Monthly Archives: July 2011

2 Jul, 2011

PERSEPOLIS, TEXAS: Costuming and General Readiness

2011-07-02T14:01:43-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Whoa folks. I know it's close when I'm at Foot Worship getting my shoes for the show, around the corner from Rosalie's where I ordered a fantastic wig. Sara, my main collaborator, director, dramaturg (and at this point, my life coach- without her I think this queen would be in an anxiety-ridden stupor at this phase) is a little worried about the height of these kicks. We'll see. I'm not sure if broken ankles are worth it in the name

5 Jul, 2011

WORK MORE! is hard work

2011-07-05T21:23:16-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Oh my! We had our first CounterPULSE rehearsal on Saturday. It was quite warm outside, and the studio quickly heated up as we ran our opening dance routine over and over. Then our photographer collaborators showed up and hung up the photoshow in the gallery, it looks so gorgeous and should be completed by tomorrow night.   Please check out our Kickstarter and the awesome video Loren Robertson made for us! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/865485325/work-more-wants-to-tour

7 Jul, 2011

FACT/SF POv Brief Explanation (part of FACT/SF’s Thirsty Thursdays)

2016-03-18T22:07:00-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, FACT/SF|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In an effort to share everything I possibly can about what we're doing, I made a short explanatory video - it's rad and you should check it out! ~Charles Slender Artistic Director, FACT/SF   http://youtu.be/pH63NTPSgk4

11 Jul, 2011

Reaching OUT… Intern Update

2011-07-11T11:26:29-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Howdy CounterPULSE Peeps, I'm Tessa, the outreach intern. I had an urge to blog, which has never really happened to me before,  so I figured I would talk about my time at CounterPULSE so far. Well...where to begin? Basically, I love working here. Er'body is really nice and I'm learning a ton. But enough about me — I want to talk about the Summer Specials, not just because it's my job, but because they are really great! Last night I

12 Jul, 2011

Looking back to move forward (part of FACT/SF’s Tasty Tuesdays)

2016-03-18T22:06:48-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, FACT/SF|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

You might know by now that FACT/SF is interested in many things...systems and people and movements and implications and meta-theatrical concerns and deep emotive expressions.  As we do our best to innovate and push push push forward - both relative to our own work and also the larger field of dance working/making, we always find it helpful to reflect on the greats that innovated long ago, and who continue to inspire us today.  Here's one of Beethoven's masterpieces.  It's incredible,

28 Jul, 2011

Reflections

2016-03-18T21:47:01-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images, Lenora Lee|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The beauty of the artists I’m working with never ceases to amaze me. When I witness them, I witness the uniqueness of each person’s spirit, each person’s love and passion for her or his art, each person’s gift of giving deeply to the birth of this piece. This creative endeavor is bringing to life the histories stored within our bodies. We convey through movement, martial arts, Chinese lion dance, music, text, and video the depth of what cannot be translated

30 Jul, 2011

Permutae

2011-07-30T18:14:41-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: , , , , |

August 12th and 13th at 8pm. Permutae is a collaboration between artists Finley Coyl and Mary Franck with dancers Kyra Rice, Chrysalis Hyon, and Qilo Matzen that maps the expanding technological-biological horizon through representation and recreation of queer bodies, questioning the boundaries of that growth towards greater agency and the manifestation of desire. We began this piece with a fascination with technology's impact on our bodies. Cyborg fantasies, a third arm, tentacles, a hard drive in the head - we're

31 Jul, 2011

Permutae and Reception at Counterpulse…we are ripening!

2011-07-31T09:23:08-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: , , , , |

                      http://dev-counterpulse.pantheon.io/pe​rmutae-reception/ Hello CounterPULSE! This is my first blog post! Ever! We are getting ready for our shows, Permutae and Reception. So I'm excited, and I want to share with you a bit about the feeling of the show ripening! It's going up in two weeks, now. Last night i went to see "work more - we wanna tour" and loved it. Like that show, our show has been in

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