SPEAK

I’ve been teaching Dance for PD® since 2007 and integrating dancers with Parkinson’s disease into my choreography since 2009. This journey began when Herb Heinz, a very good friend, divulged […]

Becoming Super-Flamenca: Carola Zertuche Guides Theatre Flamenco Into its 50th Year

The ink on the lease to the newly acquired studio in San Francisco’s Mission District was barely dry when I sat to talk with artistic director Carola Zertuche’s about her guidance […]

Rogelio Lopez & Dancers: Entre Despierto y Dormido (Between Awake and Asleep)

In this new work by Rogelio Lopez and Dancers, fantasies, anxieties, and a floral print merge on a search for an essential essence that has been shamed away. A search […]

Conversations with Anna Halprin

Photo by Rick Chapman As surely everyone must know by now, Anna Halprin turns 100 on July 13, 2020. Just as her work has celebrated the dancer in every body, […]

Keepers of Home: Muisi-kongo & Kiazi Malonga

Muisi-kongo Malonga and Kiazi Malonga are the children of Malonga Casquelourd, a world-renowned Congolese dancer, drummer and choreographer who built an exceptional legacy in the traditional arts in the US, and spent half his life activating Congolese culture at the Alice Arts Center (now named after him), in Oakland, California

A Sense of Belonging Among Ever-Changing Circumstances

I began teaching Dance for PD® in Oakland, in 2007. The classes are free and open to anyone who has Parkinson’s disease.

Shruti Abhishek: Margam

Margam marks Shruti Abhishek’s first full-length solo work as a Bharatanatyam dancer in the San Francisco Bay Area. This is a gift to herself after being in the United States […]

Fourth to Fifth Generation Flamenco & Spanish Dancer

I was 5 years old and it was “show and tell” day at my elementary school.

at some point

The following are twelve moments that ping pong through time to reflect on our past, present, and future selves. 

Compostable Feminisms: Contemporary Dance Class

Classes with Rosemary Hannon & Miriam Wolodarski. Experiential Anatomy Choreographic Motifs/Phrases/Coordinations Improvisation and Composition: frames, scores, experiments? Awareness Practices and Open Discussions Feminism awakens the moment we take note of […]