Sustain Arts for the Bay Area: A New Website

A project of the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University, in partnership with the Foundation Center and Fractured Atlas, Sustain Arts equips communities with relevant data that focuses […]

Describing Dances: Increasing Access for Blind and Visually Impaired Audiences

with Tiffany Taylor and Georgina Kleege In 2016, during the development of a duet I created and continue to perform with noted Scottish disabled artist Claire Cunningham, The Way You […]

Imbuing Spirit into Cloth

  I didnโ€™t wake up one day thinking I should create ritual costumes. They snuck up on me. They whispered to me, they brought magic into my home and drew […]

Mary Sano and the Duncan Legacy

It is a typical Sunday afternoon at the Mary Sano Studio of Duncan Dancing. The sounds of Chopin, Gluck and Schubert provide the soundtrack as a light breeze caresses the […]

Working in The Garage: Tools to Help Carve Out Space for Contemporary Dance

Contemporary dance has a long history of being developed on the fringes of the cultural landscape. Choreographers have traditionally found space to make new work in basements, lofts, parking structures […]

Corporate Giving 101

Ah, stalking the elusive corporate donor! Back in the good olโ€™ fundraising days (the mid-80โ€™s, in case youโ€™re wondering), oil companies, banks, department stores, you-name-it, every corporation in America seemed […]

Next-Gen Interventions: What We Need To Perform

Contrary to common sentiment, ‘next-gen’ does not refer to ‘looking to the youngest person in the room.’ From our perspective, ‘next-gen’ refers to a combination of skills that are effective […]

Dispersing the Diaspora: Excerpts from the CounterPULSE Blog

Edited by Maureen Walsh Traversing personal and cultural borders are two topics that the Performing Diaspora artists, staff and audience are talking about. Iโ€™ve sifted though the CounterPULSE blog, selecting […]

Bridging Borders: Nina Haft & Co. in the Middle East

Nina Haft visited the Middle East in 2007 to experience the culture and see firsthand how people there use dance to address the immense challenges in their lives, from restricted […]

(Virtual) 2020 Fresh Meat Festival

Fresh Meat Productions brings our 19th annual festival INTO YOUR HOME! Weโ€™re moving our entire festival ONLINE this year โ€“ and tickets are completelyย FREE! Join us for FIVE online programs […]