OUT of Site: SOMA – A Virtual Performance-Driven Queer History Tour

We have an antidote to being physically disconnected from our communities! An interactive, online show performed live touring the streets of San Francisco…virtually. OUT of Site: SOMA is virtual-live-street-theater project […]

L Danae: Lurk & Twerk Classes

Private 1 on 1 classes via zoom are available for booking Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, & Sat In person & online classes available. Class Consists Of: -introduction -warm up Wed: […]

Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants

Do you need help paying for critical medical, mental health, or dental treatment? Have you had to suspend or reduce your creative practice because of a medical emergency? This national […]

We Love Like Barnacles: Crip Lives in Climate Chaos

Lobby experience includes a pre-performance lounge and an online auction. All performance screenings followed by a live Q & A. All performances will be ASL interpreted and Audio Described.  Join us amidst […]

In Practice: NAKA Dance Theater in the time of COVID-19

Photos by Scott Tsuchitani On our way out of Margaret Jenkins’ CHIME event on December 8, 2019, José Navarrete invited me to have a conversation about NAKA’s social justice work, […]

Marketing Your Art 101: Creating Dances and Creating Audiences

FIRST LET ME START WITH A DISCLAIMER: Some of the ideas I broach in the next few paragraphs are practices that have not actually been implemented by our organization. Marketing […]

What’s Your NON-DANCE Job?

Numerous artists have passions in other fields. In the dance community it is not unheard of to have multiple jobs, dance related or not. In Dance posed the question to […]

The Salimpour School at 70: Belly Dance for the 21st Century

Surrounded by myths, misconceptions, and sometimes maligned, belly dance as we think of it today—with two-piece costumes baring the midriff, presented in restaurants and renaissance faires—is actually quite young. While […]

Welcome

Tomorrow, I get to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. I will do this with my niece and her three young children, ages seven, five and two. Selfies will be […]

Building Digital Parallelity for the Performing Arts: In Conversation with Stephen Backer, Co-Founder & CEO of 2ndline.tv

 (left to right) Stephen Backer, Lucas Gonze, Jacob Ritvo / Photo Courtesy of 2ndline.tv Creativity permeates the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Its tech startup culture attracts smart, driven individuals and encourages risk-taking, experimentation […]