Carreno’s Ballet San Jose November 18, 2013 1 Comments The revelation of Ballet San Jose’s gala Saturday was Joseph Gatti and Adiarys Almeida in the Le...
Quick Thoughts on Jerome Bel November 14, 2013 0 Comments Thoroughly enjoyed Jerome Bel’s “The Show Must Go On” (2005) at Stanford...
Irony and Sincerity, NDT and LINES November 2, 2013 1 Comments Nederlands Dans Theater at UC Berkeley’s Cal Performances, 10/24/13 LINES Ballet at the...
Randee Paufve’s “Soil” October 18, 2013 0 Comments Paufve Dance “Soil” October 12th, 2013 Like Kate Weare, who has become a rising star on the New...
October 11, 2013 0 Comments I reviewed two dance shows for the Chronicle the weekend of October 5th, and had the great...
October 3, 2013 0 Comments I’ve been doing a fair bit of dance writing for the SF Chronicle lately. I wrote a preview...
Returning, Reentry, and Risk August 6, 2013 3 Comments It wasn’t a month into my two years teaching at a small college in North Carolina before I...
May 26, 2013 2 Comments As I was packing our whole apartment to move from North Carolina back to California, I looked at...
Go On and Hate Me: The Remarkable Handling of Pity in Jean Rhys’ Voyage in the Dark February 11, 2013 2 Comments I have a craft essay on Jean Rhys’ “Voyage in the Dark” now up at Fiction...
Screaming Essays that Sing January 31, 2013 0 Comments I reviewed Elena Passarello’s “Let Me Clear My Throat” for the Rumpus...
Rounding the Bend January 20, 2013 0 Comments On New Year’s day here in Swannanoa, North Carolina, my husband Dave and I turned to each other...
Fiction Techniques for Literary Journalism December 6, 2012 0 Comments I had such an inspiring time at UC Berkeley’s “East Meets West” journalism...