Welcome, Apr 2013

Every April, for the past six years, I have enjoyed traveling to Washington D.C. to participate in the national arts advocacy day convening, where I had the opportunity to meet […]

Welcome, May 2013

These days, I’m into watching. A happy voyeur sitting in a darkened room where I view bodies working out choreographic ideas that are complex, nuanced, big, bold–even messy. Ideas that […]

What We Talk About When We Talk About Traditional Arts: Speaking with Lily Kharrazi of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts

When many of us come to California, we come with the goal of embracing the new and leaving our histories behind us. Our state seems to be one of perpetual […]

Welcome, Sep 2012

It has been a busy summer. It started with me waking up one morning with a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen that became appendicitis and within a few […]

Collaboration as Beautiful Mystery: A Glimpse into Kim Epifano’s Botany’s Breath

Artistic collaboration is huge in today’s modern dance scene. And when something is so prevalent, there is a desire to categorize it; assign it a name and file it in […]

#15. Street Dance

Sat, Jun 22, 1pm In this Dance Discourse Project, moderator Samantha Giron talked with panelists Teela Shine Ross and Power Surge (Sergio Suarez) and explored different facets of street dance […]

10 Tips to Publicize Your Work

In a world where press, social media and electronic communications prevail and sometimes collide, there are more options than ever to promote or publicize who you are and what you […]

Dance Discourse Project #16

Judith Butler on Gender and Performativity Legendary gender, queer and performance theorist, Judith Butler, responded to contemporary Bay Area performance and explored resonances with her work. CounterPULSE’s Julie Phelps interviewed […]

A Conversation with Bill T. Jones

IN LATE AUGUST, I had the distinct honor of interviewing Bill T. Jones while he was enjoying a brief respite from his slate of touring, artistic direction and impresario-sized intellectual […]

Transitioning and Expanding: A Conversation with Yannis Adoniou and Tomi Paasonen

KUNST-STOFF = synthetic, plastic, artificial or unnatural KUNST = art, STOFF = things AFTER 15 YEARS of experimental art making in the Bay Area, Yannis Adoniou’s KUNST-STOFF Dance Company (KSDC) […]