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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…
——– Two prominent questions I am asking myself right now: 1) Why does this festival format produce a different kind of creative environment than traditional…
We finished up our first week of Salt Dance Fest and are half-way through this year's festival. I am physically and mentally exhausted, but feeling…
Hot Mess I’m committed to a class called Hot Mess, taught by San Francisco Bay Area artist Alex Ketley. The class is an intimate size…
I am taking a class with Jennifer Nugent entitled "Imaginative-Sensitive-Articulate/The Subtleties of Partnering" every day during this year's festival. Female relationships and active, supportive female…

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