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Observations Away From Home: On Being in Rome
Over the years, I’ve visited glorious churches, stayed in the hill towns and travelled the Appian Way, but these weeks in Rome are perhaps the first I have ever spent […]
A Banana Peel is Good for Headaches: Observations from the Traditional Arts Field
Between dinner and dessert one evening, Doba G., a medical doctor in her late seventies who emigrated from the Ukraine to San Francisco in 1993, gave me a tip: Lily: […]
Driving the Ethnic Dance Festival: Behind the Scenes with Julie Mushet
At the Fort Mason Center, located in the windy northern part of San Francisco, I sat down with Executive Director Julie Mushet in the World Arts West (WAW) office. Accompanying […]
Dance Scholars and Critics Convene in the Bay Area
For four days this June, the Bay Area will become the center of the dance studies universe. The two leading organizations of dance writers, historians and critics, the Society of […]
The Crisis in Criticism: The Economy, the Internet and the Death of Dance Writing, Jun 2009
If you are reading this, odds are you earn at least part of your living working in the arts, or are a committed member of the dance audience. Let me […]
Cut Back and Move Forward: San Francisco International Arts Festival 2009
It’s been a tough few months for the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF). Always an invaluable contributor to the landscape of Bay Area arts, the SFIAF has presented the […]
Joti Singh and Zenón Barrón: Excavating Cultural Encounters
On Friday, March 27, I watched a rehearsal between Joti Singh and Zenón Barrón. Joti is the founder and artistic director of Duniya Dance and Drum Company, a performance project […]
Vantage Points
“When you’re watching a performer of any art, don’t you find yourself constantly wondering about the ‘real’ person behind the art? I do, all the time. My dance reveals that […]
The Proust Questionnaire: With Anna Halprin
Editor’s Note: The Proust Questionnaire was a popular form of interview around the turn of the twentieth century used to reveal the tastes, personality and aspirations of the interviewee. It […]
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 […]
