San Francisco, CA - 11/11/08
No one has tackled the unique and urgent needs of artists as they grow old. While foundations and other funders have long directed their largesse to emerging and even mid-career artists, notably...More
San Francisco, CA - 10/27/08
“Every grand American accomplishment, every innovation that has benefited and enriched our lives, every lasting social transformation, everything that has from the start made America the world...More
San Francisco, CA - 10/08/08
In December 2007, I had the opportunity to travel with Mamady Keita to his native village of Balandougou in Guinea, West Africa. Mamady Keita is the most celebrated djembe player in the world....More
San Francisco, CA - 08/27/08
As a presenter for nearly 30 years now, the question I get asked by artists, more than any other, is, “How do I get my work presented?” Sometimes it’s directed specifically at me and my...More
Menlo Park, CA - 06/27/08
San Francisco Ballet is not exactly a start-up when it comes to cultural organizations. With balanced budgets for seventeen consecutive years and a just-concluded $45 million endowment campaign,...More
San Francisco, CA - 06/25/08
Upfront: here is my disclaimer and confession. I owe much to the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival (EDF), which marks 30 years of presenting this June. I have lived on all sides of the...More
San Francisco, CA - 05/19/08
If you want to experience the real Bay Area dance scene in all its breadth, depth, variety, and just-get-up-and-move wildness, you may have to come in the summer.
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“Artists are people who play hide-and-seek but do not know what they seek until they find it.” In a similar sense, teaching is a form of human action in which many of the ends achieved are...More
Los Angeles, CA - 04/30/08
After three years of running his own dance company, Bradley Michaud took a good, hard look at his accomplishments and asked himself a question. “Have I found my voice or am I stuck? I realized...More
San Francisco, CA - 04/15/08
Let’s face it, like it or not, traditional and ethnic dance forms around the globe are changing. I doubt there’s any dance style that’s performed exactly as it was 50 years ago. Dances forms...More