Hello Dance Lovers! It’s been nine days since State of Play closed and I feel like I’m still coming down from the incredible two weeks of live art, conversation, and community. A deep thank you to all who showed up, showed out, and contributed to the festival experience. Reviews of…

Rachel Abair How do you react when things don’t go as planned or when life is full of change? In this workshop, resident physicians in the UCSF Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Tiana Woolridge and Dr. Faustine Ramirez, will share their experience with mental illness during their time as NCAA Division…

Sima Belmar Listen to the episode here and check out our latest episode below👇 Sima Belmar: … tableau, and then we start. Is that what’s supposed to happen? Okay, great. Welcome to Dance Cast. I’m your host, Sima Belmar. Today’s episode is a live recording of a conversation between…

Garth Grimball What’s happening to Tom Petty? He’s so far away. Like two football fields. He’s a speck of sound. A most familiar melody morphing into a vibrating color. Oh, wait. It’s the acid. I’m tripping. So began the most lysergic night of my life. In June 2006, a week…

Kathryn Florez “Well this is different,” was my first thought walking into ODC Theater, a place I’ve entered hundreds of times. My appreciation for the aesthetic choices in Emily Hansel’s choreographic premiere, “Four by Four,” continued throughout the evening. The stage was covered in a light gray marley with the…

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Sima Belmar Listen to the episode here and check out our latest episode below👇 Sima Belmar: Welcome to Dance Cast, I’m your host Sima Belmar. Today, I’m talking with Phil Chan. Along with Georgina Pazcoguin, Phil founded Final Bow for Yellowface, which began with a simple pledge: “I love…

Chloë L. Zimberg Stepping into the role of Creative Director during a pandemic came with a lot of moving parts.

Sima Belmar Listen to the episode here and check out our latest episode below👇 Sima Belmar: Welcome to Dance Cast. I’m your host, Sima Belmar. Just this year, a book came out called The Oxford Handbook of Jewishness and Dance, which is perfect timing for this conversation because just…