Finding the Way: Kumu Hula Makuakane Choreographs the Story of Ancestral Navigation

When World Arts West executive director Julie Mushet approached Patrick Makuakane with the idea of commissioning a dance piece based on Hawaiian astronomy and Maui, the ancestral Polynesian navigator, the […]

Arts and Politics: Where are We?

“Every grand American accomplishment, every innovation that has benefited and enriched our lives, every lasting social transformation, everything that has from the start made America the world capital of hope, […]

Dance Theater on the Eve of the Election

“It’s just been very intriguing to me, I didn’t plan it this way: it always seems as if the support and the interest of the venues seem to come forward […]

Vision, Strength and Stamina: AXIS and Lily Cai celebrate 20 years, Nov 2008

The Bay Area dance scene could be characterized in any number of terms. “Experimental” and “rich” come to mind. In less flattering terms (and with no intent to offend), I’ve […]

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 […]

What Inspires You?

Wanting a bit of winter inspiration, Dancers’ Group sent a request to a variety of dancers, administrators, choreographers, designers, artistic directors, funders, and even some politicians, asking them to respond […]

Opening the Boxes

For some reason I have always been drawn to the rough spaces in theaters. There is a mood within these spaces that is rich with history, objects, technologies and stories […]

Fear Factor: Epifano, Jan 2007

Previews of Epiphany Productions’ production “Fears of Your Life,” a collaboration with Sonic Dance Theater, AXIS Dance Company, and Creativity Explored to be performed at YBCA in February 2007.

Lighting Artists in Dance

Announcing the 2019 Lighting Artists for Dance Grant Recipients In its 12th year, the Lighting Artists in Dance program provides lighting designers access to funds that will support artistic collaborations with […]

We All Live in Humansville

Review: Joe Goode Performance Group, “Humansville,” May 31, 2007, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts