Collaboration as Beautiful Mystery: A Glimpse into Kim Epifano’s Botany’s Breath

Artistic collaboration is huge in today’s modern dance scene. And when something is so prevalent, there is a desire to categorize it; assign it a name and file it in […]

Discovering Traditions Outside Our Own Communities

FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES I have been trained in Kathak, a classical dance of North India, under the tutelage of my GuruJi, Pandit Chitresh Das. Taking his class for the […]

Transitioning and Expanding: A Conversation with Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen

KUNST-STOFF = synthetic, plastic, artificial or unnatural KUNST = art, STOFF = things AFTER 15 YEARS of experimental art making in the Bay Area, Yannis Adoniou’s KUNST-STOFF Dance Company (KSDC) […]

The Jewish Nutcracker Goes Back in History and Redresses for the Holidays

MAKING HISTORIC COSTUMES for the theater can toss a designer way back in time, but for dancer-designer Jamielyn Duggan it was a quantum leap to 166 BCE for The Jewish […]

Welcome, Dec 2013

THERE IS AN ADAGE you’ve likely heard, the one that there is nothing more important than your health. This clear, simple statement carries with it the complexity that often comes […]

The Art of Government: Looking Forward in 2013

After a seemingly endless election season, everyone could probably use a break from talking politics. But politics (and policy making) carries on, so here’s a quick run-down on what this […]

Solo Form: Nora Chipaumire

I WAIT IN GREAT ANTICIPATION for Nora Chipaumire’s homecoming… her San Francisco Bay Area premiere of Miriam at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum February 13-15, 2014. To […]

SPEAK by Emiko Saraswati Susilo

Once upon a time, there lived a brave warrior, heir to the throne of Manipur. The King of Manipur raised his heir to be a fearless warrior, a skilled politician […]

Making the Worst Dance Possible: Finding the Good in “Bad” Dances

How long can a choreographer call herself emerging? I’m currently in the process of making a new work for a show in May. My company will be performing in our […]

Nothing to Prove: Talking with Tania of La Tania Baile Flamenco

I arrived early for my interview with Flamenco dancer and choreographer Tania of La Tania Baile Flamenco. I sat outside a studio at City Dance Studios while she finished teaching, […]