AXIS’ Scope: What Lies Ahead

Three years ago I had the opportunity to dance with AXIS as a community dancer in David Dorfman’s Light Shelter. The experience was pivotal. Coming from a dance background steeped […]

Welcome

Certain daily moments can be summed up with a few, carefully chosen words. As a child of television, mine are often titles of soap operas. The Guiding Light. As the […]

KEEPING THE PEACE BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL AND THE MODERN: Speaking with Hula Master Patrick Makuakane

CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER AND KUMU HULA (master teacher) Patrick Makuakane is a dynamo of thoughtful energy and good-natured cheer. Speaking with him in a coffee shop near his home in Potrero Hill, I was […]

Searching for the Right Mix; WestWave Dance Festival 2007

A staple of the Bay Area’s summer dance scene for 16 years, the WestWave Dance Festival (WWDF) is preparing for its 2007 season at Project Artaud Theater. Once again, the […]

Review: San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest

A certain palpable energy was humming through the audience at the Palace of Fine Arts on Sunday, November 19th, where Micaya’s San Francisco Hip Hop DanceFest played host all weekend […]

Purple Moon Dance Project Turns Spotlight on Lesbian and Women of Color Artists

I came to know the work of the Purple Moon Dance Project within the first few weeks of moving to San Francisco in 2000. Everything was different then: I had […]

Embracing Fat: Technique, Performance and Movement Innovation

The following article is the first in a three-part series on body image and dance. Look for Part II in June and Part III in the July/August issue of In Dance

The Pleasures of Returning to School; The MFA Program in Choreography at UC Davis

Many mid-career dance artists reach a moment in their careers when the next step is not apparent. Dance is not a career that is easily left behind. It is a […]

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 […]

The Year in Bay Area Dance, Dec 2008

As a way to close out another year ‘in dance,’ we take a look back at some of the memorable moments of 2008. We asked what you felt were the […]