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The percussive sounds we hear as we walk down San Francisco’s Market Street become part of our city’s daily soundtrack. The chugging of the trains, the rumbling of trolleys, the […]

At a community resource center in Berkeley, a young child and her mother are dancing together, playing the “freeze dance” game with the rest of the class. The young child […]

Mankind is a celebrating animal. Our time is filled with moments of public jubilation and quiet personal joy. Festivity is everywhere, springing from the importance of special events—anniversaries, births and […]

A few weeks ago, a good friend told me I needed to check out a YouTube video she had come across—The Sound of Music at Central Station in Antwerp. Google […]

A sexy and creative force in the hula world, Patrick Makuakäne might be best known for his charismatic stage presence and innovative choreography. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, Makuakäne […]

More than grass skirts, tiki torches, and tan girls shaking their hips, hula is a culture and way of life. Started by Polynesian settlers on the Hawaiian islands, the origins […]

A family of four strolls along Pier 39 licking ice cream cones and listening to the sea lions bark. Suddenly, a bus pulls up and colorfully dressed men and women […]

Off-the-ground dance comes loaded with its own peculiar history, beginning with the acrobatic and technological innovation of women dancing on pointe. At the end of the 18th century, Charles Didelot […]

“One thing that happened,” Jo Kreiter says, “was that I had a child, and so I spent many months just sitting in a yellow rocking chair.” This hardly sounds like […]

Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had an insatiable hunger for stories. You might even classify it as an addiction. I will ravenously consume any kind of narrative, […]