Did You Know? Highlighting the Activities of Artists/Organizations in Our Region: The Academy of Danse Libre

In 1996, a group of 24 intrepid dancers, many of whom were alumni of Stanford’s Vintage Dance Ensemble led by dance historian Richard Powers, formed a new performance group. The name “The Academy […]

SPEAK By Sarah Crowell

“Dance is the fastest, most direct route to the truth.” –Gabrielle Roth I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to dance, sing and tell stories. In all of […]

Monkey Business at Monkey Town: When Tour Dates Go Awry

Going on tour is like a dream come true, or so I thought when I’ve imagined the splendor of the road countless times. When it actually happens it is another […]

Dance is in the DNA of the Universe

Every morning just before dawn, from my window at the International Hotel, flights of doves descend upon the corner of Kearny and Jackson streets, and soon the dance begins.

Spring 2021

Read the digital edition: Spring 2021 In Dance For all content, including incredible images, videos, and profiles of Bay Area dance artists and organizations read in the Flipping Book above. […]

A Ladder To Anna

Photo by Shinichi Iova-Koga I climb an extension ladder placed in the patio below my mother’s balcony, while she sits in her wheelchair looking down at me. This is how […]

Arts Leadership and a Healthy Arts Community

I think it was sometime back in the ’90s when the arts field first started talking about a crisis of future leadership. We looked around and saw a LOT of […]

Fresh Meat Festival: You’re My Queero!

Think of it as training to be our own heroes in times that are meant to destroy us. This offering involves guided improvisation, using somatic scores that nourish our soft […]

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 […]

In Practice: Patrick Makuakane’s Hula in Unusual Places

The last time I interviewed Patrick Makuakane, Artistic Director of Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, his company had just received a Special Award from the Izzies Committee for The […]