In Conversation with Vanessa Sanchez

Who’s getting funded and who has access to getting funded? And really looking at a lot of my mentors in the Bay Area and beyond who…have changed and shaped communities and done this work for decades and decades and decades, but because of resources and because of language barriers, they aren’t necessarily able to apply and receive the funding they should be. With that, I just felt it really important in that I don’t want to be one of the only ones from the Bay Area – in our kind of world of dancers of color who are coming from dance forms from traditionally Black and brown communities – I don’t want to be one of the only ones getting this. There are so many more people who need and deserve this – this funding.

10 in 10 with Javier Stell-Fresquez

You are reading excerpts from Andréa Spearman’s recorded conversation with Javier Stell-Frésquez 10 in 10 theme music: Bright, upbeat pop music that you may hear in a teen-centered drama series. […]

Isadora Duncan Awards: Celebration of Bay Area Dance

Get ready to mix and mingle with the stars of the dance world at our first face-to-face bash since 2019. Come join the fun, meet the talented nominees, and witness […]

Emily Hansel: Four by Four

Choreographed by Emily Hansel and co-created by dancers Alex Carrington, Mia J. Chong, Shareen DeRyan, and Chelsea Reichert, Four by Four is a messy attempt at refusing productivity. Since beginning work in […]

Emily Hansel: Four by Four

Choreographed by Emily Hansel and co-created by dancers Alex Carrington, Mia J. Chong, Shareen DeRyan, and Chelsea Reichert, Four by Four is a messy attempt at refusing productivity. Since beginning work in […]

In Conversation Archive

In Conversation is a series of interviews exploring discourse about dance and different folks’ relationship to dance. All Audio Recorded and Edited by Andréa Spearman 2022 Fall Spring Winter 2021 […]

Emily Hansel: Four by Four

Choreographed by Emily Hansel and co-created by dancers Alex Carrington, Mia J. Chong, Shareen DeRyan, and Chelsea Reichert, Four by Four is a messy attempt at refusing productivity. Since beginning work in […]

Ad Infinitum Identities: The work of Pseuda & Kim Ip

Pseuda can be seen from a stage, holding two metal chain ropes attached to the limbs of another body. A doll, a dancer, Kim Ip. It’s Halloween, 2015, at B4bel4b Gallery, and the audience doesn’t yet know that Kim and Pseuda are chained together until they begin to stretch away, the chains syncing a nexus between bodies.

In Conversation: Maurya Kerr and Alaja Badalich

You are reading excerpts from Maurya Kerr and Alaja Badalich’s recorded conversation. Listen to the conversation. Transcript of the full conversation

10 in 10 with Sir JoQ

You are reading excerpts from Andréa Spearman’s recorded conversation with Jocquese “Sir JoQ” Whitfield. 10 in 10 theme music: Bright, upbeat pop music that you may hear in a teen-centered […]