See What Happens

Together with multi-generational collaborators, I repossess moving artifacts, while generating dances arising from the emerging present.

11th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival

The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) is an annual event produced by Urban Jazz Dance company that consists of performances and workshops that highlight the important contributions that […]

Samudra Dance Creations: The Earth Speaks 2.0

The Earth Speaks 2.0 is an evening-length odyssey, a multi disciplinary work with dance-music-spoken word raising awareness on climate change. It has been enjoyed and appreciated by audiences across US […]

Samudra Dance Creations: The Earth Speaks

The story of a woman, a metaphor for Earth. The rhythm of Bharatanatyam, the ragas of Carnatic music interwoven with English spoken word to communicate a very Contemporary Theme on […]

Vaishnavi Misra Dance and Music: Anarkali , A Musical

From Vaishnavi Misra Dance and Music, comes the most endearing, timeless tale of love and fate. Anarkali, a musical, is the story of the love between a 16th century prince, […]

Fourth to Fifth Generation Flamenco & Spanish Dancer

I was 5 years old and it was “show and tell” day at my elementary school.

IMPRESSIONS: An Aural and Physical Expedition Through the Sounds of the World

THIS APRIL, natural soundscape artist/musician Dr. Bernie Krause and English composer Richard Blackford are collaborating on a world premiere with Alonzo King LINES Ballet set to an original composition by […]

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 […]

NEW VIEW: Jiten Daiko

Taiko is a broad term for Japanese percussion, but here in the U.S., the word tends to refer to a form of highly physical drumming performance. While largely a musical […]

SPEAK: Shifting the Paradigm

Many of us teaching artists have unwittingly become stuck in dangerous perceptual habits. While this is happening across all levels of education, I want to focus on the issues of college […]