Monthly Archives: September 2013

4 Sep, 2013

Conversation and Reflection: CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora Artist Jia Wu by Joy Tang, Hyphen Magazine

2013-09-04T11:50:27-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

Conversation and Reflection: CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora Artist Jia Wu Submitted by Joy Tang on August 29, 2013 - 8:11pm Diaspora Performing Arts Reviews Counterpulse Diaspora Jia Wu Joti Singh Performing Diaspora Email this page Jia Wu, creator and performer of Mama/Medea. Photo credit: Dan Brockett   With summer in San Francisco comes Performing Diaspora, presented through CounterPULSE Theater. A forum for traditional artists to experiment in their disciplines, artists create works that challenge the precepts of such cultural work (to paraphrase Marc

10 Sep, 2013

En route

2013-09-10T00:46:38-07:00By |Categories: Byb Chanel Bibene, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , |

En Route From lived story to stories lived on the stage.  Next it will be on screen.  From the many roads I had to take to escape the fires, now the roads are imprinted in my mind.  All I can do is share the hope that kept me alive, and hopefully this will inspire the world, inspire the young people in my country and the elders as well. Taboo and Heroes project has reached another stage of its process; the

12 Sep, 2013

The Post-Performing Diaspora World

2013-09-12T12:44:22-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Joti Singh, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , |

Our final meeting for Performing Diaspora involved many tears. Emotions were palpable as artists spoke about having community for the first time, and staff expressed the fulfillment of a long-term vision. This has truly been a unique experience, and I feel emotionally and professionally bound to these people, many of whom I just met a few months ago. To be an artist and to be able to create your work, without worrying about paying for studio space, without worrying about

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