One More Rung

Editorial Note: Each August for the past five years, I’ve asked dance artists at different points in their careers what “making it” means to them. Please join us this month in looking at what “making it” means as a dancer, artist and human. BY KRISTIN DAMROW There has always been a competitive streak […]

August 7, 2017  |  Read Article

Actions and Iterations of An Indigenous Female-Led Future

BY JACQUELINE SHEA MURPHY This past July at the New Moon Ceremony in Berkeley, California – which was called for in the “Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth” treaty – treaty signer Pennie Opal Plant spoke of two things needed in this time of planetary crisis. We need […]

August 3, 2017  |  Read Article

Using Dance to Heal

An Interview with Marybeth Weinstock BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Marybeth Weinstock has a PhD in Clinical Psychology, a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy, and has been practicing since the 1980s. She currently lives in Pacific Grove, California where she runs a private practice, though she has lived and worked on both […]

March 2, 2017  |  Read Article

Revealing Hip Hop Dance’s Potential

An Interview with Kim Sims-Battiste BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kim Sims-Battiste is the executive director of Culture Shock Oakland, a hip-hop dance organization dedicated to innovative performance, artist development and community enrichment. In this interview, Kim shares the power and potential hip hop has to foster community across many realms. ~~ […]

February 27, 2017  |  Read Article

Creating Happier, More Just Communities Through Dance

An Interview with Sarah Crowell Sarah Crowell has worked at Destiny Arts Center—an Oakland-based organization that exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people—since 1990 as a dance teacher, artistic director, workshop facilitator and program development director, and served as the organization’s executive director from […]

February 13, 2017  |  Read Article