Images as Inspiration

In 2013, choreographers Christy Funsch and Peiling Kao held a performance in the former Meridian Gallery on Powell Street, where they danced in response to new paintings by British postmodernist Abby […]

New View: Sean Bennett

Tell us about your artistic practice and/or background. I’m a corps de ballet dancer with SF Ballet and I began studying ballet at the age of eight here, through the […]

Did You Know? Kathy Mata Ballet

For the past 28 years, Kathy Mata Ballet (KMB) has been providing free dance performances to San Francisco seniors and others through partnerships with local community organizations. Dancers’ Group asked […]

Dance Discourse Project #22

Dance Discourse Project 22:  animal, human, posthuman Mon, Mar 28, 2o16 7:30pm CounterPulse, 80 Turk St, SF FREE Taxonomies have boxed in humans (and in particular certain humans) as separate […]

Welcome

Theatrical delights abound in so many unexpected places. Some of the best theater-like moments can come from children. Especially when they respond to the sudden stops and starts, jerks and lurches, […]

Activating National and Local Connections to Further Physically Integrated Dance

For the first time in the United States, a national convening on the future of physically integrated dance took place earlier this year. This event, held over three days in […]

In the Bag

I was driving to radiation for breast cancer when I heard an interview with Eve Ensler, feminist, playwright, performer, social activist. The title of Eve’s interview was “The Body After Cancer.” […]

Building Sisterhood Through Movement

Nava Dance Collective, photo by Laura Soriano A cooperative with multiple contributors. An array of artistic perspectives and voices. A desire for an alternative, more egalitarian structure. A common passion for […]

SPEAK: Taking Action

Defeated and despondent, I spent the months between the 2016 presidential election and inauguration on January 20, 2017 commiserating with friends, and evaluating my level of political engagement. I’d voted […]

Welcome

Someplace, else Over dinner with my best friend Danelia, who is an outdoor educator and leader, I expressed a desire to leave San Francisco for some ‘nature therapy.’ I shared […]