November 2011

Welcome By Wayne Hazzard Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Practicing the Art of Community Engagement By Vivian T. Chu Freedom and Community: From The Wallflower Order to the Dance Brigade By Keith […]

SPEAK: Stuck With You

By Xandra Ibarra Ten years in burlesque has provided me with an intimate knowledge of the political and emotional consequences of performing with/against the fictions structuring Mexican/Chicana female subjectivity.ย  Burlesque […]

Tips for the Business of Dance: Making Your Resolutions Real

Itโ€™s that season again when people dream of getting fit, learning a new skill, or accomplishing something grand in their personal or professional lives. After all, looking toward the new […]

Bebe Millerโ€™s A History Reveals the Body as Archive

In advance of her companyโ€™s West Coast premiere of A History January 25 and 26 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), Bebe Miller made a visit to […]

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 hereโ€™s a quick run-down on what this […]

A Turning Point, Part II โ€“ Rebirth

โ€œIn Mexico they say when someone you love dies, a part of you dies with them. But they forget to mention that a part of them is born in you- […]

Carolena Nericcio Fuses Forms to Inspire New Generations of Belly Dancers

The sun never sets on American Tribal Style Belly Danceยฎ. From Sydney to Stockholm, and Tel-Aviv to Taipei, one can find an American Tribal Styleยฎ (ATSยฎ) class in more than […]

A Breath and a Hum, and a Move Like Mango: An Interview with Deaf Dancer & Choreographer Antoine Hunter

Transcribing my interview with Deaf dancer, choreographer and teacher Antoine Hunter, I am acutely aware of how much every conversation relies upon a unique choreography of gestures, expressions and empathy. […]

The Right Space For the Right Piece: Here Now Dance Collective to Perform at CounterPULSE

Consider the following scenario: Youโ€™re a dancer living in the Bay Area, and you have an impulse to choreograph. Whether making dances has always been an ambition or one day […]

The Choreography of Chinese Urban Spaces: A Book Review and Interview with Author, SanSan Kwan

I feel a pulsing and paradoxical sense of expanse and suppression as passersby move towards and immediately away. Every so often I am forced to veer as a meandering person […]