Monthly Archives: September 2009

16 Sep, 2009

CounterPULSE and Dancers’ Group present 2nd Sundays

2009-09-16T14:00:26-07:00By |Categories: Events|Tags: , , |

Sun. Sept. 13, 2pm, Free September's salon of emerging & established choreographers features an investigation of process from Here Now Dance Collective/Michelle Fletcher, Intrepid-Shelley Davis and Dancers probing extremely personal questions of religion and prayer, and Minna Harri's exploration of what emerges out of a moment of impromptu creation. Photo by Quinn Wharton—Here Now Dance Collective

16 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko by Kunst-Stoff

2009-09-16T14:06:08-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , |

Rembetiko is a type of music and lifestyle that was developed by the Greek refugees that lived for countless generations in Turkey and then were forced to move back to the motherland of Greece because of the threat of genocide. Yannis Adoniou Catherine Clambaneva and Leonidas Kassapides are exploring the style and importance of Rembetika by dissecting their own disciplines of dance, song and shadow theater and creating a new language so that the audience can feel in their heart

17 Sep, 2009

One of the most dreamy artistic experiences…

2009-09-17T12:47:48-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , |

One of the most dreamy artistic experiences was when Yanni's choreography and Katerina's singing allowed with the help of athletic dancers a simple light source like a flashlight to tell a story while feeling the same breeze that one feels when the shadow of a dozen leaves try to keep still on our faces.

20 Sep, 2009

Performing Diaspora Southern California Work in Progress Showings

2009-09-20T09:00:31-07:00By |Categories: Events|

Performing Diaspora LA Work in Progress Showing At Highways in LA, www.highwaysperformance.org Sun. Sept. 20, 3-6pm An afternoon of performances from Performing Diaspora resident artists Gema Sandoval, Dulce Capadocia, Ana Maria Alvarez, Prumsodun Ok, and Sri Susilowati. This Work-in-Progress performance allows audiences to engage in the creative process through feedback, and to follow the development of work to be shown in November at the Performing Diaspora Festival in San Francisco. Photo by Medi Irawan—Sri Susilowati More information: highwaysperformance.org

22 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko from Asia Minor to Greece

2009-09-22T12:16:53-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , |

After Kemal Attaturk beat Eleftherios Venizelos Greek troups in Turkey there was an exchange of population of the two countries. All the Christians had to move to Greece all Muslims had to move in Turkey. The refugees that went back to Greece had to start all over because although they were prosperous they had to escape massacre with nothing except wat they would carry. Most of them carried liras (gold coins) a hand full of soil from their garden to

22 Sep, 2009

Artist in Residence App. Deadline Oct. 1

2009-09-22T21:13:49-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Homepage Links|Tags: , |

Artist in Residence Summer 2010 Residency Application Deadline: October 1 at 5pm PST Residency Period: April 1, 2010- July 31, 2010 Performances: August 5-7, 2010 Late or incomplete Applications will not be accepted The CounterPULSE Artist in Residence Program consists of a four-month residency during which two local bay area artists or companies develop and perform new work. The AIR program has evolved in direct response to the needs of artists and is designed to offer maximum support for experimentation

22 Sep, 2009

2nd Sundays Application Deadline Sept. 30

2009-09-22T21:22:15-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Homepage Links|Tags: , |

2nd Sundays Spring 2010 Call for Applications Application Deadline: September 30, 2009 Dancers' Group and CounterPULSE have teamed up to present 2nd Sundays, a series of free salons where artists share work and dialogue with audience members and fellow artists. We see this as an exciting opportunity to advance discussion of the craft and hope you'll join us for the conversation. The Program: The Spring series of 2nd Sundays takes place at CounterPULSE at 2pm on the 2nd Sunday of

23 Sep, 2009

TALKS! From India to the Bay Area

2009-09-23T00:21:37-07:00By |Categories: Events, Talks|Tags: , , , , , , |

Wed. Sept. 23, 7:30pm, Free Devendra Sharma & Jaysi Chander (physician & kathak dancer/tabla player/poet & activist) share short performances & discuss important issues surrounding the Bay Area Indian community. Topics include: immigration politics, women in forced marriage, Indian Invitro industry, political economy of Silicon Valley and Indian outsourcing industries. Photo of Devendra Sharma by John Cagle

26 Sep, 2009

Work-in-progress showing

2009-09-26T13:32:41-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Sri Susilowati|Tags: |

The process of creating parts of the piece and showing them has been stimulating. At the showing in San Francisco, there were comments on things that surprised me. At one point I finish drinking a glass of wine and someone remarked on the how my exhalation into the glass fogged it up and thought that was quite beautiful. Another thing I do in the piece is change costume on stage while I talk. Many seemed to like this, but one

28 Sep, 2009

Rembetiko

2009-09-28T02:13:07-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Yannis Adoniou|Tags: , , , , |

Rembetiko is not just a stylle of music, it is also a way of life an attitude that constanly questions authority in crative ways. The solo dance of the rembetes although based on traditional moves and technique is always breaking rulles and evolving as a living art. The Rembetika lyrics touch subject matter that is dangerous and threatening to normal law obeying citizens. The shadow theater of refugees of the lost lands of Asia Minor tell stories of living in

29 Sep, 2009

You have tried

2009-09-29T10:43:08-07:00By |Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , |

now and then adia wrote: not heads, just faces april 13, 2009 In sidewalk cracks and florescent puddles, busted spindles stack grief and silence. Violent at the core a snake rises unraveling in a double helix born of war. A blank stare slips and falls into the wrong hands. Crimson bends black across corners in Brooklyn. The blood has been washed away. A new ancestor waits to pass. One on Dean street, the other on Bergen. I went home. The new skyscrapers in Frisco are the

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