A Diverse Career in the Corps de Ballet: With San Francisco Ballet’s Alexandra McCullagh Newman and Gaetano Amico III

At the age of three, Alexandra McCullagh Newman saw her first Nutcracker— immediately, she was in love. Fast forward a few years, and McCullagh Newman was well-immersed in the dance […]

Dana Reitz: The Silent Innovator Comes to the Bay Area

Quick, name the top three dance performances you’ve ever seen. Mine come to mind easily. They are, in reverse order: 3. Rudolph Nureyev in Valery Panov’s The Idiot based on […]

Participating Artists

Amara Tabor-Smith is a San Francisco NATIVE. Born on Majestic Ave, raised on Castro St. She is a dancer because of ED MOCK who taught her about music, spirit, love, […]

A Legacy of Innovation Within Tradition: Talking About Creating New Work with Celine Schein and Rachna Nivas

I am in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco visiting the administrative offices of the Chitresh Das Dance Company (CDDC) and Chhandam School of Kathak, founded by dancer, choreographer and […]

Welcome, March 2013

In 1975 I walked into a studio in Cupertino, California to take my first dance class, a tap class taught by Pam East, and I immediately felt at home. Amidst […]

Collaborative Improvisation in Media and Dance

Erika Tsimbrovsky and Avy K Productions place visual art on equal footing with music and dance, creating a perfect environment for exploring the relationship between movement and image. Performances are […]

Double Visions

This past June I attended two professional events that offered their shares of stimulation and stupefaction. This year’s Dance Critics Association conference, which I have attended for many years , […]

Inspirations and Obsessions: A Conversation with Dancers’ Group’s New Program Director

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

Why Re-Cycle ATLACUALO?

By José Navarrete Atlacualo: The Ceasing of Water is a multidisciplinary performance work that I created with Violeta Luna. It has been presented in two places: Eastside Arts Alliance in […]

Edinburgh or Bust: Getting to the Fringe Festival

There are Fringe Festivals in almost every major city in the US (I’ve counted 16) and in many countries across the world. These theatrical extravaganzas celebrate unbridled creativity, uninhibited performance, […]