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? thatโ€™s the experiment behind critical dialogues. For this […]

Curating Performance in East Bay: Spotlight on Four Artist Groups

As most young artists discover, making the art is only half the work. Bringing the art to people involves a particular method to the madness. Commissions, showcases, residencies and co-productions, […]

A Turning Point

A bounty of generous resources from our dance community and the San Francisco Bay Area is how I found my way through a return of breast cancer and the death […]

For You, For All of Us

The recent production of For You at the Marin Headlands was intended to be a break from self-absorbed, opaque art. Conceived by interdisciplinary performance maker Erika Chong Shuch, the April […]

95 WORDS FOR ANNA HALPRIN

Editorโ€™s Note: As a way to further contribute to the 95 Rituals project that offers a variety of opportunities to pay tribute to the work of Anna Halprin, In Dance […]

Whatโ€™s in a Conversation?

โ€œWe had an incredible Practitioner Exchange last night!โ€ I tell my Luna colleagues, โ€œI laughed, I even cried, we danced around, and the conversation just flowed.โ€ I realize as Iโ€™m saying this, that Iโ€™m not fully describing the depth of the discussion, and that in fact, it sounds a bit trite.

Ten Tips for Individual Appeal Letters

At some point in our careers as artists we come face-to-face with fundraising for our creative projects. This can be thrilling and exhilaratingโ€”serving as a rite-of-passage into the next phase […]

Inside, From a Distance

Margyโ€”one of Margaret Jenkinsโ€™ many monikersโ€”always considered her dancers collaborators, and I had the good fortune to work with her from 1979 to 1990. Through the years, she gave us […]

When Salsa Swipes Right on Somatics, There is a Match

Photo by David Poertner What if the digital space could be a reprieve, an alternate reality for postcolonial dance research? Perhaps now, working outside of institutional demands, brown perspectives can […]

SPEAK: How to Ask for Help, Raise Your Ghosts, and Make a Family

Photo by RJ Muna When we were growing up, we went to Hawaii nearly every summer. Our parents grew up on the island of Kauai, as did their parents. Our […]