Have you ever played exquisite corpse? It’s a drawing and writing game where each participant adds a sentence and image to a story, based only off of what was drawn or written immediately before. The end result is usually as wacky as it is interesting. Now stretch your mind a little bit, and imagine the […]
Our November cover stars, choreographers extraordinaire and married lovebirds Keone and Mari Madrid are working on a new video series called “Water.” (Still from “Water Pt. 1”) The two have talked a lot about their Christian faith and how it features in their choreo and dancing, and the “Water” videos are clearly a testament to […]
Hi SF! Sometimes we dancers overlook your awesome, innovative dance scene because we’re too focused on what’s going on in NYC and L.A. But nothing helps us zoom in on the city by the bay better than the annual San Francisco Dance Film Festival. Every day I’m…jumping in a desert filled with balloons. (Differ.e.n.t., directed […]
As you guys know, navigating the tricky social strata of your school and dance studio can be overwhelming. Sometimes, being mean can feel like the easiest way to get people onto your side, or get someone else to leave you alone. But it’s never okay to treat others with cruelty, even if—especially if—everyone else is […]
Is filmmaker Tarik Abdel-Gawad’s “experiment” the future of dance on camera? He recently made a dance film with San Francisco Ballet principals Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boada, using robots to track their movements. I’m obsessed with all things Masha, so even if this film was a flop I still would have watched it. However, not […]