Monthly Archives: September 2014

9 Sep, 2014

A New Way Home

2014-09-09T19:20:32-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Nadhi Thekkek, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , |

By Sophia Valath (co-Artistic Director) I have had a few experiences in my life where I didn’t quite know what I was getting into when I signed up for it…the kind of decisions that you make almost on a whim. The ones you say ‘yes’ to not because you’ve necessarily thought it through, but because an internal whisper, or some times an external voice, is pushing you in that direction. These experiences change you forever in the most unexpected and

11 Sep, 2014

How Do You Move a Cloud?

2014-09-11T10:02:05-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Nadhi Thekkek, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , |

By Shanti Ramrattan (Company Dancer) It’s been a year-and-a-half journey for me as a performer with the Nava Dance Theatre, and every moment thus far has been an event-filled dancer’s dream.  In-depth rehearsals, constantly evolving items, the birth of new characters, re-envisioned music…and a company of the most dedicated, talented artists committed to showing up and doing, growing, being together week after week.  And recently, amidst all the whirlwind of production frenzy that (in the end at least) is the

20 Sep, 2014

About Gallus Gallus Domesticus

2014-09-20T11:42:21-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

I am consumed, consuming, predator and prey, object and subject, caught in the performance of self in a biological and cultural context that is full of contradictions. There are so many things to really be afraid of in the world and so many beings living with tragic, immediate threats. I live in relative privilege and safety and I’m still afraid. This piece is about the habit of anxiety that is there both because of and despite circumstances. It is about

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