Part One: Where Are You With Dance Right Now?

Eleven pre-professional teenage dancers were recently asked, “Where are you with dance right now?” This is the first half of their responses. They will be posed this question once a year for as long as they choose to respond, hopefully creating a chronicle of their growth through those pivotal years when young […]

September 12, 2013  |  Read Article

Where Are You With Dance Right Now?

By Emmaly Wiederholt I keep journals. It’s been, and will hopefully continue to be, a lifelong habit. I do it not so much as a way of pouring my heart out on a page, but as a way of documenting my life for myself. I often go back to read […]

September 9, 2013  |  Read Article

The Coolest People on Earth

By Katie Florez Jesus. Eminem. Tony Hawk. What do these three sexy men have in common? They all appear in a Google search of “Top Ten World’s Coolest People.” Well, you listen here thetoptens.com: The Bible, Eight Mile, and skateboards can’t beat the super-hero coolness that is the modern day […]

September 5, 2013  |  Read Article

This Dance is Still Being Made

By Katie Faulkner This morning I had coffee with a dear former student who, having just graduated from college, wanted to talk to me about all the things she should be doing to get a foothold in the San Francisco dance scene. I have been having a lot of these […]

August 29, 2013  |  Read Article

The Problem with Making It

By Kelvin Vu Last week, I packed my San Francisco life into two suitcases, one small duffel bag, and an even smaller backpack and moved across the world to start my first contracted dance job.  The journey took three flights and totaled more than twenty-four hours, but I arrived safe, […]

August 26, 2013  |  Read Article