Building Digital Parallelity for the Performing Arts: In Conversation with Stephen Backer, Co-Founder & CEO of 2ndline.tv

 (left to right) Stephen Backer, Lucas Gonze, Jacob Ritvo / Photo Courtesy of 2ndline.tv Creativity permeates the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Its tech startup culture attracts smart, driven individuals and encourages risk-taking, experimentation […]

Did You Know? Highlighting the Activity of Artists/Organizations in Our Region: Kinetech Arts

Kinetech Arts is a collective of artists, scientists and technologists, born at KUNST-STOFF arts in January 2013. The word Kinetech is the combination of Kine-sthesia and Tech-nology and is envisioned […]

10 Tips to Publicize Your Work

In a world where press, social media and electronic communications prevail and sometimes collide, there are more options than ever to promote or publicize who you are and what you […]

Leaving an Imprint: The Necessity of Dancers for Livelihood

“When I’m taking dance class, I just feel so able. I feel like my body can do anything; like I’m Wonder Woman or something.” “Dancing meant so much to me […]

LENORA LEE: Sharing Stories Through Dance and Film

The pair of programs Lenora Lee will present September 26 – October 5 at Dance Mission as her company’s 7th season will be a good opportunity to be introduced to […]

MAP-MAKER: Katy Warner and the LINES Dance Center Celebrate 25 years of Dance Education

THE QUEST TO CAPTURE the illusion of flight is a defining tenet for any ballerina, yet Katy Warner, founding member of Alonzo King LINES Ballet, has experienced the real thing. […]

Modern Mixology: Cocktails and Contemporary Dance Mingle in 8x8x8

“It’s in a bar?” asked my incredulous friend. “And you can drink?” That’s a common double-check when people hear about 8x8x8 for the first time. Relaxed and a little rowdy, the grassroots, DIY […]

Welcome, Jan/Feb 2015

I have been imagining what it would be like to have been born one hundred years ago, to have lived through and experienced the innumerable changes in the world that have […]

Bear/Skin: A Review

ALTHOUGH KEITH HENNESSY’S Bear/Skin, presented at the Omni Commons January 30th and 31st, is a solo piece, the ideas it negotiates are meant to resonate on a community scale. Bear/Skin sits […]

Welcome

When weighed down by what’s going on in the world, as well as right here in San Francisco, I feel myself shrinking into my shell, shackled by fear and yet in […]