CubaCaribe Presents THE POWER OF RESILIENCY

CubaCaribe announces The Power of Resiliency,  an eight-week online series of artist talks, classes, interviews, and collaborations during the global pandemic opening on Saturday, June 27 at 6 pm and […]

Fresh Meat Productions: Stay Fresh at Home Video Series

Announcing Fresh Meat Productions’ new #stayFRESHatHOME video series … made for you, with love, as we all shelter in place. This FREE online series offers short videos featuring guided movement, […]

Out of Touch

“Secretly I want to be ‘Amma’ a.k.a. ‘the hugging saint,’ the Indian spiritual leader who goes around the world giving hugs to millions of people. I want to midwife life after COVID-19, to bring people back into their bodies.” –April 20, 2020

Per Diem Request

Per diems are tracked under the expense category “7600 Program Travel and Lodging.” View and download the Chart of Accounts (updated Jan 2023). Checks are issued after verifying the correct […]

New book: PEACE About Life: Dancing with Parkinson’s

As part of her artistic process, Claudine Naganuma conducted interviews of people with PD and brought those audio interviews into the dance studio. Her intergenerational company of dNaga dancers listened […]

Resource Equity: Connecting culturally specific dance communities with grants funding

Introduction   There’s a large, diverse, and vibrant multicultural dance community in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a long-time capacity building specialist and resource equity advocate, I’ve worked extensively […]

FINDING FREEDOM IN BEAT AND SONG: A Conversation with Gabriela Shiroma of De Rompe y Raja

Gabriela Shiroma stood before her students with a stern but dedicated expression. Her gaze panned from left to right, as the dancers moved together to the beat of the music. […]

SPEAK: future friend/ships

Jassem Hindi “Irony is about the tension of holding incompatible things together because both or all are necessary and true. Irony is about humor and serious play. It is also […]

The Complexities and Contradictions of Awards Ceremonies

Mikhail Baryshnikov has a slew of honors to include in his biography, and for years listed prominently the “Bessie,” or New York Dance and Performance Award, which he was given […]

The Diversity of Authorship: In Conversation with Hope Mohr

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? How many times have you been asked this classic ‘get to know you’ question? Perhaps it was on a first date, at a new job, […]