Mary Carbonara, Author at 48 hills

Dance

With CubaCaribe Fest, an explosion of necessary joy and resistance

June 2, 2024

18th colorful installment will honor revolutionary expressions of culture across the Afro-Caribbean diaspora.

Dance

‘The People’s Palace’ injects missing diversity into City Hall’s storied architecture

May 7, 2024

Choreographer Joanna Haigood of Zaccho Dance aims 'to provide a more accurate picture of vibrant San Francisco.'

Dance

Robert Moses’ ‘New Legacies’ takes on the specter of censorship

March 10, 2024

'There’s a body to culture and we’re cutting off the legs and arms,' says choreographer about latest innovative work.

Dance

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

January 26, 2024

Two new works highlight Chinese and Latin migrant experience in El Paso and California's prison-to-ICE detention pipeline.

Dance

Up, up, and within: Gravity’s Jess Curtis on the wayfinding of ‘Into the Dark’

November 7, 2023

Company's blind, low vision, and sighted performers use touch and sound to create dimensionality on lightless stage.

Onstage

In ‘Y Basta Ya!,’ NAKA Dance Theater reflects on healing circles of storytelling

October 24, 2023

A long collaboration with Mujeres Unidas y Activas yields a deep look into empowering 'Circulos de Aprendizaje'

Dance

‘Invoking the River’ calls upon spirit of the Ganges with grace and athleticism

September 25, 2023

Feminine, masculine energies weave through Chitresh Das Dance's new production—not to mention the taranas on steroids

Dance

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

September 17, 2023

Colonization and exploitation collide with caregiving and ancient ceremony in Alleluia Panis' latest at ODC.

Dance

‘Desire for fullness’ leads Megan Lowe to explore dance through biracial identity

August 23, 2023

Choreographer's 'Gathering Pieces of Peace' foregrounds stories of fractured selves and longing.

Dance

In ‘As We Go,’ Joe Goode Performance Group dances into the beauty of life’s end

July 26, 2023

The choreographer continues to put 'an emphasis on the unglamorized body, when it is fallible or agitated or inept'

Mary Carbonara

With CubaCaribe Fest, an explosion of necessary joy and resistance

‘The People’s Palace’ injects missing diversity into City Hall’s storied architecture

Robert Moses’ ‘New Legacies’ takes on the specter of censorship

For 15 years, Lenora Lee Dance has tackled immigration and carceral trauma

Up, up, and within: Gravity’s Jess Curtis on the wayfinding of ‘Into the Dark’

In ‘Y Basta Ya!,’ NAKA Dance Theater reflects on healing circles of storytelling

‘Invoking the River’ calls upon spirit of the Ganges with grace and athleticism

In ‘Nursing These Wounds,’ dancing a precarious Pilipinx immigrant experience

‘Desire for fullness’ leads Megan Lowe to explore dance through biracial identity

In ‘As We Go,’ Joe Goode Performance Group dances into the beauty of life’s end

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