Dance is in the DNA of the Universe

Every morning just before dawn, from my window at the International Hotel, flights of doves descend upon the corner of Kearny and Jackson streets, and soon the dance begins.

Welcome

Recently, Iโ€™ve been obsessed with home. The obsession runs deep through my veins. In thinking about why Iโ€™ve come to this, I think about temporarily living in a new place […]

ONSITE: House/Full of BlackWomen

Amara Tabor-Smith, Ellen Sebastian Chang and Dancersโ€™ Group present:   The 14th Episode of House/Full of BlackWomen New Chitlin Circuitry: Reparations Vaudeville   House/Full of BlackWomen is a site specific […]

In Practice: A Dancer Poet Creature Conversation with Denise Leto

On July 4 of this year, I launched The Villanelle Project. Well, launch is a strong word since all I did was announce in my tinyletter that I wanted to […]

Inspirations and Obsessions: A Conversation with Dancersโ€™ Groupโ€™s New Program Director

Dancersโ€™ Group has a long history of working with dance artists to oversee and develop the organizationโ€™s programs and services. Simply, over the years, the many dance artists we have […]

Cut Back and Move Forward: San Francisco International Arts Festival 2009

Itโ€™s been a tough few months for the San Francisco International Arts Festival (SFIAF). Always an invaluable contributor to the landscape of Bay Area arts, the SFIAF has presented the […]

Teaching and Choreographing: Mutually Beneficial Acts

By Patricia Reedy in conversation with Deborah Karp ON A RECENT SUNNY AFTERNOON, Deborah Karp and I left our desks at Luna Dance Institute to share a cup of tea […]

Exploring Visible Intimacy with Ben Levy

With major support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Dancersโ€™ Group has commissioned Benjamin Levy, artistic director of LEVYdance, to create a dance-video performance installation in San Francisco later this month. […]

Speak: Supporting Spirit through Bomba and Philanthropy

I was making my way home from the Financial District to the Mission on BART after work; feet pinched by the not-so-comfortable shoes I wore that day as part of […]

Kinesthetic Aesthetic: On Explaining Dance to Your Friends & the Outside World

I joke with dancer friends about it all the time. Inevitably we face the pervasive question. You know what it is, it haunts you at parties, lurks behind the wine […]