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29 Apr, 2009

Video Previews of May Day Artists

2009-04-29T22:14:29-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Video Previews of May Day Artists for your viewing pleasure! More about CounterPULSE's 4th Annual May Day Festival here: Buy Tickets Now W. Kamau Bell (Fri.) Flyaway Productions (Fri.) Jess Curtis/ Gravity (Sat.) KUNST-STOFF (Sat.) Katya Smirnoff-Skyy (Sat.) Fauxnique (Sun.) Scott Wells (Sun.) Sara Shelton Mann (Sun.) More about CounterPULSE's 4th Annual May Day Festival here: Buy Tickets Now

20 May, 2009

Watch an excerpt of Deep Waters Dance Theater, CounterPULSE Artists in Residence March 09

2009-05-20T15:51:52-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Video|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

If you didn't make it to our recent Artists in Residence show in March, here's a little snippet for your viewing pleasure! Amara Tabor-Smith, Deep Waters Dance Theater with Aimee Suzara, Our Daily Bread... video by: Loren R. Robertson

28 May, 2009

dance as sacred

2009-05-28T13:03:15-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , |

For me, dancing is both a sacred and spiritual act. I was reminded of that as I sat and listened to the recently selected Performing Diaspora (PD) artists discuss there work during their orientation meeting here at CounterPULSE (CP) a few weeks ago (I am intern at CP for the summer).  As I sat there I was overcome with an immense feeling of transcendence. As each person passionately described the motivations behind and the visions for their new

31 May, 2009

in/divisible

2009-05-31T14:00:38-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , |

from brittany: (www.danceceres.org) In this work, I am reminded how many times it takes an idea/concept to enter the body before it actually sinks into to my bones? Some times a feeling is instantaneous- other times it takes years to absorb and safely reside. How long does a new experience rest quietly in the bones before our consciousness gives us context towards a deeper grasp-- before a reason to understand that backlogged experience presents itself and we fully come into

6 Jun, 2009

Sonya Smith & dance ceres with special guest, Sadie Weinberg present in/divisible

2009-06-06T09:13:46-07:00By |Categories: Events|Tags: , , , , |

Thurs.-Sat., June 4-6, 8pm, $15 (Members $10) Emerging choreographers Brittany Brown Ceres and Sonya Smith present world-premiere dances in a flight of sensual entwinement through societal lore, fortifying a journey from despair to empowerment. Navigating metaphors of intra- and interpersonal entanglement, hidden limitations, and visceral emotion, Smith & Ceres shape an evening of fluid, curious and frenzied dance. Buy Tickets Now!

26 Jun, 2009

Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

2009-06-26T18:00:59-07:00By |Categories: Events|Tags: , , , , , |

Fri. & Sat. June 26-27, 8pm Sun. June 28, 6pm, $15 Rebecca Whittington, trained by Arul Francis, performs classical Bharata Natyam. Program: alarippu, jatiswaram, varnam, padam. Compositions of the Tanjore Quartet, as choreographed by Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai. More information: arulfrancis.com Buy Tix Now!

15 Aug, 2009

Live from Riser Rebuild

2009-08-15T16:37:06-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Video, Volunteers|Tags: , , |

Hi friends, This is Jez here, Board Prez of CounterPULSE. Last week Lily wrote a blog post about our exciting new riser rebuild. If you're interested in helping out, contact Julie at 415.626.2060 or via email (julie [@] counterpulse.org) to find out more! I just got back into town and decided to stop by and join the volunteers to help with the rebuild. Here's some quick photos I took to share with you. But first, an introduction by CounterPULSE Board

19 Aug, 2009

The Memo

2009-08-19T10:19:12-07:00By |Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I didn't get the memo. You know the one that breaks down the ways in which descendants of enslaved Africans have a different (but just as post traumatic stress disordered psychosis) than the descendants of colonized Africans. To be fair, I looked completely different when I've traveled abroad before (I had long hair), AND there is no pronoun for "he"or "she" in Ghanaian language. Word. My bad. Yet and still, I was expecting some kind of Haiti-ish/Southern American Negro/Caribbean stratification

21 Aug, 2009

Do You Have Those in Black?

2009-08-21T19:31:38-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Images|Tags: , , |

Ok so we aren't quite finished but we are nearly there.  We had to use the white because in the entire Bay Area it is apparently the only color in which they make Fire Retardant paint.  Patrick Simms and I slapped the first coat of black on before we left yesterday and I think they are going to look great.  We are looking for a big push over the weekend to bring this puppy home, so come lend a hand

29 Aug, 2009

Cry into the song

2009-08-29T19:36:19-07:00By |Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The Ewe say " ... you must cry into the song." A man in the taxi said "... you are beautiful when you cry." ... But these things are not easy. To cry into the song when you are still so sad ... To let your beauty shine thru when you feel as though there is nothing to hold you up. Today "Ampey!" took it's first breath. It's a girl and a boy. A mommy and a daddy ... very

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