Queer Dance Film Festival

Get ready to be blown away by the power of queer and trans dance performances from around the world at 2nd annual Queer Dance Film Festival! This groundbreaking event, both […]

An Unfolding: Reflections on 花和霧 flowers and fog

Kat: I first experienced Melissa’s project during the midst of shelter in place, stranded in my tiny bedroom in North Berkeley. The absence of people was a weight I felt in my bones.

In Practice: Sean Dorsey, Fresh Meat Productions, and Trans Joy

As he looks back on 20 years of making and producing performance by trans, gender-nonconforming (GNC), two-spirit, and queer artists in the Bay Area and across the country, Sean Dorsey, Artistic Director of Sean Dorsey Dance (SDD) and founder of Fresh Meat Productions (FMP), is positively glowing.

Research

Space Alliance Report: Bay Area Artist Space Needs in 2021 | June 2021 In 2018, Dancers’ Group, Intersection for the Arts, and Theatre Bay Area formed a working group to […]

In Conversation

In Conversation is a series of interviews exploring intergenerational conversations about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance. I’ve been thinking a lot about consequential strangers, or the people in […]

Writing it Down: In Defense of a Comprehensive Arts Education

Sunday morning on a college campus: half the students were still asleep, the others were finishing Monday’s homework, and my friend and I were enjoying an unexpectedly good brunch at […]

Berkeley Art Museum And Pacific Film Archive

History in the Taping: Confessions of an Accidental Dance Videographer

As I was preparing to write this article about dance documentation, it occurred to me that it has been exactly ten years since Shelley Trott and I started the interviews […]

The Next Chapter of Live Performance at SFMOMA: A Conversation with Megan Brian and Frank Smigiel

An open space bathed in bright white. White walls and window shades; an industrial white light grid. An expansive, double height room where the ceiling feels far away. Smooth maple […]

Moving Forward: Women Ballet Choreographers

When we look at a Degas painting we are entranced by beautiful ballet dancers, but take a look behind the scenes and a different story is revealed of these women’s […]