Mash Up: Capacity Building in a Time of Continual Flux

There are least two levels of capacity building: practical usable tools, like technology and web-based platforms, and foundational skills, like adaptability, transparency, agility, and the ability to make clear decisions. […]

Changing the Face of Dance Around the Female Body: An Interview with Krissy Keefer

In 1984, Krissy Keefer and Nina Fichter founded Dance Brigade to create and perform dance-theater that addresses the complex problems of contemporary American women. Prior, Krissy co-founded the Wallflower Order […]

Speak: Money Changes Everything: Dance and Demos in Contemporary Capitalism

SARAH ANNE AUSTIN’S by now notorious March article in Dance/ USA’s e-Journal compared dance in higher education to a pyramid scheme. The harsh economic reality faced by contemporary dancers is […]

Top 10 RECOMMENDATIONS for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2014

I am a Principal Dancer in the San Francisco Ballet. For the past year I have worked as an intern with San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) through the LEAP […]

Drive East SF Indian Dance and Music Festival

Drive East 2020: Sanctuary  Join Navatman in its first virtual, global experience, as we bring together artists from all over the globe for one of the most ambitious—and lauded—congregations of […]

Welcome, May 2012

Where do you find inspiration? I recently had the pleasure of meeting Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of the American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance television series. He’s […]

Resource Equity: Connecting culturally specific dance communities with grants funding

Introduction   There’s a large, diverse, and vibrant multicultural dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a long-time capacity building specialist and resource equity advocate, I’ve worked extensively […]

Online – Subversion, a progressive works development series with IncivilitySF

IncivilitySF is an irreverent showcase of politically-inspired work from San Francisco’s underground. Subversion—our monthly development series—invites artists working with themes of social justice, community-empowerment, and political awakening to come try […]

Dance Mission Theater: Online class offerings

We are pleased to bring your favorite classes to you LIVE and to your living room. Sign up for classes at least 15 minutes prior to the class being scheduled […]

For the Love of Dance; Dance Writers on Criticism, Nov 2007

Dancers’ Group asks seven Bay Area dance critics questions about their jobs and role of dance criticism.