SPEAK By Jessica Robinson Love

I more or less quit dancing five years ago. Like many of us, I came into arts administration as a dancer needing to pay the bills. But after a few […]

Anna’s Postmodern Children

Sitting in Yerba Buena’s theater last March, I was mystified by the ecstatic reaction French choreographer Jérôme Bel received restaging his “encounter” with classical Thai dancer Pichet Klunchan. All around […]

Welcome, Nov 2011

One of the pleasures of aging is taking time to look at pictures from the past, those photographed high points of graduations, births and birthdays, parties and wedding, along with […]

Behind the Curtains: Everything you need to know about making it into the Ethnic Dance Festival, June 2008

Light jingles from brass bells of Indian dancers merge into the clank of the Philippine’s bamboo sticks, which provide the undertone to bellowing calls of the Congolese drums that resonate […]

We All Live in Humansville

Review: Joe Goode Performance Group, “Humansville,” May 31, 2007, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

What Exactly is Community-Based Dance?, Oct 2007

From dance classes with prisoners, to after-school programs, to participatory rituals and multi-generational performance projects, Community-based dance can take a wide variety of forms. Here I explore the roots of […]

Not Laughing, But Dancing

An artist with a mobility impairment reflects on her journey into dance.

Grace; Revisiting a Definition

An essay examining the historical evolution of grace as a concept and its application to integrated dance.

The Pleasures of Returning to School; The MFA Program in Choreography at UC Davis

Many mid-career dance artists reach a moment in their careers when the next step is not apparent. Dance is not a career that is easily left behind. It is a […]

Dance History According to Drag, Jun 2007

“A dancer’s life is a realist’s life,” says the woman onstage in a weary, regal voice. Standing in a dramatically pooled spotlight that glitters off her spangled dress and causes […]