Tracing Roots: A Perspective on Indian Contemporary Dance

I came to the US from India in 2003 to attain my BA in Dance from San Jose State University.

Review: Side by Side; November 3, 2007, Julia Morgan Center

Anyone walking down the 2600 block of Berkeley’s College Avenue was treated to both a warm evening and a warm scene on the first weekend of November. Outside the Julia […]

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.

Review: Mobu’s “Illusion 2”

A cell phone went off near the end of MoBu Dance Group’s Illusion 2 on February 2, the second-to-last night of its two-week run at SomArts Cultural Center. The audience […]

Letters to the Revolution: Guillermo Gómez-Peña

This letter was published as part of Letters to the Revolution – an online platform where leading artists and activists from marginalized communities were asked to write letters of strength […]

Farm to Table to Dance: Julia Adam’s ‘The Woodland Project’

CHOREOGRAPHER JULIA ADAM is developing a reputation for site-specific, elegant, sensory-soaked dance experiences that take participants on a gentle yet immersive journey—from food and drink in a communal environment to […]

In Practice: A Dancer Poet Creature Conversation with Denise Leto

On July 4 of this year, I launched The Villanelle Project. Well, launch is a strong word since all I did was announce in my tinyletter that I wanted to […]

Understanding Your Health Insurance Options

From the first hints of reforms to the nation’s health care system several years ago to the opening of the “statewide exchanges” this past October, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) […]

Critical Dialogues: Heather Desaulniers and Katherine Hawthorne

What if, rather than writing a review, a critic sat down with a choreographer to have a two-way conversation about the work? that’s the experiment behind critical dialogues. For this […]

Inclusion in Education: Children with Autism

Allison is five years old. She attends dance class each week at her public school in Oakland. In class, Allison spins, jumps, and sways to the music, laughing as she […]