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
Up and Away in Flagstaff
An Interview with Abby Chan of Dark Sky Aerial Dark Sky Aerial is an aerial dance theater company based in Flagstaff, Arizona, comprised of dancers, acrobats, actors, and artists working together to construct interactive worlds into which they invite their audience. Abby Chan, one of Dark Sky Aerial’s founders, discusses the […]
May 28, 2018 | Read Article
Dancing Of, By and For the People
An Interview with Anne Bluethenthal BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Anne Bluethenthal is a dancer and choreographer in the Bay Area, and artistic director of ABD Productions and the Skywatchers Program, which brings residents of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District into partnership with professional artists to create multi-disciplinary, site-specific performance installations that amplify […]
December 11, 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
Dancing From San Francisco to Amsterdam
Gretchen Garnett is a dance artist currently based in Amsterdam. Previously, she lived and worked in San Francisco on a project-to-project basis for different choreographers and companies, as well as ran her own company, Gretchen Garnett & Dancers. She shares her observations on the different dance cultures of the two […]
November 14, 2016 | Read Article