Four people sit onstage, one with a cane. The lighting is red, and a silvery set piece seems to swirl behind them.

Exploring How Performance is Experienced

Jess Curtis, an award-winning choreographer, performer, and scholar based in San Francisco and Berlin, shares how his career took a turn when he accepted a job in an interdisciplinary nouveau cirque company in France, and how he later established himself in Berlin while still running his company Jess Curtis/Gravity in the Bay Area.

February 10, 2022  |  Read Article

Erin: Space is A Privilege

For the past nine years, Erin has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year brought a renewed appreciation of space to move and of the lifelong journey that is dance.

August 2, 2021  |  Read Article

Erin: This Time Feels New

For the past eight years, Erin has been writing in every year, describing her life in dance. This year, she shares how the pandemic is new and scary terrain, and how she is thankful for the time to invest in a different way of being.

August 6, 2020  |  Read Article

Beyond Checking the Boxes

Jesse Bie, director of San Francisco’s STEAMROLLER Dance Company, reflects on his career and how queer and Asian American representation has evolved since he started working in the 90s.

March 26, 2020  |  Read Article