Contemporary Dance through a Latin American Lens

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT This article is part of a series on contemporary dance and its extended implications. Liz Durán Boubion is a Bay Area dancer/choreographer, artistic director of the Piñata Dance Collective, and a second generation Mexican American. A few years ago, she went to Mexico for an artistic residency, and […]

December 5, 2016  |  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

Stubborn and Strong: An Interview with Deborah Slater

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING Deborah was quick. Her wit was razor-sharp. Though she spoke and moved circuitously, she was never far from her point. She dropped into her art like a stone into a pool. It was as natural to her as breathing, questioning or engaging. In […]

November 2, 2016  |  Read Article

Balance is Not a Still Point: An Interview with Valerie Baadh Garrett

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREGORY BARTNING It was one of those serendipitous mornings in San Francisco when the fog half lifts over the Golden Gate Bridge, casting an effervescence on the surrounding beaches. Valerie dived into movement the way a wave dives into itself. The sand rode the pull […]

October 19, 2016  |  Read Article

Who Gets to Have a Voice?

An Interview with Kathryn Roszak BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Kathryn Roszak is a ballet choreographer based in the Bay Area. This past year, she spearheaded the inaugural women ballet choreographers residency through the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. She shared with me her perspective on the trials women in ballet face in […]

September 8, 2016  |  Read Article