Welcome

Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you have long to-do lists that loom large as something you want to accomplish and yet don’t get done? Does the constant information streaming—on your […]

Did You Know? Mugwumpin

Mugwumpin is an award-winning San Francisco theater and performance ensemble, whose vision is to create live art that ignites radical collaboration, empathy and curiosity. Mugwumpin was formed in San Francisco […]

Approaching a Quarter Century at Smuin

“How does it feel to be on the cusp of Smuin’s 24th season?” This was the first question I posed to Artistic Director Celia Fushille during a recent conversation about […]

Beyond the Stage: In Conversation with La Tania

Under the warm glow of the stage lights, two guitarists and a vocalist offer the opening musical motifs, their lively, impassioned sound penetrating the air. A soloist approaches them, costumed […]

10 in 10 Video Series

10 questions in 10 minutes. Quick insights with the Bay Area dance community. As our community continues to re-imagine hybrid performance and dance-making, the 10 in 10 interview series speaks […]

Jérôme Bel and Myself: A Choreographer Interrogating Dance

For one night in March, French choreographer Jérôme Bel comes to San Francisco to present his work Pichet Klunchun and Myself. More a performance work about dance than it is […]

Please Respond: RSVP Cycles in the Work of Anna and Lawrence Halprin

Ann and Lawrence Halprin have been married for over 68 years, and this pair of artists have spent just as long working together. An event this month at the Stern […]

More than grass skirts…

More than grass skirts, tiki torches, and tan girls shaking their hips, hula is a culture and way of life. Started by Polynesian settlers on the Hawaiian islands, the origins […]

Innovation Within Tradition: Covering the Annual Classical Indian Dance Festival

IN TODAY’S FAST-PACED WORLD, the words “classical” and “traditional” in terms of dance are often oversimplified and misinterpreted as “old” or “fixed.” Classical Indian Dance is no exception. Unfortunately for […]

Fearless Grantwriting

EVERY ARTS ORGANIZATION will have to defend a seemingly indefensible situation to a potential funder at some point. Your first instinct might be to do everything you can to avoid […]