When Salsa Swipes Right on Somatics, There is a Match

Photo by David Poertner What if the digital space could be a reprieve, an alternate reality for postcolonial dance research? Perhaps now, working outside of institutional demands, brown perspectives can […]

A Movement of the Spirit

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

Dancers’ Group: Celebrating 30 Years

To help celebrate Dancers’ Group’s 30th anniversary this year, we have reached out to people to share a special remembrance. Throughout 2012 this publication will carry a few pieces per […]

UpSwing Aerial Dance Company: Summer Aerial Camp for kids

Experience the excitement of Aerial Dance and take your skills to new heights this summer at our weeklong Aerial Dance Camp. Led by expert instructor and company dancer, Chris Spiteri, […]

In Practice: Sean Dorsey, Fresh Meat Productions, and Trans Joy

As he looks back on 20 years of making and producing performance by trans, gender-nonconforming (GNC), two-spirit, and queer artists in the Bay Area and across the country, Sean Dorsey, Artistic Director of Sean Dorsey Dance (SDD) and founder of Fresh Meat Productions (FMP), is positively glowing.

SPEAK: Discovering the Power and Ability to Take Action

Photo by John Carnahan I am deeply immersed in contact improvisation and site-specific dance—exploring the possibilities/capabilities of my body in relationship to other bodies and in relationship to space/architecture. I […]

Ad Infinitum Identities: The work of Pseuda & Kim Ip

Pseuda can be seen from a stage, holding two metal chain ropes attached to the limbs of another body. A doll, a dancer, Kim Ip. It’s Halloween, 2015, at B4bel4b Gallery, and the audience doesn’t yet know that Kim and Pseuda are chained together until they begin to stretch away, the chains syncing a nexus between bodies.

IN THE SANDBOX: Sara Shelton Mann and a Career’s Worth of Collaborators Join in Erasing Time

CHOREOGRAPHERS WHO PERSEVERE and maintain a long career can find themselves wondering about history, legacy and influence. Hence, the retrospective. As a convention, it is generally more testimonial than inquiry […]

Create, Reflect, Advocate, Repeat

Jochelle Perena teaching at Luna Dance Institute / photo by Michael Ertem Dance Teaching Artist is my primary job and Professional Learning Manager, my secondary role at Luna Dance Institute. […]

Looping Back to San Francisco: Kim Epifano’s Web of Art Making

Recently returned from Mexicali, Mexico and currently preparing for her Home Season at the ODC Theater in June, Kim Epifano relishes traveling with the task of making art in another […]