Monthly Archives: February 2012

3 Feb, 2012

Quarter 4: Collaboration

2012-02-03T08:41:10-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , , |

Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday!   "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn.  Despite the fact that none of us actually speak Spanish, in the context of our rehearsals, we did. The five ‘portals’ scattered around the perimeter of the stage in

5 Feb, 2012

Entering Underland

2016-03-18T22:15:39-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater, Video|

I'm thrilled to be back at CounterPULSE, about a year after our first ARC residency. The piece we created through the residency, FRIEND came out of the recent loss of one of my closest friends to a brain tumor at the beginning of our time at CounterPULSE. In working on that piece and unearthing stories about the beginning of our friendship in 11th grade I was flooded by other stories. I had met Sharon during my one year of attending

15 Feb, 2012

It’s 2012…Let’s EAT!!!!!

2016-03-18T22:34:51-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, CounterPULSE|Tags: , |

Happy New Year of the Dragon! We are mid way through the first month of 2012 and have arrived in this New year of the Water Dragon… The Dragon year is special as it represents prosperity and abundance. Typically in our society the idea of prosperity leads us to think about money. But ultimately Prosperity is about food. It is about being able to eat. You cannot survive any significant length of time without food and you cannot eat money.So

21 Feb, 2012

Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

2012-02-21T17:20:33-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

It is with great pleasure that I announce CounterPULSE's newest Artist in Residence, Xandra Ibarra (AKA La Chica Boom) and Seth Eisen! Xandra's subtle yet biting use of satire destabilizes images of authenticity. Seth's unique brand of dazzling storytelling reconnects us with lost queer wisdom. Together these works will make you question who you are and where you came from, all the while dazzling you with costumes, drag, burlesque and puppetry. You're sure to leave out the in-door and not

24 Feb, 2012

KickStarter & indifference

2016-03-18T21:43:48-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Lisa Townsend|Tags: , , , , , |

Hello Everyone, Right now my shared winter residency at CounterPULSE is in full swing and my performers & I are feeling really good about where we are in the process of creating this piece.  We've been working & playing hard in the studio making relevant material and out on the streets & beach shooting video footage.  As we approach our final weeks of editing and shaping what we have into a compelling, succinct piece I am also turning my attention

29 Feb, 2012

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

2016-03-18T22:15:22-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work:   EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during

29 Feb, 2012

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

2012-02-29T13:52:40-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , |

so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

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