Life as a Modern Dancer
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In View: Carmina Burana with Dana Lawton DancesBy Jill Randall Grace Cathedral, San FranciscoApril 19, 2026 A year ago, I got to witness Dana Lawton Dances’ premiere of Carmina Burana at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. That was only my second time ever at Grace, so there was much…
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Dancing and Reflecting: Dancers in Their 40s (Tami Stronach, Jennifer Edwards, Christy Funsch, and Linda Carr)
Tami Stronach, Paper Canoe Theater Company From Tami Stronach (Brooklyn, NY): My 40s: At the end of my 30s I enrolled in grad school because…
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Making Dance and Giving It Away: Cid Pearlman Performance’s Year of Free
Economies of Effort: 3. Photo credit: Beau Saunders Making Dance and Giving It Away By Cid Pearlman I’ve been making and producing dances for about…
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Becoming an Arts Administrator: Five Questions for Ashley Peters of Gibney Dance
Photo: Scott Shaw Can you talk about your role as Accounts Manager and HR Staff Liaison? How many hours a week do you work, and what are your…
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Resources and Reading Material: Teaching at the High School Level
Angela Demmel Inspired by a meeting this week in Berkeley with teaching artists working in high schools, I have gathered together various posts about this…
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