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San Francisco’s internationally celebrated dancer, Leslie Friedman, is our Artistic Director. “She’s simply a joy to watch!” cheered The Times, London.

“Crystalline humour,
incredible energy.”
-Toronto Globe & Mail

05/12/2026

The new book! COMING HOME TO INDIA.
Here are the covers. The book tells about the international touring of Lively's Artistic Director. She was supported by the Fulbright Lectureship, US State Depart., the countries which presented Leslie's performances. That also includes the Buddhist temple which presented her in Tokyo. More info: https://www.livelyfoundation.org/wordpress/?p=5462

04/07/2026

Our Artistic Director, Leslie Friedman, has been invited by Stanford to present her new book, Coming Home to India. The annual program brings authors with new books.All are connected to Stanford. Historians, fiction writers, & scientists, all great writers. It's FREE. In person or watch over Zoom. It is PACIFIC TIME. Leslie chairs at 2:25 with two medical drs: Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs, a medical oncologist who wrote 90 Seconds to Midnight: A Hiroshima Survivor's Nuclear Odyssey & John G. Brock-Utne, anesthesiologist specialist, wrote Memories from the German Occupation of Norway, 1940-45. Like books? Don't miss this event!

03/12/2026

Women's History Month. Lively started annual programs of music & dance with new repertory each year. I am thinking & planning for another season for "Heroic, Beloved," the name of the event. The first one was in 1996. There is something going on that means to block married women from voting in the USA. Hard to imagine that elected reps could come up with such baloney. Don't let it happen. It's time to dance & shout- remember that song? Good women & good men work together-Let's practice our rationality! And keep on dancing.

03/05/2026

New Book COMING HOME TO INDIA. It's about my first time in India. On a Fulbright Lectureship. I was affiliated with Tagore's university in West Bengal. I circled India to perform& teach. Each place where I performed reinvited me to perform again. Stories: Dance, history, travel. I'll be at Stanford for Company of Authors. I chair a group & talk about my book, too. APRIL 18, 1 -5:30 P.M. Humanities Ctr, Zoom or live. FREE!

12/31/2025

Lively is grateful for donations we are receiving today & through the holiday season. Lively works to create & present the best of the arts. One recent donor wrote, "Lively brings the best of the arts to everyone and every age. Your donors make it possible, but the hard work, dedication, & just plain great talent make it work." Stick with Lively. We are for you.

12/03/2025

Giving Tuesday: Here's something about giving. I found out that Mary Joyce passed away, 97, Feb. 2025. She taught dance to children & adults at UC, Berkeley & Davis, Oakland Rec, Beresford Ctr,San Mateo. She wrote THE books to teach creative dance to kids&adults. She hired me to make dances for children. So much I did not know. Being around her, I learned. It is GIVING DAY: Donate to LIVELY our artists/teachers will change your life. THEY GIVE TO YOU. Donate: you are the recipients.

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550 Mountain View Avenue
Mountain View, CA
94041

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http://www.livelyfoundation.org/

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