Life as a Modern Dancer

Category: Choreographers

  • Biba Bell Breathes Life into Art: Deviating from Traditional Structures of Performance

    Cities of the Interior (2021)   Biba Bell Breathes Life into Art: Deviating from Traditional Structures of Performance By Camryn Eaglin Biba Bell morphs the shape of the artistic box that many of us feel expected to exist in. The standard forms of performance are nothing but a thing. As Biba breathes life into her…

  • Artist Profile #173: Robert Moses (San Francisco, CA)

    Robert Moses teaching. Photo by Peter Earl McCollough. Hometown: Philadelphia Current city: San Francisco Age: 58 College and degree: Bachelors of Arts, Cal State University Long Beach Website: RobertMosesKin.org How you pay the bills: Speaking, teaching, commissions, artistic direction All of the dance hats you wear: Dancer, Writer, Composer, Teacher, Speaker, Coach, Director ——— My…

  • Moving Truck: 5 Questions for Lauren Simpson

    What or who was the seed of inspiration to start Moving Truck, and how long was it from idea to exhibition? In Omaha, Nebraska everyone seems to have their own personal green space. Some lawns are sprawling, some are postage stamps, but most residences have at least a patch of grass. After living in concrete-covered…

  • Artist Profile #171: Raissa Simpson (San Francisco, CA)

    Photo: Matt Haber Hometown: Cleveland, OH/San Jose, CA Current city: San Francisco Age: 40ish College and degree: BFA in dance performance from SUNY Purchase Graduate school and degree: MFA in dramatic art (directing concentration) from UC Davis Website: pushdance.org How you pay the bills: Artistic Director of PUSH Dance Company All of the dance hats you wear: Accountant, Creative…

  • Dreaming/Preparing/Dancing: 1 Day until Let Slip the Witches with Bellwether Dance Project

    This week we are sharing several previews before the premiere of Let Slip the Witches, with Bellwether Dance Project, at the ODC Theater in San Francisco, April 4-6, 2019. We will hear from choreographer Amy Foley as well from her collaborators.   Please join us! Purchase your tickets here.   Photo by Stephen Texeira. Front,…

  • Elevate: a triple bill of female choreographers

    By Shana Simmons, Shana Simmons Dance Three choreographers, three creative minds, three cities. How does one put a tour together? With today's struggle for voice, exposure, trying to make your own way, and getting recognized in your field, performance opportunities are becoming more difficult to find while overcoming other challenges. We have to get creative…

  • Artist Profile #168: Tanya Chianese (Oakland, CA)

    Photo: Rob Best Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Current city: Oakland, CA Age: 30 College and degree: University of Oklahoma: BFA in Modern Dance, BA in Art History Website: www.kaneisee.org How you pay the bills: Choreography commissions, teaching dance to youth and adults, Summer Dance Lab Manager at Shawl-Anderson Dance Center All of the dance hats…

  • Dreaming/Preparing/Dancing: 3 Weeks until Impact, with Kristin Damrow & Company

    From Blog Director Jill Randall: Please join us for several posts with choreographer Kristin Damrow throughout the next 3 weeks, leading up to the premiere of Impact at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum in San Francisco, January 31-February 2, 2019. Purchase your tickets here. For the first post, I asked Kristin about…

  • Artist Profile #167: Lauren Simpson (San Francisco, CA)

    Photo by Robbie Sweeny Hometown: Mokena, IL Current city: San Francisco, CA Age: 35 College and degree:Carleton College, B.A. Anthropology/Sociology Graduate school and degree: University of Colorado-Boulder, M.F.A. (age 25-27), Harvard University, Ed.M. (age 27-28) Website: www.laurensimpsondance.com How you pay the bills: Teaching and residencies. My partner earns the majority of our household income. All of the dance hats…

  • Introducing Praxispace, An Innovative Online Community for Choreographers

    By Alexandra Beller “I wish!” “If only…” “Do you ever do these as online courses?” “Come to Kansas and teach this please…!” These are the comments I often get when I post on Facebook about an upcoming workshop. Even for New York-based artists, the ability to commit to a live workshop, weekly, at a set…