Diving Deeper Into Flamenco

For the last twelve years, I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, studying flamenco and performing professionally. While there are many good flamenco teachers passing down the tradition, I’ve […]

LINES Ballet: Homegrown Company Takes Flight

On October 1, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom presented the 2nd Annual Mayor’s Art Award to Alonzo King, the celebrated Artistic Director and Choreographer of LINES Ballet. “Alonzo King is […]

Henry Berg; Classical Ballet For Human Bodies

Henry Berg is not your typical San Francisco ballet teacher. He is old-fashioned in his mission for students to “get it right.” Ballet for him is physical and scientific. Likewise, […]

Dance IS Resilience; A Festival Director Reflects

History and future of the Dance IS festival

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 […]

Welcome, Jan/Feb 2014

THE PERENNIAL CRAVING for new beginnings—creative, practical, success or health-based—are abundantly present at the start of each new year. This universal desire to move forward comprises the imaginative impulses that […]

The Year in Bay Area Dance, Dec 2008

As a way to close out another year ‘in dance,’ we take a look back at some of the memorable moments of 2008. We asked what you felt were the […]

Dance Educators: On a Road to Create Change

Fifteen years ago, I found myself listening deeply to the stories my friends told about trying to teach dance in schools. Consider the experiences of two typical educators: Josh, a […]

ODC’s Kaleidoscope of Outreach

When I sat down to talk about outreach with ODC artistic director KT Nelson, school director Kimi Okada, and outreach coordinator Annie Jupiter-Jones on a sunny morning at ODC’s Shotwell […]

Double Visions

This past June I attended two professional events that offered their shares of stimulation and stupefaction. This year’s Dance Critics Association conference, which I have attended for many years , […]