WCCIJAM 2013: Talking Bay Area Contact Improvisation, Past Present & Future

Every year for over 25 years, about 200 dancers come together sometime around the 4th of July, in the Sawtooth Building in Berkeley, for The West Coast Contact Improv Jam. […]

The Etcetera Preview: Upcoming Conferences & Festivals

Summer offerings for dance professionals don’t end with training intensives and seasonal performances. From the rigorous and scholarly to the imaginative and whimsical, conferences, symposiums and festivals serve as exciting […]

LINES Ballet: Homegrown Company Takes Flight

On October 1, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom presented the 2nd Annual Mayor’s Art Award to Alonzo King, the celebrated Artistic Director and Choreographer of LINES Ballet. “Alonzo King is […]

Dana Lawton Dances Takes East Bay Dance to Thailand

For 10 days in August, Dana Lawton Dances (DLD) embarked on a tour of Bangkok, Thailand. A multi-generational East Bay dance company with members ranging in age from 27 to […]

San Francisco International Arts Festival: Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco

*Event moved indoors due to weather. San Francisco International Arts Festival will present a combination live in-person and livestream program that culminates in a two-day outdoor program to take place […]

Drive East SF Indian Dance and Music Festival

Drive East 2020: Sanctuary  Join Navatman in its first virtual, global experience, as we bring together artists from all over the globe for one of the most ambitious—and lauded—congregations of […]

Top 10 RECOMMENDATIONS for the San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2014

I am a Principal Dancer in the San Francisco Ballet. For the past year I have worked as an intern with San Francisco Dance Film Festival (SFDFF) through the LEAP […]

Building a Culture: An International Perspective

Introduction In the wake of the economic recession, dance education is at a critical turning point in California. Despite popular dance entertainment, such as So You Think You Can Dance […]

SF International Arts Festival: 2020 Flamenco

Theatre Flamenco of San Francisco, celebrating 54 years in 2020, will present a traditional Flamenco performance of three world premier choreographies by Artistic director/Flamenco Dancer Carola Zertuche accompanied by Roberto […]

In The Know: Gaining Confidence with Arts Advocacy

As I sat in the back of an almost-full Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater for the SF Mayoral Arts Forum this past August, I felt a palpable […]