An Interview with Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakāne

By Emmaly Wiederholt, painting by Julia Cost I witnessed hula for the first time a few years back at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. The lush sensual movements paired with the evident deep sense of purpose the dancers carried themselves with made it obvious to me that hula was […]

February 25, 2013  |  Read Article

An Interview with Anthony Rizzi

Of the many interviews I’ve conducted, former Forsythe dancer Anthony (Tony) Rizzi is perhaps one of my favorites thus far. I was asked to interview him for the January/February 2013 publication of In Dance. Tony and I talked for a good half hour, resulting in over 3000 words after I […]

January 21, 2013  |  Read Article

An Interview with Ikolo Griffin

Professional ballet dancer Ikolo Griffin has developed a workshop, Just Turns, which focuses specifically on the art of turning. The emphasis on a particular facet (turns) of a particular kind of dance (ballet) has provided a unique setting for intensive training. In a recent workshop, the six attendees ranged from […]

December 17, 2012  |  Read Article

An Interview with Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton

Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton are a cut different than usual collaborators. In addition to collaborating choreographically, they are life partners. Their current show, “Angles of Enchantment,” is yet another in a string of dance collaborations over the past few years. I spoke with them to learn more about the […]

November 26, 2012  |  Read Article

An Interview with Accompanist Eli Nelson

Back in 2006 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance summer program, I was dumbfounded when I first took a ballet class accompanied by Eli Nelson. After years of ballet accompaniment being equivalent to piano renditions of Swan Lake, I was floored when Eli started shredding on the guitar during […]

October 22, 2012  |  Read Article