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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…
Name: Tanya Chianese City: San Francisco Bay Area, CA Teaching artist statement: Teaching movement deeply connects me to dance and my community more than…
Photo: Kate Enright Name: Ashley Thorndike-Youssef City: Washington, DC Teaching artist statement: I teach to know. Creatively, personally, politically, I’m interested in the interplay—the…
If you really enjoy reading blogs – whether about dance, education, design, food, or parenting – the website Bloglovin can help you organize your weekly reading. It…
Photo: Roz Newmark The Learning Environment Has Kept Me Whole: An Interview with Abby Fiat ———————————— Abby Fiat, MFA, is a Professor Emerita of Modern…

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