Monthly Archives: August 2010

5 Aug, 2010

i saw jesse hewit

2016-03-18T22:40:51-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Mark McBeth(unsung hero of the performance art scene) made these videos of Jesse and myself. perhaps my favorite thing about these videos is how they provide a sweet little document of the friendship between jesse and myself.... this process has been so many things. i've learned so much, felt so much, experienced so much, but perhaps out of all of it the thing i'm so happy to be taking away is this tremendous relationship that has developed between Jesse and

5 Aug, 2010

tell them that you saw wings

2016-03-18T22:46:28-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Jesse Hewit|

last post. i am scared to ever self present again. CounterPULSE has spoiled me absolutely rotten. Jessica, Andrew, Hae-Jin, Estacia, Ryan, Julie, Roz, Margarita, Meleta, and Cameron...my lord, what solid supporters. I am calm. The performers of  'Tell Them That You Saw Me' are holding this work with fire and commitment. Long live the sextet: Anna, Erika, Julie, Loren, Maryam, and Shawnrey. Mica has designed looks for the show that are chokingly startlingly strong. Andrew was crafted my lighting ideas

8 Aug, 2010

CounterPulse Presents ARC Combustible 2023

2023-09-07T15:38:26-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

[Custom Object] lip-sync//dance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr & Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 by Driven Arts Collective. September 7-9 & 14-16, 2023 // 80 Turk St, SF SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- CounterPulse’s 2023 ARC Combustible program presents [Custom Object] lip-sync//dance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr and Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 by Driven Arts Collective. [Custom Object] lip-sync//dance puts drag performance in conversation with virtual reality to explore the expansive possibilities of the [trans]gender body. Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 prompts

16 Aug, 2010

The Chair in My Dance

2010-08-16T19:07:15-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Sri Susilowati|Tags: , , , , , |

A Choreographical Investigation I am currently deep in the process of creating the piece to be performed in October. As I do this, I think about what my intentions are, what I want to convey, and what I use to embody (a good word for a choreographer) those intentions. Intentions exist on the level of creating and exploring themes, such as for this piece, the relationship between dancers and food. Intentions also exist on the level of wanting to create

23 Aug, 2010

Prumsodun Ok and NATYARASA: The Origin of Theater, Censorship, and Social Change

2010-08-23T18:03:19-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Prumsodun Ok|

The world is falling apart. Driven by illusive philosophies, men and women inflict harm upon one another.  They destroy fields and forests that give them life; they kill and rape to own land and water.  And in their cities they stuff their mouths with a gluttonous rage — only to grow evermore sick and evermore hungry of course. Seeing this sadness and unhealth, the Gods began to grow anxious.  They asked amongst themselves, “How do we give people the opportunity

24 Aug, 2010

Skin Tight

2010-08-24T22:35:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , |

I am not actually Rapid Descent. I am Leah, friend of Rapid Descent, fellow theater-maker and guest blogger. These are my brief thoughts and observations on Skin Tight. Living is a messy business – beautiful, lyrical, heart-breaking, bone-crushing. It is my experience that the suffering any of us endures in life comes when we function under the fallacious belief that we’re in control. That’s the moment when, as Julia Sweeney once coined it, “God said hah!” The truth is that

27 Aug, 2010

Priyanjali Dancers Performing on 9/11

2010-08-27T14:23:22-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Bharata Natyam, an age-old art form from India, graces the CounterPULSE stage in September. Paying a tribute in memory of the victims world wide of 9/11, Priyanjali Dance will celebrate life using colorful traditional pieces and contemporary work titled Navarasas.  Through these Navarasas (nine emotions), the dancers hope to share and explore the human condition. Priyanjali Dance,  a San Francisco-based dance company, will consist of seven dancers from varying levels, backgrounds and teachers.  All dancers continue working together in San

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