Turn Around to See What’s Coming Next: A Conversation with Brenda Way about ODC’s 45th Anniversary

DURING A RESIDENCY at the American Academy in Rome, ODC’s Founder and Artistic Director Brenda Way remarked on the way early Romans conceived of the future, not by looking forward […]

Artistry, Engagement and Advocacy with AXIS Dance Company

Judith Smith and Sonsheree Giles / photo by Trib LaPrad “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching […]

Welcome

To live in the San Francisco Bay Area is to reckon with striking paradoxes. Rising wealth contrasts with persistent homelessness. Socially progressive values butt up against NIMBY (not in my […]

Welcome

When our Executive Director, Wayne, asked all of us at Dancers’ Group to reflect on our hopes for 2017 for the January/February issue of In Dance, I was at a loss. […]

1519’s Curtain Call: Pivotal Queer Art Performance Space Closes

THE LONG-RUNNING PERFORMANCE SPACE at 1519 Mission, in San Francisco, went dark at the beginning of August. Like many alternative art spaces, 1519 never held permits to accommodate larger audiences, […]

Leading the Dance Field Through Change

During my first few months as the executive director of Dance/USA, I engaged dance leaders from around the country in conversations about the state of the field. What are they […]

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 […]

Travel to move: An Interview with Zenón Barrón

Viajar libera la mente. Traveling frees the mind. For Zenón Barrón, Founder and Artistic Director of Ensambles Ballet Folkórico de San Francisco, travel is a linchpin to creativity. “When I […]

Big Dreams, Small Screen: Tuning Into Dance Reality Shows

IT’S BROUGHT US SCHEMING Survivors, sadistic restaurateurs and women intent on marrying millionaires they’ve never met. And reality TV is now dance’s biggest venue, with shows like So You Think […]

Welcome, Jul/Aug 2014

Every now and again we are privileged to have an experience that makes such an impact—sometimes good and sometimes hard—that it shifts how we see things. Whether it’s a dance work […]