YOLO in the New Year

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY TRACEY TURNER I have an admission to make: I love the slogan YOLO. I don’t care if it sprung out of a rap song and became a kitschy mantra for millennials; I adopt it whole-heartedly. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, YOLO […]

January 1, 2015  |  Read Article

Unraveling Rolfing

BY ALINE WACHSMUTH Self-care is usually prescribed to relax, calm down and escape the hard work we endure (or impose upon ourselves) on a daily basis. A lot of the time, we utilize other people or practitioners to do this healing for us. We schedule to get a massage and […]

December 29, 2014  |  Read Article

Deck the Barres

BY MAGGIE STACK AND EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; RECORDING BY TREVOR DAVIS Deck the barres with sweaty t-shirts Fa la la la la la la la la Cry because your bunion still hurts Fa la la la la la la la la See your bulging muscles working Fa la la la la […]

December 25, 2014  |  Read Article

Ganesh Krishnan’s Story

BY LIZ BRENT This interview is part of Men Who Dance, an ongoing series that looks at the experiences of men in the field of dance. Ganesh Krishnan: I’m 30, and I’m an engineer like a lot of folks in the Bay Area. I’ve always loved dancing from when I was […]

December 22, 2014  |  Read Article

An Artistic Quandary

BY JAMIE RAY WRIGHT As a black man, I have been heartbroken and upset over the recent events in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island. It is one of a whole line of incidents that have become all too familiar to people of color in the United States. My most vivid […]

December 18, 2014  |  Read Article