We Write Ourselves as We Move

I was born in the early 1980s in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, to a nurse and a lawyer.

Summer 2021

Read the digital edition: Summer 2021 In Dance For all content, including incredible images, videos, and profiles of Bay Area dance artists and organizations read in the Flipping Book above. […]

A Ladder To Anna

Photo by Shinichi Iova-Koga I climb an extension ladder placed in the patio below my mother’s balcony, while she sits in her wheelchair looking down at me. This is how […]

In Practice: 40 Years of Abhinaya Dance Company of San José

Joyful movement exhibited through Nritta in Bharatanatyam, photo by Santhosh Selvaraj At one point during our Zoom interview, Mythili Kumar, multi-award-winning Founder, Artistic Director, and matriarchal authority of Abhinaya Dance Company of San José, […]

In Practice: Photographer Pak Han

little seismic dance company, photo by Pak Han My father is a photographer, and growing up, whenever I was minding my own business, doing my homework or vaccinating my stuffed […]

Welcome

I always wanted to be a dancer, even before I knew what being a dancer was or might mean. Dreams become facts. The human body is on a 24-hour-a-day schedule […]

Perfect Pairings: RAWdance Celebrates 10 years with Love and Math

Let’s compare math and love. They couldn’t be more different, right? One conjures up a set of steps, with a clear set of definitions and answers. The other is non-linear […]

Dance Discourse Project #8

Dance in Pop Culture: How do YouTube and “So You Think You Can Dance” both help and hinder? Dance Discourse Project #8 delved into the popping of contemporary dance – […]

Did You Know? Highlighting the Activities of Artists/Organizations in Our Region: The Academy of Danse Libre

In 1996, a group of 24 intrepid dancers, many of whom were alumni of Stanford’s Vintage Dance Ensemble led by dance historian Richard Powers, formed a new performance group. The name “The Academy […]

Just Out of Reach: The Art of the Company History, Mar 2008

Capturing dance, if not purely impossible, is at least like hunting butterflies: a fragile art, with many beautiful frustrations. Once you pin it down, its motion has been stilled, and […]