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  From Blog Director Jill Randall: Lately, I have been thinking about dance writing and dance publicity. How do we share/invite/entice/preview a work for our potential audience members? Along with San Francisco Bay Area artists Tanya Chianese and Heather Arnett, we are playing with this idea for the 7 days leading up to their show, Nevertheless,…

Each month in 2018, we are highlighting one dance writing site. In January, we took a weekly read of Dance Tabs; February focused on loveDANCEmore. In March, we explored The Dance Enthusiast. Throughout April, we want to delve deeper into thinkingdance.net. Initial impressions: I have read pieces over the years and have been impressed with thINKingDANCE's initiative and vision…

From Blog Director Jill Randall: Hello and Happy Spring! As the calendar turns to the month of April, and with a bit of sun on my face, I thought it would be a great day to offer a few musings on the topic of wellness. —– In some recent posts on the blog, I asked…

Eddie Martinez. Photo by Claudia Scheer van Erp. Seventeen posts for the month of March! Catching up with Eddie Martinez, a longtime dancer with Pina Bausch. Musings on unison. Pulling this thread forward and onward in 2018 about dance writing. Gratitude and wellness practices for artists, and a weekly feature this year on every state in…

  Back in January, University of Utah professor Molly Heller shared about an exciting and innovative Wellness Immersion planned for the dance program. A few weeks post-event, we hear thoughts from a student, guest teacher, and Molly herself.   From Aileen Norris, a junior in the Modern Program and a wellness intern for the week:…

Eddie Martinez first wrote an artist profile for the blog in February 2015. This week, we are excited to catch up with him three years later. Photo by Claudia Scheer van Erp  Perhaps, I should start with what has absolutely not changed – my unwavering respect and admiration for the work of Pina Bausch. Sometimes I…

Each month in 2018, we are highlighting one dance writing site. In January, we took a weekly read of Dance Tabs; February focused on loveDANCEmore. For March, we are excited to learn more about dance-enthusiast.com. Initial impressions: I actually know nothing about this site and have never looked at it until today. A colleague recommended it for…

Molly Rose-Williams and Aviva Rose-Williams in 8x8x8. Photo by Kaveri Seth. Read the CriticalMasses piece here. —– Artist Profile #165: Shirley Ririe (Salt Lake City, UT) Becoming an Arts Administrator: 5 Questions for Julia Davidson (Minneapolis, MN)  —– My Dance Week: Teaching Full-Time in a Public Middle School (Amber Johnson, Florida) My Dance Week: Teaching…

The 2018 Artists’ Gratitude Project: A Weekly Practice The potential for positivity, hope, change, and appreciation. Do you feel the dichotomy? Many artists come from an upbringing of extensive support and opportunity – with training, classes, private lessons, workshops, mentors, supplies, and equipment. Many go onto colleges, conservatories, and masters programs. Yet, as artists in…

My name is Jennifer Smith. I am the dance teacher at Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito, California, a city across the bay from San Francisco. I have a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree in Kinesiology from Saint Mary's College of California, and a Physical Education…