NAMING NAMES: the Significance of Sources in Modern Dance Technique

Lineage Modern/contemporary dance is experiential and its practitioners have a penchant for fusion, integration, assemblages and communal intent. Modern/contemporary dance is also known for being an open-minded forum in which […]

Sean Dorsey Reveals the Stories of a Missing Generation

WHEN WE LAST SPOKE with award-winning dance maker Sean Dorsey, in the March 2013 issue, he was about to launch a nationwide tour of his last show, The Secret History of […]

Modern Mixology: Cocktails and Contemporary Dance Mingle in 8x8x8

“It’s in a bar?” asked my incredulous friend. “And you can drink?” That’s a common double-check when people hear about 8x8x8 for the first time. Relaxed and a little rowdy, the grassroots, DIY […]

Ira Glass, Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass Mince Words and Moves

NEWSFLASH: DANCERS can speak and radio hosts can boogie too. But you’ll have to go to the upcoming performance at the Nourse Theatre, Three Acts, Two Dancers and One Radio […]

A Conversation with Bill T. Jones

IN LATE AUGUST, I had the distinct honor of interviewing Bill T. Jones while he was enjoying a brief respite from his slate of touring, artistic direction and impresario-sized intellectual […]

In Conversation

Because [academia is] so stuck on the Black body as a political construct that holds all of this negativity and trauma that this neoliberalism, they talk about it in this way like, “You can never escape this identity.” You know, and part of it is because the way that you study in school, you repeat it and you live inside these same discourses and it’s like you’re trapped in the discourse! And you don’t get to live past it. And that’s why it’s so important for dancers to write about dance.

SF Dance Film Festival Spring Fling

Bringing live performance from the stage to the screen, San Francisco Dance Film Festival’s Spring Fling Festival pays tribute to all the dancers who were prevented from performing live for the […]

A ‘Thank You’ to Life: Dancing Earth Celebrates Their 20 Year Anniversary

Rulan Tangen was on death’s door as she dreamed of Dancing Earth.

Preserving, Building and Connecting: Addressing Social Justice Issues through Culturally Specific Dance

Culturally specific dance is a lifeline for diverse cultural communities throughout the United States to stay connected to our cultural roots. This article explores the role of culturally specific dancers to address important social justice issues of our time and the capacity building support needed to maximize their impact on the communities they serve as well as the dance sector at-large.

Fourth to Fifth Generation Flamenco & Spanish Dancer

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