’ the Indian spiritual leader who goes around the world giving hugs to millions of people. I want to midwife life after COVID-19, to bring people back into their bodies.” –April 20, 2020

Studio 210 Summer Residency Performance

Studio 210 Presents: Summer 2020 Residents Evan Johnson and Bhumi B. Patel The performance showcase invites virtual audiences to focus on the intersection of embodied sensation over stagnant forms, and […]

In Practice: Photographer Pak Han

little seismic dance company, photo by Pak Han My father is a photographer, and growing up, whenever I was minding my own business, doing my homework or vaccinating my stuffed […]

In Practice: 40 Years of Abhinaya Dance Company of San José

Joyful movement exhibited through Nritta in Bharatanatyam, photo by Santhosh Selvaraj At one point during our Zoom interview, Mythili Kumar, multi-award-winning Founder, Artistic Director, and matriarchal authority of Abhinaya Dance Company of San José, […]

San Jose Nutcracker: Short and Sweet

Performed live at the Hammer Theatre by our New Ballet Company and streamed to your home, The San Jose Nutcracker: Short and Sweet is a classical holiday ballet unique to […]

SF International Arts Festival: the long shadow

the long shadow is a project that reflects on “divisions the empire has sown.” Patel and collaborators look at the questions of resistance and resilience, dominance and dissonance, and the […]