Bringing Stepping to the Stage

An Interview with C. Brian Williams, founder of Step Afrika! BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, PHOTOS BY JATI LINDSAY Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Here, founder C. Brian Williams shares the history of the company and how he helped evolve stepping from a […]

March 21, 2019  |  Read Article

Of Displacement, Diaspora and Dance

An Interview with Nadhi Thekkek and Rupy C. Tut BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Nadhi Thekkek is the founder/artistic director of Nava Dance Theatre, and Rupy C. Tut is a painter and calligrapher. Together, they are working on a project, Broken Seeds Still Grow: Taking Root, that explores the Partition of India […]

March 18, 2019  |  Read Article

Kinetech Arts Plays with Dance and Technology

An Interview with Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang of Kinetech Arts BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Daiane Lopes da Silva and Weidong Yang founded Kinetech Arts in 2013 to create performances that combine dance and science with the newest interactive technology. Based in San Francisco, the couple also hosts the annual […]

March 14, 2019  |  Read Article

Indigeneity and Identity

An Interview with Dakota Camacho BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Dakota Camacho is a multi-disciplinary artist from Låguas yan Gåni, the ancestral homeland of Matao/CHamoru people (Dominating culture calls this archipelago the Mariånas Islands). Dakota works in spaces of Indigenous performance, musical composition, community engagement, and education. Guiya (they) is also a co-founder […]

March 11, 2019  |  Read Article

Creating Hula in Response to Climate Change

An Interview with Patrick Makuakāne BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Patrick Makuakāne is the director of Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, a Bay Area-based dance company that blends traditional and contemporary forms of Hawaiian dance. He is presenting a new work that addresses climate change at Dance Mission Theater’s upcoming D.I.R.T. […]

March 7, 2019  |  Read Article