Heartistry Video Series, Ep 3: Social Change through heARTivism

Noorani Dance presents: Heartistry Video Series, Episode 3: Social Change through heARTivism (part 2) Featuring: Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Valarie Kaur, Annette Philip, Alicia Nascimento, Athena Nair, Aysha Upchurch, Brinda Guha & Nadhi Thekkek In our last episode in April, we brought […]

Building Digital Parallelity for the Performing Arts: In Conversation with Stephen Backer, Co-Founder & CEO of 2ndline.tv

 (left to right) Stephen Backer, Lucas Gonze, Jacob Ritvo / Photo Courtesy of 2ndline.tv Creativity permeates the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Its tech startup culture attracts smart, driven individuals and encourages risk-taking, experimentation […]

In The Know: Gaining Confidence with Arts Advocacy

As I sat in the back of an almost-full Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Novellus Theater for the SF Mayoral Arts Forum this past August, I felt a palpable […]

Travel to move: An Interview with Zenón Barrón

Viajar libera la mente. Traveling frees the mind. For Zenón Barrón, Founder and Artistic Director of Ensambles Ballet Folkórico de San Francisco, travel is a linchpin to creativity. “When I […]

Dancing Now and Zen: Virginia Matthews Performs ‘50 Years’ in the Moment

Virginia “Ginny” Matthews practices what she preaches. She’s ordained in a Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage as well as immersed in the dance community as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. The […]

Moving Arts is Moving Up: New Space in the East Bay

A drive through the industrial parks on Whitman Road in Concord looks, frankly, unpromising. But dance has a way of making a home in the unlikeliest of places, and out […]

Winter 2023

Read the digital edition: Winter 2023 In Dance For all content, including incredible images, videos, and profiles of Bay Area dance artists and organizations, read in the FlippingBook above. Download […]

MovingGround: Art Immersion Hike

MovingGround Artistic Director Krista DeNio and collaborators return with their interactive performance hike experience this Spring, co-created with the land and environs of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Participants will […]

Melissa Lewis Wong: 花和霧 flowers and fog

Melissa Lewis Wong, a queer, Chinese American, dance and drag artist, is proud to announce the world premiere of 花和霧 flowers and fog, a portrait of the artist and their […]

Building a House of Culture: Jesús Cortez’s Journey to Create Cuicacalli Dance Company

Photo by Sam Rodar How many times has a dancer dreamed over a cup of tea at La Boheme? The cafe beneath Dance Mission Studio at 24th and Mission streets […]