2019 Dance Horoscopes

Can you believe it’s already 2019?! Will it be a year full of well-paid teaching jobs and international residencies, or will toe fungus bother you incessantly? Will you finally be granted serious funding, or will your choreographic arch nemesis soil your good name by posting embarrassing videos of you on […]

December 27, 2018  |  Read Article

Flockin’ Around the Tutu Tree

In keeping with our yearly tradition, we present the lyrics of a popular Christmas song, rewritten dancer-style. Sing along to the tune of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree!” ~~ Flockin’ around the tutu tree See the costumes piled high Tulle as fluffy as bunny fur And it’s stacked up to […]

December 20, 2018  |  Read Article

A Festival of Reckoning

An Interview with Kathleen Hermesdorf BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOS BY ROBBIE SWEENY Kathleen Hermesdorf is the founder and director of the FRESH Festival in San Francisco each January, which features nearly a month of experimental dance, music and performance. This coming festival, she will premier her new piece, Reckoning, to […]

December 17, 2018  |  Read Article

Promoting the Right to Dance

An Interview with Susan Koff BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Dr. Susan Koff is chair of Dance and the Child International (daCi), an organization that believes that every child has the right to dance. Through an extensive network of dance professionals in 18 countries, daCi helps create possibilities for children and young […]

December 13, 2018  |  Read Article

Choreographing Resistance

An Interview with Raissa Simpson Raissa Simpson is a San Francisco based choreographer and the artistic director of PUSH Dance Company, which uses contemporary dance to vivify the stories of individuals from unique and overlooked communities. Raissa shares the challenges she faces as an African American mixed ancestry choreographer in […]

December 10, 2018  |  Read Article