Two dancers sit on the floor wearing huge white tulle skirts and making gestures with their arms.

What the Hell Happened in San Francisco?

Emmaly Wiederholt shares her experience creating and performing a piece with her longtime friend Malinda LaVelle that wrestles with the idealism, dreams, and disillusionment of pursuing dance.

June 23, 2025  |  Read Article

Two dancers jump and throw rice on a stage covered with rice. Strands of rice fall around them.

Bridging US and Peruvian Immigration Stories

Peruvian dance artist Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodriguez teams up with Lenora Lee Dance in San Francisco to present "A Bridge to Now," a collaboration between US and Peruvian dancers expanding perspectives on Chinese immigration in the Americas.

February 24, 2025  |  Read Article

A light-skinned dancer wearing blue pants and a silver tank-top leans their body backwards while kneeling on a blue mat. Their long brown hair, tied back in a low pony-tail, drapes towards the floor as their left arm reaches gently forwards.

Erin: Considering Sustainability

Erin has been checking in with Stance on Dance every year for 12 years, sharing where dance has taken her each year. This year she expanded her nonprofit Dragons Dance and considered sustainability in her dance/movement practice.

August 5, 2024  |  Read Article

A dancer in a studio is low on her knee and foot, looking upward.

Ephemeral Anthologies

Bay Area-based Robert Moses' KIN's upcoming show deals with issues of silence and censorship. Robert Moses speaks about how he’s approaching this project as an anthology, and the guest choreographers share what this subject matter means to them.

March 11, 2024  |  Read Article