Gary Masters and Marie Basile Continue to Pay Tribute to Dance’s Past and Future

Not long ago, we said farewell to 2014 and welcomed in a new year. For some, this shift is just a passage of time, devoid of any special meaning. For […]

The Diversity of Authorship: In Conversation with Hope Mohr

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE AUTHOR? How many times have you been asked this classic ‘get to know you’ question? Perhaps it was on a first date, at a new job, […]

My Love Affair with Carnaval

FACETED SEQUINS glimmering in the light, beads feverishly shaking, infectious mechanical rhythms keeping time, deep pounding heart beats, glistening bronzed skin. Thousands of synchronized arms and legs moving in unison. Dizzying […]

Welcome

IN MY OFFICE RESIDE A RANGE OF BOOKS that fill me with ideas of how to think about concepts like community engagement, management, data collection, and such. And of course, I have […]

Speak: Place for Family in Dance

My work is greatly inspired and impacted by my family. Three years ago, my parents immigrated to the US from Japan to live with me and to continue pursuing their […]

ORGANIZED CHAOS: Lenora Lee’s Fire of Freedom Tackles PTSD

GROWING FROM A RESIDENCY on the tiny black box stage at The Garage in San Francisco to large-scale site-specific works that incorporate film, martial arts, text, and installation elements, Lenora […]

What We Talk About When We Talk About Year-End Appeals

LET’S LOOK AT end-of-year donor appeals the way a journalist would: who, what, when, where, why, and how. The “why” should be pretty obvious: the tax year is coming to […]

Finding Tap in the Bay Area

THE NOVEMBER 2015 In Dance article, Finding Flamenco by Heather DeSaulniers, inspired me to focus my own research on a unique dance form, therefore I have pulled together a variety […]

Welcome, October 2014

WHILE IT SEEMS UNDENIABLE that a plethora of dance takes place in the San Francisco Bay Area, when I speak to funders, or politicians, or friends, or recent transplants, or even other […]

CubaCaribe Festival Embraces Change

In a March 15, 2015 essay, “Growing Pains in Cuban Dance,” The New Yorker magazine’s critic Joan Acocella raised a timely question. “What effect,” she asked, “will Obama’s easing of trade […]