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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.

Archive for December, 2009

Thanksgiving and Performing Diaspora …by Charlotte Moraga

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

November.  Thanksgiving.  Well, Performing Diaspora was a thanksgiving feast of a sort, for sure.  Dishes of quiet contemplative explosions and moments of mirth filled the platter,  like when Sri did her nonplussed “boob dance” and her sexy “butt dance.”  With her back to the audience, she cocked her head as if to say, “I see [...]

Rituals: Violeta Luna and José Navarrete

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

December 2nd was the fist rehearsal at CounterPulse with Violeta Luna and I. I was a little worried to start since I did not know how Violeta ‘s creative process was in the studio. Before this day we met regularly once a week for the past three months. We created the narrative, brainstormed our ideas, [...]

WATCH: CP on Culture Wire

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

We are super excited to have had the opportunity to meet the truly kind and professional folks from the San Francisco Arts Commission’s Culture Wire. Watch the video below to hear from Jessica Robinson Love and 3 Performing Diaspora artists Gema Sandoval, Charlotte Moraga and Adia Tamar Whitaker talk about what Performing Diaspora meant to [...]

CP T-shirt design contest! Deadline: Jan 4, 2010

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Calling all designers! We’re looking for a design for the official CounterPULSE shirt for this coming year. Since we know we’ve got some extremely talented supporters out there, we thought we would open it up to all of you! Have you had a design idea since seeing a show here? This is your chance to [...]

Dance Discourse 7: but i really love it…

Monday, December 7th, 2009

scribed by Roko Kawai On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers’ Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing [...]

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