Danica Sena Gakovich

29 Jun, 2009

It’s like the classic “Russian Doll”

2009-06-29T01:09:13-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , |

I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the traditional wooden Russian Doll.  It opens up like a box to find another exact replica inside (only smaller) and then yet another, and another, etc.  The more I research, the more I find and the plethora of information slowly seeps into my initial ideas.  This is how I am feeling at the moment within my own creative process regarding "Koreni".  It is so funny how ideas in the brain and

28 Aug, 2009

Koreni, making peace with the past to move forward as life gets in the way of ART

2009-08-28T15:09:33-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Events, Performing Diaspora|Tags: |

The very spontaneous nature of art rarely gives way to "schedules", ie. scribbling notes on a bathroom floor at 4am so as not to wake up the household, 2-hour rehearsals that turn into 10 hours, starting with violins and ending up with tambourines, constant breaking of commitments due to double-booking or financial constraints...and yet as performers, choreographers, collaborators we must adhere to some semblance of organization so as not to disappear into our microcosmic "bubbles".  A famous Spanish dancer who

22 Oct, 2009

Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

2009-10-22T17:30:44-07:00By |Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, Charlotte Moraga, CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Homepage Links, Performing Diaspora, Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

With Performing Diaspora fast-approaching, some of the artists took a break from the stage and headed over to KPFA's radio studios in Berkeley for a musical sneak-preview of their work on Stephen Kent's show, "Music of the World." In between tracks, our Executive Director Jessica Robinson Love joined them in the conversation about their performances November 5-8. If you missed the program live, give it a listen here!

28 Nov, 2009

Koreni, reflections and afterthoughts…is it really over?

2009-11-28T01:16:51-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , |

Sitting in front of my computer on this rather chilly autumn afternoon I cannot believe that we PD artists have seemingly come to the end of this portion of our "journey".  Over the course of practically one year we have created, critiqued, blogged, organized, rehearsed, coordinated, risked, stumbled, fumbled, doubted, questioned and actively participated in the development of intimate artistic visions as well as have acted as key players in the birth of this unique and ambitious Counterpulse Festival. I

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