ARC Residents SPEAK: Reflections, History Made Visible

I am a dancer, choreographer, and the artistic director of Lenora Lee Dance. For the last few years I’ve been developing large-scale interdisciplinary works that are deeply rooted in the […]

Acting The Part: A Process in Learning a New Motivation for Dance

This past winter I was required to degenerate into a screaming fit onstage. As part of Christine Cali’s Move Thru Me, a contemporary dance piece fusing dance, live music, and […]

Moving Histories

The devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the destructive fury of Hurricane Gustav in 2008 and most recently, the massive earthquake in Haiti have shocked the world […]

Welcome, Mar 2010

Creating space for dance—whether real or imagined—is what makes a dance a dance. This is a timeless theme in our community, whether the tradition comes from the Judson via Halprin […]

Getting in on the Act: Activating the Arts

What exactly do you mean by ‘participatory arts practices’?” a dancer recently asked me. A Confessional Tale We were on a rehearsal break and I was casually talking to a […]

New Visions in Korean Dance: Kyoungil Ong and Hearan Chung create community and dances that inspire

Two major choreographic forces in the Bay Area’s Korean dance community offer their work to honor the 30th Anniversary of San Francisco’s Ethnic Dance Festival this month. Weekend One presents […]

ONSITE Archive

ONSITE is a program of free, large-scale, site-specific dance in San Francisco.  Learn more about past ONSITE performances: October 2020: House/Full of BlackWomen New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville – A site specific ritual […]

Respect Your Roots; Contact Improv and the Blues

The following is an abridged excerpt from a forthcoming book on Contact Improvisation by long-time Bay Area teacher and Contact pioneer John LeFan.

Review: San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest

A certain palpable energy was humming through the audience at the Palace of Fine Arts on Sunday, November 19th, where Micaya’s San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest played host all weekend […]

Under The Radar; Discovering our Sameness

A reflection on the questions around virtuosity and difference explored in Jess Curtis/Gravity’s “Under the Radar”.