Justin Ebrahemi

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9 Mar, 2017

The Tenderloin: Working in the Shadow of San Francisco

2017-03-10T23:17:15-08:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

Photo by Kegan Marling I've been thinking a lot about how we homogenize and scorn houseless people. Without knowing their stories, the people on the streets are casted aside as an eyesore unworthy of hospitality and attention. Before moving to San Francisco, I’ve heard all the horror stories. I’m sure you have too. The Tenderloin is where you go to get mugged, stabbed, crack. Stick to the cupcake boutiques and brunch spots on Valencia. Don’t turn left onto

30 Mar, 2017

Mirrors of privilege: a reflection of The White Stuff

2017-06-13T23:33:11-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

Where does art fit in the landscape of social justice? Through peering into social constructs, can art instigate direct action? Where is the line drawn between performance and audience, and is the most transformative art those without a clear division? These questions I pondered prior to Annie Danger's production, The White Stuff, immersing me into the experience weeks before it began. I theorized with friends, their grimacing faces inquiring “how can you promote social justice by separating races? Isn’t that, like, segregation?” The noise surrounding

7 Jun, 2017

Wildlife & Wild Life: A conversation with Clement Hil Goldberg

2017-09-22T23:37:55-07:00By |Categories: clement hil goldberg|

Lemurs are an interesting creature. A native primate of Madagascar, the lemur has what’s called a “Toilet Claw” used for grooming. The lemur’s tail is longer than they are and is used for balance and communication within the species. Lemurs are also used as a poignant metaphor for cultural atrophy in Clement Hil Goldberg’s satire, Our Future Ends. The work oscillates between installation, projection, dance and theater as a fabulous choreography of queer live performance and film. Conceptually, Our Future Ends

12 Jul, 2017

A Malfunctioning Body: An Explication of Kinetech Art’s MESH

2017-08-22T23:34:08-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

As technology complexifies with increasing vigor, it’s easy to overlook perhaps the most complex (and intimate) technological system: the human body. At the intersection of dance and creative technology, projectors illuminate dancers; beneath the canvas/dermis exists a intricate network of blood vessels channeling through bones that protect our organs that keep us alive. The projector and body respond to one another in an infinite debate of free will versus determinism. Chicken or egg. Does artificial technology dictate our organic movement?

1 Aug, 2017

CounterPulse Fall 2017 Season Announcement

2017-08-29T00:32:45-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

CounterPulse is launching into an electrifying fall season with a series of performances that seek virtual bodies, radical bodies, quantified bodies and missing bodies through movement. We face extinction and environmental toxicity while finding resilience in community, pleasure, and corporeality. We'll kick things off with new works from Combustible, CounterPulse's newest residency program that synthesizes body-based art and creative technology. Residents Freya Olafson and Yagiz Mungan, and Kinetech Arts (Weidong Yang and Daiane Lopes da Silva), have created bold new

25 Aug, 2017

Groundwater and Grassroots: The Curious Tale of Justin Ebrahemi

2017-08-25T01:58:25-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

My Path: My career trajectory seems foreign to my family. “You’ve been studying water for 2 years and now you’re at a dance organization?” Well, not quite. You see, I got my Masters in a social science research program entitled Environment & Community, where I interrogated the disparate cultural themes surrounding water management in search of policy solutions. Thesis Defense at Humboldt State University In school I advocated for equitable water rights for disadvantaged communities. At CounterPulse I

1 Nov, 2017

The House Managers of CounterPulse

2017-11-06T20:13:00-08:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

The House Managers of CounterPulse are the busy bees ensuring our Front of House is running smoothly. These dedicated individuals are seamlessly relaying information among artists and technicians, overseeing our box office ushers, and making sure all our patrons are accounted for. So who are the Managers of The House? Take a moment to read about the dynamic trio holding down the Front of House at all our shows. Kat Cole What is your background? I direct and produce film

21 Nov, 2017

Dancing with Ghosts: A conversation with Randy Reyes

2017-11-27T20:00:44-08:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

How do you conjure queer ancestry through a dance performance? How can we form and unform psychic territories held through our lineages? Randy Reyes’s new work borrows Chinese Energetics and systems of improvisation to weave queer ancestral lineages throughout an elaborate number. Lxs Desaparecidxs—created in collaboration with performers Jose Abad, Emelia Brumbaugh, Gabriel Christian, Felix (Sol) Linck Frenz, and Stephanie Hewett—is a work that seeks to inquire more than answer. Randy embarks on the rigorous process of asking around displacement, assimilation,

3 Jan, 2018

CounterPulse Spring 2018 Season Announcement

2018-01-11T21:07:50-08:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

CounterPulse is launching into a mind-bending spring season with a series of performances that activate cultural pluralism through human-scale movements and bodily resistance. In spring 2018 we navigate through interplanetary time as lovers and cultural vanguards. Kicking things off in February, the legendary Kei Takei returns to San Francisco for a rare three nights of iconic performances that connect earth and tribe. Next, James Graham Dance Theatre will tantalize the stage with Dance Lovers 7: Duets by Couples, Crushes, and

2 Apr, 2018

Community Service Program: Volunteer at CounterPulse!

2019-02-27T18:12:58-08:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

Great news! CounterPulse is a participant in SFMTA's Community Service Program, which allows eligible people to pay off their San Francisco parking tickets through community service. The Community Service Program is for people who cannot afford to pay their parking tickets or traffic violations. People are assigned community service hours in lieu of paying.  Project 20 serves the City and County of San Francisco. Clients must have a referral to participate in Project 20.  Call 415-701-3000 for a referral or 415-626-4995 for

14 May, 2018

Humboldt County and 848 Community Space or The Infinite Path towards Wokeness

2018-06-08T23:05:12-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

Inverse worlds, similar dialogue. It wasn’t until I was living in the redwoods that I noticed something was off. Amidst bluegrass festivals and chants to “save the trees!”, there was a curious trend in the crowds. Surrounded by pale faces throughout my peregrination of environmental work, my fervor eclipsed critical inquiry into the causes we supported. Sitting in our yurt, we discussed ecofeminism while smoking pot that was illegally irrigated by white hippies, water diverted from Native American reserves. As

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