Giving Momentum to Community: Artistic Residency Programs in San Francisco

Choreographers are not alone in the search for space and time to work on their craft. The unique challenge for dancers, however, becomes finding organizations that “get it”—the creative process […]

Change and Age: Women Dancers in Midlife

A number of years ago, I was taking a course in adult development as a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology. One day a lively discussion ensued as the professor and […]

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 […]

Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Practicing the Art of Community Engagement

Sitting in a quiet room, I waited for the Commonwealth Club panel titled “The World is Dancing” an evening discussion on the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, to commence. Panelists […]

Towards and Understanding: Radical Inclusion

I have begun to call my work Radically Inclusive Performance. While I usually distrust labels due to their tendency to solidify that which is ultimately fluid, I find that I […]

Welcome

Traveling provides an opportunity to refresh, reflect and reframe. The refreshing part of a journey starts once I’m in my preferred mode of transport—a bike, a car, a bus, a […]