we done/come home: a ritual prayer for belonging

House/Full of Blackwomen Photo by Robbie Sweeny. [ID: A Black woman with her eyes closed sits in a blue armchair with her head slightly leaning to the side. On the […]

In Practice: Sue Li Jue

When I was writing dance reviews for the San Francisco Bay Guardian and other local and national publications in the late 1990s and early 2000s, I thought I was one […]

The Jewish Nutcracker Goes Back in History and Redresses for the Holidays

MAKING HISTORIC COSTUMES for the theater can toss a designer way back in time, but for dancer-designer Jamielyn Duggan it was a quantum leap to 166 BCE for The Jewish […]

The Queering Dance Festival presents Frolic Online

The 2nd Annual Queering Dance Festival presents FROLIC ONLINE, September 19-20, 2020. Shawl-Anderson Dance Center’s festival showcases 10 LGBTQ+ dance artists sharing new work in the this free two-day live […]

SPEAK

I’d like to think I have become a mature dancer. After a 12-year professional career, I don’t get nervous anymore. As I perform, I enjoy the clarity of being on […]

Dancing Again: My Body After a Near-Death Experience

As a dancer and choreographer, I always expected I would experience an injury, but I never imagined it would be something so significant as re-learning to walk, shower, and eat. […]

Being Blurred: Ralph Lemon Interviewed

Ariel Osterweis Scott (AS): The last time I saw you was at a Miguel Gutierrez performance. I remember you said something provocative regarding an explicit performance art piece I hadn’t […]

A Conversation on Inquiry and Performance with Tammy Johnson and Larry Arrington

This year marks the 5th Anniversary of Deborah Slater Dance Theater’s Studio 210 Summer Residency. As an arguably unicornesque opportunity. In a city where rehearsal and performance space rental fees […]

Dance/USA: A Summer Camp Survival Guide

Like camp as a kid, the national dance community can look forward to Dance/USA’s Annual Conference each summer. Except, instead of the arts & crafts table, scary campfire stories, and […]

Movement Exchange: Building a Model for Sustainable Dance Diplomacy

MOVEMENT EXCHANGE is a San Francisco based non-profit that organizes service-focused dance exchanges to Panama with the objective of using dance and dance education as a tool for creating sustainable […]