Several dancers onstage with legs close together and bent and one arm extended up while looking up.

On Her Dance Journey

Kozue Kasahara, a Japanese dance artist based in Los Angeles, shares her experience dancing under iconic Black female dance artists like Lula Washington and Karen McDonald.

March 24, 2025 | Read Article

Like ghosts, black and white abstract figures move in and out of a open-topped box with doorways.

Gaga & Permanent Records Roadhouse

Los Angeles-based writer and dancer Benjie Salazar evokes exploring movement in a studio during a rainstorm in their poem "Gaga & Permanent Records Roadhouse."

May 23, 2024 | Read Article

A dancer in a yellow shirt and blue skirt whips her braids to the side under dramatic lighting.

Dance as Social Action

Ana Maria Alvarez, director of Los Angeles-based CONTRA-TIEMPO, reflects on some of the company's history and influences as well as how the company draws on dances from the Afro-Latine diaspora.

April 1, 2024 | Read Article

Rukhmani dances with open arms in front of musicians. She wears a white flowing dress.

Building A Future for Kathak Dance

Rukhmani Mehta, cofounder and co-artistic director of Leela Dance Collective in Los Angeles, describes how she instigated The Leela Foundation to promote the viability of kathak dance and Hindustani music in the US.

January 15, 2024 | Read Article

Always Making and Being Made

Brittany Delany, a dance artist in Los Angeles, shares the many ways her life intersects with the performing arts, and how she views her work as always making and being made.

September 27, 2021 | Read Article