Daily Archives: April 2, 2010

2 Apr, 2010

The Pulse in Paris: Nantes

2010-04-02T10:39:02-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Well, we have finally landed back in Paris after our 7 day trip out on the road and what a whirlwind experience it has been.  Things went so smoothly through Angers that I should have known we'd hit a snag somewhere along the line and that snag turned out to be Nantes.  The crew arrived on Wednesday night (the cast would follow the next day in time for rehearsal) and we were knackered.  Nantes always seems to take a significant

2 Apr, 2010

The Lovely Lily

2010-04-02T13:39:33-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Last week, I was lucky enough to attend "Beyond the Veil" at CounterPULSE. The evening, a mix of music, performance and visuals was an experience I have been needing to have. Lily Taylor took the stage and presented the audience a rare opportunity to see a music artist pair her work with performance artists inspired by music. Seated at her keyboard by her drum and looping mechanisms, her sultry, atmospheric and fluid vocals interacted with a variety of impressive visual

2 Apr, 2010

Post-BHOPAL – Thank you!

2010-04-02T13:52:10-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , |

Dear Friends, Thank you for attending our staged-reading of Bhopal by Rahul Varma at CounterPULSE on Friday, March 26th! I directed Bhopal to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal Tragedy and to honor Habib Tanvir, a legendary director from India, who translated the play into Hindi as Zahreeli Hawa (Poisonous Wind). Bhopal was staged minimally.  6 actors sat on chairs on either side of the stage. We had a wonderful dancer, vocalist and tabla player, seated on a rug

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