Archive for May, 2008

thirty seven isolated events

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

paige starling sorvillo/blindsight • SF International Arts Festival
Thu-Sat. May 22-24 & 29-31, 8pm $20 (Members $15, Thursdays: pay-what-you-can)
Integrating contemporary butoh dance with stunning live video and an original sound score, blingsight creates a sense-saturated exploration of intimacy and violence. At 37˚celcius we have unprecedented potential to connect, to risk, to make contact inside the noise. [...]

Winter Artist in Residence Showing: Violeta Luna

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Winter Artist in Residence Showing: Violeta Luna
Burried in  the Body of Remembrance/
Enterrada en el Cuerpo del Recuerdo
Wed. May 21 8pm Free for CP Members only
Part one of a “border trilogy” on immigrant issues, by the interdisciplinary collective of immigrant artists “Secos & Mojados” the piece aims to develop a language for a more nuanced [...]

Liz Lerman’s Critical Response

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Liz Lerman is a choreographer who after years of discussing dance with fellow artists, began to devise a method to effectively provide feedback about artistic work. It’s something that CounterPULSE’s Executive Director Jessica Robinson is well-versed. I’ve decided to include it here.
The following comes from http://www.communityarts.net. You can also visit Liz’s website Liz Lerman Dance [...]

Erick Lyle Book Release - On the Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of The City

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Wed. May 14, Dinner at 6pm, Music at 9pm Free
Erick Lyle looks back at the past ten years of activism and guerilla art in San Francisco. Come join Lyle and collaborators in a night of free food, art, readings, and music, featuring Zara Thustra, Sy Loady, Shotwell, Black Rainbow, and many more!

2nd Sundays - A Monthly Salon with Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Sun. May 11, 2pm Free
This monthly salon offers emerging and established choreographers the opportunity to show their work and receive feedback from the artists, audience, and presenters. Featuring Cynthia Adams/Fellow Travelers, Jesse Hewit, and Sheena Johnson. No Reservations Necessary.

Mindball Presents: Research & Development and the R & D Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Fri. May 9, 8pm (Doors at 7:30) $10 (Members $5)
This is the second in Mindball’s new concert series “Music for Interested People”. The horn-heavy avant-funk of Research & Development and the spacey, mind-bendingly catchy songs of the R & B Free Jazz Gospel Supreme 80 will be accompanied by arresting live video processing and projections [...]

Dance Discourse Project #3: Dancers Debate the Body Politic

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Hello folks,
In a few hours, we’ll host our third Dance Discourse Project at Project Artaud Theater in partnership with ODC Theater.  To get the conversation started, I’m posting comments from Rob Bailis, director of ODC Theater, who will not be with us this evening.
Please feel free to use this post as a jumping-off-point for a [...]

A Taste of Contact Improvisation for National Dance Week

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

WCCIF Teachers Show & Pre-Registration Jam
A Taste of Contact Improvisation for National Dance Week
Sun. May 4, 8pm Free
This features performances by West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival teachers. See great pieces, take a CI mini-lesson, and find out about scholarship and work exchange opportunities for the upcoming festival. Learn more about this dance form that CounterPULSE [...]

Talks: Local to Global

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 7:30pm, Free
Local rarity in the Franciscan bioregion: Who cares? Charismatic butterflies, delicate lilies, and Still Wild at Heart, a film about nature & wildlife in the city. With Liam O’Brien, [...]