Casting a Lens on Communities for 15 Years: Lenora Lee Dance

I’ve always been fascinated by the list of traditional and contemporary anniversary gifts. While some may find it random or even silly, I think it’s quite telling.

ODC/Dance: Dance Downtown

Celebrating ODC’s 50+ Anniversary Five decades of virtuosic, exuberant, and fearless dance Dance Downtown features two seminal works by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way that exemplify the company’s […]

ODC/Dance: Dance Downtown

Celebrating ODC’s 50+ Anniversary Five decades of virtuosic, exuberant, and fearless dance Dance Downtown features two seminal works by ODC Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way that exemplify the company’s […]

Welcome

This past spring I was selected to serve on the jury for a civil trial here in San Francisco. It was a complex case involving privacy, legal malpractice, and battery. […]

In Conversation

Community – a word that has gone beyond definition this past year. Especially in the Bay Area. The conversations that have been sparked are those of investigation, those of breaking down barriers, and those of not returning “back to normal.”

The Nawkhatt in My Mother’s Living Room

Come, I am lovesick and desolate without you Come and see how sick I am in this sorrow without you At night I lament your absence, oh fairy-faced, And when […]

A Tokushima Tradition – Thriving in the Bay Area Under SF Awakko Ren

Photo by David Toshiyuki Awa Odori, dating back over four-hundred years, is one of Japan’s most beloved annual festivals and is a vibrant part of the Bay Area arts community. […]

CANCELLED – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

At this time, Cal Performances has cancelled all upcoming performances. The ever-popular Les Ballets Trockadero, which made its Berkeley debut in 1976, returns to Berkeley for more savagely funny satire […]

The Draw(back) of Awarding Achievement

Contributor note: Unattributed quotes were shared with me anonymously as research for this piece. Around this time every year we are inundated with being told what the “best” of the […]

In Conversation Archive

In Conversation is a series of interviews exploring discourse about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance. All Audio Recorded and Edited by Andréa Spearman 2022 Fall Spring Winter 2021 […]