Scores for Improvising with Ancestors

Kevin O’Connor, a multidisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in collaboration, improvisation, community-engaged arts, somatics, ecology, and queer art practices, writes an ode to his “dancestor” Billy and makes suggestions for scores to improvise with one’s ancestors.

June 5, 2023  |  Read Article

Radical Aesthetics and the Winds of Change

Liz Duran Boubion, director/choreographer of Piñata Dance Collective and director of the Festival of Latin American Contemporary Choreographers in the Bay Area, meditates on how a residency in the Sonoran desert influenced her thoughts on death and political change.

April 10, 2023  |  Read Article

Coming Home

Aiano Nakagawa, a dance artist, educator, facilitator, writer, and event producer in the Bay Area, shares their story confronting and overcoming their body image inner demons.

January 23, 2023  |  Read Article

Dancing the Private Lives of Pilipinx Nurses

Kularts director Alleluia Panis, composer Joshua Icban, and dancer Jonathan Mercado discuss their upcoming production, Nursing These Wounds, a site-specific dance performance investigating the impact of colonization on Pilipinx health and caregiving through the lens of Pilipinx nurses’ history. 

October 10, 2022  |  Read Article

Felicitas: Taking The Leap

Felicitas has been checking in every year for 10 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she fully took the leap into being an independent freelance artist in the Bay Area.

September 5, 2022  |  Read Article