Writing philosophy
I approach my writing choreographically. I want it to move and, sometimes, be moving. It feels experimental. How can I translate the fleeting shapes, images, and evocations of live performance to the page? How can I invite the creators of the work as well as the audience to the dance in written form? How can I contribute meaningfully to the dance community by documenting some of their efforts?
Contact me if you are interested in hiring a dance writer! I am happy to preview, review, feature, and write opinion pieces about cultural dance phenomena.
MOST RECENT Writing
Sept 18, 2026 Four Decades of Dance is Emotional: Joe Goode Performance Group at 40
Apr 14, 2026 Good Medicine: A review and reflection of Lenora Lee Dance 1st New Works Festival
Mar 10, 2026 Soul Stories 3: A Review
Mar 3, 2026 Mia J. Chong is ODC
Feb 26, 2026 The Lady in the Black Dress Returns
Jan 2026 Moments from Match Girrl
Jan 15, 2026 The Energy of Yes: Sarah Crowell’s Many Moves
Jan 13, 2026 Go Forward in Ja’LUUM
Sept 23, 2025 Alonzo King LINES Ballet Transforms Grief into Movement
Sept 3, 2025 Local Choreographer Revives Site-Specific Sunset Dances
Aug 19, 2025 Detour Productions’s Pompeii Erupts with Fosse-Fueled Passion
Aug 5, 2025 ODC’s State of Play Stages Dance as Political Resistance
May 5, 2025: Margaret Jenkins’ Dance Company Sets a Stunning Wheel Spinning
March 3, 2025: Black Choreographers Festival Reveals a Vibrant Tapestry of Dance
October 9, 2023: Taking Up Room on the (Concert Dance) Floor
January 18, 2023: Ruminations on “We Are All Friends Here” by Molly Rose-Williams
October 15, 2022: Lasos: Reyes Dance
September 27, 2022: Watch Out for the Big Grrrls
SF Chronicle writing
March 2020: Weaving Spirits Festival to Feature Two-Spirit Performers
February 2020: Got the February Doldrums? Try the Black Choreographer’s Festival
January 2020: Review: Past and Future Collide in Dance Brigade’s Defiant “Butterfly Effect”
December 2019: Dance Festivals Find Creative Ways to Cultivate Community
November 2019: Dancing With a Ghost: Bay Area Artists Honor Merce Cunningham
November 2019: Dance Mission Celebrates 20 Years of Dancing by Moving Downton, For a Night
September 2019: Three words describe Non Stop Bhangra: So. Much. Fun
July 2019: Review: Fog Beast uses movement to mock corporate culture in ‘The Big Reveal’
June 2019: Shifting Time uses dance to Understand Movements of Glaciers and Inchworms
May 2019: Jo Kreiter’s “Wait Room” is a Dance of Welcome Defiance
April 2019: How to Move Through Bay Area Dance Week