WORDS ON DANCE, currently celebrating our 25th anniversary season, offers audiences a opportunity to hear luminaries of the dance world in public conversations and screenings. Hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the "nitty gritty" of dance, the unique platform continues to entertain, and educate a broad spectrum of audiences. Artists presented by Words On Dance include luminary dance artists Violette Verdy, Michael Smuin, Edward Villella, Maria Tallchief, Helgi Tomasson, Mark Morris, Peter Martins, Merrill Ashley, Cynthia Gregory, Christopher Wheeldon, Wendy Whelan, Rita Moreno, Eliot Feld, Twyla Tharp, Rob Marshall, George Chakiris, Ashley Wheater, Yuri Possokhov, among other legendary artists. Words On Dance is produced live in San Francisco, and New York.

Words On Dance is the proud recipient of the 2012 Isadora Duncan Dance Award for sustained achievement.

Words On Dance is supported by the George Balanchine Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Barbara Horgan, and numerous individual patrons.