YELP for CounterPULSE!

“The bike tours are unrivaled for their information to minute ratio.”
- Saskia V.

“CounterPULSE is plugged into current events, community history, and innovative art ranging from dance to video to theater to clown to queer performance art to various hybrids of all of that and more. This is an ambitious organization … Their finger is truly on the pulse.”
- Maya G.

“An absolutely necessary and needed space for emerging artists and alternative and experimental art.”
- Dudley F.

San Francisco Bay Guardian’s Best Performance Space (2010)

SF Weekly’s Best Hybrid Performance Venue (2007)

In a city known for the mixing of dance and movement with theater, music, spoken word, and any other performance discipline you can think of, CounterPULSE stands out as a great venue to get a peek at how a variety of local artists are pushing the performance boundaries. While every piece might not float your boat, the constant risk-taking and experimentation creates some of the most original and compelling performances the city has to offer. The range of what CounterPULSE takes on is astonishing, not just in its performances but in its constant classes, workshops, and open discussions from artists and the community alike. All of this done in a laid-back, friendly atmosphere. Companies and artists are given the freedom to try something they never thought possible, and you stand a pretty good chance of seeing something you’ve never seen on stage before.