Monthly Archives: June 2015

11 Jun, 2015

legacy, layers and California (by Monique)

2016-03-18T21:32:40-07:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE|

First, I have so enjoyed reading everyone's posts so far. Witches! California! Feminism! Flappers! So in my thinking about the next work I want to make, I am thinking a lot about layers, about simultaneity, and about holding conflict and opposition in one body mind. That which is 'problematic' sometimes enriches, that which is un-feminist sometimes empowers. I just came out of a short run of my cabaret show, in which I premiered a few new stories and bits, many

16 Jun, 2015

CP interviews Zürich arts curator, networker, and contexualizer, Marc Streit, for the (X)change micro-festival

2016-03-02T01:54:44-08:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , |

CP: Marc, in one sentence,what is your story? MS: I have a passion for contemporary dance and performance, based in Zurich, loving San Francisco and having a queer mindset! CP: What was the genesis of Zürich Moves? Where did the inspiration to create the festival come from? MS: I wanted to create a platform for boundary-crossing artistic engagement and create a network of artists, who collaborate and nurish their work even outside the given frame of zürich moves! festival. CP:

30 Jun, 2015

Sourcing, Processing, Book List

2016-03-02T01:55:10-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: , , , , , , |

In the studio we are researching the pathways through trauma. We are talking about suffering, grief and how and why people are motivated to move into a new state of being. One of the positive things about trauma is once we begin to climb out of it, I believe we become more open minded, more sensitive and more understanding. To support this research for the show, I've been reading a lot of books about self help, transformation and the body.

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