KUNST-STOFF Celebrates 10 years

You can pronounce KUNST-STOFF with a little Germanic ‘sh’ added to the stoff and a very oo-sounding kunst, and you’ll still only be half-way in the know. Part-two is its […]

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 […]

The Shifting Cornerstone: WestWave Splashes into the Streets, July/ Aug 2008

Joanna Haigood, the Artistic Director of San Francisco based Zaccho Dance Theater, is a well-known creator of site specific apparatus based dance. She has been creating work world-wide on various […]

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 […]

A Place to Explore: Mama Calizo

With its bright pink awning and front-door mosaic of CDs that sparkle like giant sequins, Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory (MCVF) is a bright spot in the South of Market district […]

Major celebrations and successes meet the usual challenges of presenting new work

This past year was a time of big birthdays, initiatives, celebrations, and rebuilding in Bay Area dance. Outshining all in historical import, ambition, publicity, and yes, hype—some perpetuated by this […]

Departing from Tradition: Insights from Java

I came to Central Java—to the town of Solo—18 months ago, with the intention of creating artistic collaborations with Indonesian artists, to study with Suprapto Suryodarmo (Javanese improvisation performer and […]

From Hawai’i to Taylor and Back Again: A Conversation with Rachel Berman

Rachel Berman, former member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, is an easy person to like. We met at an event at Mills College where she is currently on dance […]

Please Respond: RSVP Cycles in the Work of Anna and Lawrence Halprin

Ann and Lawrence Halprin have been married for over 68 years, and this pair of artists have spent just as long working together. An event this month at the Stern […]

SPEAK By Erika Chong Shuch

I went to see the Frida Kahlo exhibit at the SFMOMA. It’s presented to show how her life affected the aesthetic trajectory of her artistic work. I found it impossible […]