Monthly Archives: November 2011

20 Nov, 2011

The Creativity is Flowing

2011-11-20T09:52:09-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: |

The first official directors meeting for, Precious Drop - an Afro fusion performance to be held on February 3 and 4 at CounterPULSE - has set the creators a-sail on what will be an educational and magnificant journey. Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, and co-directors of the Jaara Dance Project, Bai "Bintu" Coomber and Abagail Fritz, have joined creative forces to design a compelling and culturally informative message about the importance and sanctity of water as it touches all of our lives.

25 Nov, 2011

KATSURA Kan’s Butoh

2011-11-25T20:40:32-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|

KATSURA KAN's Time Machine is a remarkable solo piece which has premiered internationally. This performance took place at Naropa University. This video gives a taste of KATSURA's work. KATSURA Kan and collaborators will premiere Oracle & Engima," Feb 24th and 25th 2012 for CounterPULSE's Winter Special. The Winter Special is an experiment in offering radically affordable and accessible performance opportunities to a diverse array of emerging performance-makers.

29 Nov, 2011

Amps & Ωhms: a fun(d)raising party

2011-11-29T12:19:48-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Help support our friends and the amazing artists at Mugwumpin by coming out to their fun(d)raiser this weekend!  Mugwumpin is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts, our colleagues in providing high-quality, local fiscal sponsorship. When science and magic converge, the result is an electric party for the ages. Turn up the voltage while raising funds for Mugwumpin, the bewitching band of Bay Area performance wonders at Amps & Ωhms!

29 Nov, 2011

Ripple Effect

2011-11-29T23:06:16-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , |

In doing research for the performance, Precious Drop, we have found a number of compelling stories about water issues and water rights activists around the United States. We'd like to share some of these stories and organizations that have influenced the music and dance production, Precious Drop. The first story that we'd like to share is about people of the Navajo Nation referred to as, the Forgotten Navajo People. I recently interviewed a woman who worked with an organization to

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