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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My Dance Week: Sara Lavan
I am the owner and director of Local Motion Studio in Alexandria, Virginia. I teach dance, Pilates, pre/postnatal fitness and barre. Additionally, I teach dance integration classes in a…
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Question for This Week: Deepening our Teaching Practice This Semester, Whether Teaching at the College Level, Teens, or Children
Q1 Light by Amber Heaton; amberheaton.com What’s going well? What are some of the highpoints of the semester so far? What has been the journey of this…
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Artist Profile #116: Jodi Melnick (New York, NY)
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Current city: NYC, NY Age: 52 Attended an arts high school? No, but my senior year was in a dance program, off site,…
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Becoming an Arts Administrator: ODC’s Administrative Fellowship Program
ODC in San Francisco now offers an Administrative Fellowship Program – connecting people with some of the resident artists to build skills working on marketing,…
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