Celebrating the Jazz Tradition

An Interview with Pat Taylor Pat Taylor is the artistic director and choreographer of the JazzAntiqua Dance & Music Ensemble. Based out of Los Angeles, the company celebrates the jazz tradition as a vital thread in the cultural fabric of African American history and heritage, and a defining element of […]

February 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Where Multifaceted Meets Multidisciplinary

An Interview with Karen Sherman Karen Sherman is a dancemaker whose work draws upon her background in dance, writing, theater, music, and the handyman arts. Her experience working in nearly every facet of arts production – as a technical director, production manager, stage technician, and scenic/sound designer – also informs […]

February 7, 2019  |  Read Article

Bringing Bharatanatyam to Hong Kong

An Interview with Oxana Banshikova Oxana Banshikova is a Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher based in Hong Kong. She began Cosmic Dance in 2009 to share her love of Indian classical dance with her Chinese community. Here, she reflects on her experience, and how Bharatanatyam is accepted and enjoyed across cultures. […]

February 4, 2019  |  Read Article

The Shaping of a Piece

A Series of Interviews with Kim Epifano BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kim Epifano is a Bay Area choreographer who was awarded a five-week residency through a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship in Genoa, Italy last Nov/Dec 2018. Her residency focused on developing an evening-length site-specific work, Rock e Malta, which investigates her Italian […]

January 31, 2019  |  Read Article

Intersections of Dance and Technology

An Interview with Catie Cuan Catie Cuan is a performer, choreographer, and technologist. She is a 2018 TED Resident, ThoughtWorks Arts Resident, and the Artist-in-Residence at the Robotics, Automation, and Dance Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford […]

January 28, 2019  |  Read Article