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The Meaning of Hope in 2026

Looking forward to a year in which artists lead the way to truth.

Dec 31, 2025 • Rachel Howard

October 2025

SF Dance Film Festival opens tonight with Tiler Peck documentary

Profiling new festival artistic director and former SF Ballet soloist Garen Scribner in the SF Chronicle; plus an update about my dance writing in the…

Oct 24, 2025 • Rachel Howard

Big news at ODC, which means big news for West Coast dance

Plus my just-published review of Mia J. Chong's Eight/Moves and Alley Wilde.

Oct 1, 2025 • Rachel Howard

September 2025

Lines Ballet's Adji Cissoko

The company brings Alonzo King's healing "Deep River" back to San Francisco this week

Sep 17, 2025 • Rachel Howard

San Francisco Ballet should refuse to dance at the Kennedy Center: my op-ed out in SF Chronicle

An opportunity for pro-active solidarity.

Sep 8, 2025 • Rachel Howard

August 2025

Two Tour de Force Solos Open ODC Theater's State of Play Festival

Anchor San Francisco venue persists in face of attacks on NEA

Aug 3, 2025 • Rachel Howard

July 2025

Ugly cultures, beautiful countercultures, and this moment together

New reviews of ODC/Dance, SFDanceworks, and Ballet22, and State of Play festival on the radar.

Jul 24, 2025 • Rachel Howard

June 2025

What Diversity Makes Possible: Pacific Northwest Ballet in Rena Butler's new "Cracks"

Plus, on the radar, the choreographic return of KT Nelson at ODC/Dance, Ballet22, and SFDanceworks all coming next month.

Jun 19, 2025 • Rachel Howard

May 2025

LINES Ballet's collaboration with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire was made for this moment

Also, catching up on SF Ballet's 2026 season announcement, Margaret Jenkins's engrossing "Wheel," and the illegal and reprehensible rescinding of NEA…

May 12, 2025 • Rachel Howard

April 2025

SF Ballet's Season Closers (Full Review, No Paywall!) and ODC/Dance's Gala

Plus, Smuin Contemporary Ballet on the radar with new season announcement featuring Justin Peck work.

Apr 25, 2025 • Rachel Howard

Reviews: ODC/Dance and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Strange new works by Jamar Roberts and Sidra Bell, one fascinating and one frustrating--my reviews in the San Francisco Chronicle

Apr 11, 2025 • Rachel Howard

San Francisco Ballet's Hans van Manen Program

My review just out in the San Francisco Chronicle

Apr 6, 2025 • Rachel Howard

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