Holding the Complexity of Hybridity

Megan Lowe, choreographer and director of Megan Lowe Dances in the Bay Area, highlights and celebrates mixed-race Asian American Pacific Islander experiences in her dance-theater work "Gathering Pieces of Peace."

August 7, 2023  |  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

Why Choose?

An Interview with Non-Binary Choreographer Syniva Whitney Syniva Whitney is an experimental choreographer and interdisciplinary performance artist. They make work inspired by their non-binary transgender and black multiracial identity. Embodiment practices, dance improvisation and sculptural choreographic techniques are a part of their method. Gender Tender is the name Syniva gave to their […]

July 30, 2018  |  Read Article

Connecting Beyond Demographic

An Interview with Marissa Brown BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT New York based dancer and choreographer Marissa Brown shares her desire to connect through dance and move beyond demographic labels. ~~ Where do you most commonly derive inspiration for your work? From personal, social or political matters (or a mix)? A big […]

February 23, 2017  |  Read Article