Located in SOMA in San Francisco, CounterPULSE is a non-profit theater, performance space, community center, and gallery with roots deep in the Bay Area’s provocative performance and dance scenes. CounterPULSE produces its own shows, helps support local artists and activists with its programs and can be rented for productions and rehearsals.
paige starling sorvillo/blindsight • SF International Arts Festival
Thu-Sat. May 22-24 & 29-31, 8pm $20 (Members $15, Thursdays: pay-what-you-can)
Integrating contemporary butoh dance with stunning live video and an original sound score, blingsight creates a sense-saturated exploration of intimacy and violence. At 37˚celcius we have unprecedented potential to connect, to risk, to make contact inside the noise. [...]
Winter Artist in Residence Showing: Violeta Luna
Burried in the Body of Remembrance/
Enterrada en el Cuerpo del Recuerdo
Wed. May 21 8pm Free for CP Members only
Part one of a “border trilogy” on immigrant issues, by the interdisciplinary collective of immigrant artists “Secos & Mojados” the piece aims to develop a language for a more nuanced [...]
Liz Lerman is a choreographer who after years of discussing dance with fellow artists, began to devise a method to effectively provide feedback about artistic work. It’s something that CounterPULSE’s Executive Director Jessica Robinson is well-versed. I’ve decided to include it here.
The following comes from http://www.communityarts.net. You can also visit Liz’s website Liz Lerman Dance [...]
Wed. May 14, Dinner at 6pm, Music at 9pm Free
Erick Lyle looks back at the past ten years of activism and guerilla art in San Francisco. Come join Lyle and collaborators in a night of free food, art, readings, and music, featuring Zara Thustra, Sy Loady, Shotwell, Black Rainbow, and many more!
Sun. May 11, 2pm Free
This monthly salon offers emerging and established choreographers the opportunity to show their work and receive feedback from the artists, audience, and presenters. Featuring Cynthia Adams/Fellow Travelers, Jesse Hewit, and Sheena Johnson. No Reservations Necessary.
