LA Dance Shorts Film Festival Online

5th Annual Film Festival LA Dance Shorts Film Festival is excited to share this virtual program again this year. Last year opened their eyes to the potential of reaching a larger audience […]

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 […]

Next-Gen Interventions: What We Need To Perform

Contrary to common sentiment, ‘next-gen’ does not refer to ‘looking to the youngest person in the room.’ From our perspective, ‘next-gen’ refers to a combination of skills that are effective […]

A Movement of the Spirit

I had been sitting with a question. What is a play?

Teaching Partnership, Discovering Empathy

What does a dance class for students with and without disabilities look like? Can it build a climate of empathy at a public school? How might it be a vehicle […]

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 […]

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 […]

Intersections: Sex and Performance in the Bay Area

THIS IS WHAT I WANT (TIWIW) is an annual live performance festival in San Francisco about desire. The festival has developed into the focus point for a field of activity […]

Instilling Life-Long Pasion: In Conversation with Elvia Marta and Annie Parr

When I set out to talk with local dance teachers, my aim was to bring more attention to the many great and dedicated teachers we have here in the San Francisco Bay […]

Rosemary Hannon & Miriam Wolodarski: This is It

“This is a time for dealing with reality as it is, not as you would have it be” (I Ching Online.net 2015). “But one thing is certain. If one is […]