Gaining Perspectives, Changing Perceptions – ARTICLE #2: Our World in Constant Motion

Editors Note: In the December 2016 issue of In Dance Farah Yasmeen Shaikh wrote about her experiences as a Pakistani Muslim-American woman Kathak artist and her work teaching and performing […]

Building Sisterhood Through Movement

Nava Dance Collective, photo by Laura Soriano A cooperativeย with multiple contributors. An array of artistic perspectives and voices. A desire for an alternative, more egalitarian structure. A common passion for […]

Dance Discourse Project #23

Visioning a More Human Dwelling Place Saturday, Dec 3, 2016, 3p,ย doors open at 2:30pm at the NEW Counterpulse, 80 Turk St, SF FREE – RSVP here:ย counterpulse.org The precise role of […]

In the Bag

I was driving to radiationย for breast cancer when I heard an interview with Eve Ensler, feminist, playwright, performer, social activist. The title of Eveโ€™s interview was โ€œThe Body After Cancer.โ€ […]

Speak: RACE

1968 was a tumultuous year: Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated; the Vietnam War was losing support; Muhammad Ali was found guilty of draft evasion; and Apartheid in South Africa […]

SPEAK: On Being Ally and Aesthetic Warrior

Calling all women warriors to the table. To the think tank. the battle eld. the theater. the aftermath. We will be our own landing ground, recovery center, aesthetic re-design gym, […]

New book: PEACE About Life: Dancing with Parkinsonโ€™s

As part of her artistic process, Claudine Naganuma conducted interviews of people with PD and brought those audio interviews into the dance studio. Her intergenerational company of dNaga dancers listened […]

Presidio Theatre Relaunch

Photo by Terry Lerant Renovation is a tough, arduous process. Making major changes always is. Setting goals, crafting plans and then finally breaking ground, with the ultimate purpose of building […]

Winter 2024

Read the digital edition: Winter 2024 In Dance For all content, including incredible images, videos, and profiles of Bay Area dance artists and organizations, read in the FlippingBook above. Download […]

The Draw(back) of Awarding Achievement

Contributor note: Unattributed quotes were shared with me anonymously as research for this piece. Around this time every year we are inundated with being told what the โ€œbestโ€ of the […]