A Dance to Understand Cancer

Bay Area director/choreographer Lenora Lee describes how she created "In the Skin of Her Hands" by gathering interviews with breast cancer survivors and combining them with contemporary and aerial dance.

October 28, 2019  |  Read Article

“Making It” in The Moment

Raisa Punkii, a San Francisco-based dance artist from Finland, defines the ways she has "made it" in dance on her own terms.

October 7, 2019  |  Read Article

“Meanwhile, We Keep Dancing”

After sustaining a serious injury, Bay Area dance artist Rebecca Morris assesses her past and future through the lens of "making it" in dance.

October 3, 2019  |  Read Article

Decentering Sight through Dance

Choreographer Jess Curtis' new work "(in)Visible" seeks to dislocate vision from the center of the experience of dance. He and his collaborators Sophia Neises and Tiffany Taylor discuss how the piece is functionally and artistically accessible for people with vision impairments.

September 30, 2019  |  Read Article

Shikataganai: A Message of Hope

Yayoi Kambara, a contemporary choreographer in the Bay Area, discusses her upcoming piece, "Shikataganai," which translates from Japanese to English as “that which cannot be helped.” The piece explores the profound cultural change she’s experienced in the Bay Area over the past decade.

September 12, 2019  |  Read Article