Movement That Streams

By Siobhan BurkeHave you ever tried watching an hourlong dance performance online, start to finish, without interruption? It’s not easy, at least for anyone mildly distractible. As the choreographer Annie-B […]

Getting it Out There: Smart Mobs, Improv Everywhere and Engaging Dance Audiences

A few weeks ago, a good friend told me I needed to check out a YouTube video she had come across—The Sound of Music at Central Station in Antwerp. Google […]

Submit a Resource or Opportunity

Each week, Dancers’ Group sends out two comprehensive emails to our members – Community Offerings (workshops, ongoing classes, pre-recorded videos or audio, other online content) DG Weekly (upcoming auditions, grants,  job […]

Fundraising for Individual Artists 101

There is possibly nothing more baffling to an individual artist than fundraising. Production, no problem. PR, okay, got it. Fundraising — huh? The reason for this confusion is pretty obvious: […]

Just Out of Reach: The Art of the Company History, Mar 2008

Capturing dance, if not purely impossible, is at least like hunting butterflies: a fragile art, with many beautiful frustrations. Once you pin it down, its motion has been stilled, and […]

One Website under California with Profiles and Resources for all, May 2008

Starting this May, every dance group in California from the San Francisco Ballet to the local community center hip hop group will have access to a powerful new tool for […]

Flamenco Moving on Two Paths

Flamencologists tell us that the art of Flamenco was nurtured for centuries among the gitano (gypsy) families of Andalucia, but not performed in public until the mid-nineteenth century, and not […]

New Direction, New Perspectives: LEAP continues its mission

Megan Low performed her last plié for the San Francisco Ballet in 2006 when she was a “middle-aged” dancer of 27, leaving behind a fulfilling career as a member of […]

Jester in the Router: Multi-site Performance Using The Internet

Imagine artistic and cultural exchange on a worldwide scale. One where live, truly collaborative performing arts events occur on a regular basis at multiple locations simultaneously, not simply connecting a […]

Welcome, Jun 2011

We’re at the half-point in the year and it’s time to remind ourselves of the good job we do and then find time to indulge in a little extra special […]