Monthly Archives: October 2010

1 Oct, 2010

Come and Watch the New Extended Mission Suhani Performances!!

2010-10-01T15:06:00-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Devendra Sharma, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , |

One of the major challenges I had in preparing for Mission Suhani this year was finding new actors, as many of the previous actors from last year were not available. This situation is expected when you try to involve community members as actors in a participatory effort like Mission Suhani. Most of these community members are not actors by profession. Instead, they have another job in which they are busy. They are extremely interested in the effort, but they are

2 Oct, 2010

Down to the Wire! Rehearsal Update for Dancing on Glass (@ CounterPULSE on October 8-10)

2010-10-02T22:09:39-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

We are in the final throes of an intensive rehearsal schedule!   A big thank you to our two wonderful actors, Amisha Veda and Amit Sharma, who are breathing life into Ram Ganesh Kamatham's powerful text.  Here's a photo from last night's rehearsal. Please come to the show ! You can get tickets here : http://dev-counterpulse.pantheon.io/dancing-on-glass-by-ram-ganesh-kamatham/ Vidhu Singh Director, Dancing on Glass

4 Oct, 2010

Let’s get Cookin’!

2016-03-18T22:36:56-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

For the next year my blogs will be focusing on the development of my piece, “Our Daily Bread” which will premier next April at CounterPULSE…and the journey that this piece is taking me on is already soooo deep… Most recently, I cooked for folks who were taking Rashad Pridgen’s (AKA Soul Nubian) AfroHouseHop class at Dance Mission this past Saturday. I made my recession stew and rice for the students who joined me in the Dance Mission lobby glowing from

10 Oct, 2010

Creation

2010-10-10T23:01:31-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Sri Susilowati|Tags: , , , , |

Creating work means following feelings as far as one can as well as using accumulated technique to express those feelings.  There is an interaction between the feeling and technique, and each feeds the other.  Unless it is a set classical piece, learned technique may not match the feeling/meaning/expression that is desired.  So, one has to experiment.  For me, the starting point is in the classical training I received.  Because the expressive range is so rich, I feel that it is

11 Oct, 2010

Dancing on Glass ends at CounterPULSE/2 more shows at Red Poppy!

2010-10-11T21:19:06-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , |

Dear Friends, We just finished 3 successful shows of Dancing on Glass @CounterPULSE! A big 'Thank You' to our team of designers, actors, volunteers, friends who came to see the show and the CounterPULSE staff! We had a chance to get the show on it's feet without the luxury of previews and a full run. We have 2 additional shows at Red Poppy on Thurs. October 14 7 PM & Fri. October 15 8 PM (www.redpoppyarthouse.org). We hope to see

18 Oct, 2010

Today’s the deadline for voter registration!

2010-10-18T13:42:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Back in August, CounterPULSE joined a long list of sponsors to support Arts Forum 2010. Since then, the discussion about the role of arts in our community has grown in breadth and depth. With Election Day less than a month away, we're excited to see the growing focus on arts in local politics. Arts Forum has now received arts platforms from 18 candidates for office. With today being the last day to register to vote, we'd like to encourage all

19 Oct, 2010

Notes from Dance Discourse 9 : Living, Training, Tracking

2010-10-19T11:37:46-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On October 18, 2010 Bay Area arts community members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project #9: Dance and Somatics in the Bay Area-- what's the connection.  Co-presented by Dancers' Group the event looked at how somatic practices and dance are intertwined in the Bay Area.  To learn more visit http://dev-counterpulse.pantheon.io/programs/dance-discourse-project/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues.  Below is one person's account of the discussions. Many

19 Oct, 2010

Notes from Dance Discourse 9: Discussions of the Practice

2010-10-19T12:51:52-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , |

On October 18, 2010 Bay Area arts community member met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project #9: Dance and Somatics in the Bay Area—what’s the connection. Co-presented by Dancers’ Group the event looked at how somatic practices and dance are intertwined in the Bay Area. To learn more visit www.counterpulse.org/dance_discourse_project/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues. Below is one person’s account of the discussions led by

20 Oct, 2010

Notes from Dance Discourse #9

2010-10-20T12:29:05-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , |

On October 18, 2010 Bay Area arts community members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project #9: Dance and Somatics in the Bay Area-- what's the connection. Co-presented by Dancers' Group the event looked at how somatic practices and dance are intertwined in the Bay Area. To learn more visit www.counterpulse.org/dance_discourse_project/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues. Below is one person's account of the discussions based

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