Articles from the ‘Interviews’ collection

A dancer midway up a very tall ladder in Grace Cathdral leans toward a light.

A Study of Surrender

Zaccho Dance Theatre artists Veronica Blair, Ciarra D’Onofrio, Suzanne Gallo, Saharla Vetsch, and Helen Wicks share how their upcoming aerial dance performance of "Love, a state of grace" at Grace Cathdral in San Francisco is a study of surrender, as well as how the apparatuses they dance on augment the meditative quality of the work.

January 10, 2022  |  Read Article

Two wheelchair dancers are in the foreground on stage and a clump of colorfully dancers make a shape together in the background.

Developing Disability Dance in South Korea

Young Mook Choi and Nanyoung Sim of Light Sound Friends, an organization in South Korea that supports dancers with disabilities, share their myriad programs that are changing the landscape of disability dance in South Korea.

January 3, 2022  |  Read Article

Natalie posed with one arm overhead and one arm to the side standing between two columns outside and wearing a sky blue long dress.

Promoting Persianate Dance

Natalie Nayun, a dancer, teacher, and the founder of Pomegranate Garden Dance, shares more about the dances of Central Asia including Persian, Afghan, Tajik, and Uzbek dance, and how her online platform has increased access to study these dance styles.

December 13, 2021  |  Read Article

Seven dancers in a clump onstage making various shapes

Building Fat Community Through Dance

Jessica Judd and Matilda St. John, co-directors of Big Moves and its performance company emFATic DANCE, discuss how Big Moves has supported and reflected the Bay Area fat community for more than 20 years.

November 29, 2021  |  Read Article