Monthly Archives: June 2011

22 Jun, 2011

Interview in In Dance

2011-06-22T01:55:19-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

The Consummate Conversationalist: An Interview with Monique Jenkinson BY KEGAN MARLING Originally published in the April 2011 issue of In Dance, a monthly magazine published by Dancers' Group Conversation comes easy to Monique Jenkinson. We sat down together for dinner at her home in the Mission to talk about her work‚ and nearly four laughter-filled hours later I found myself having only just scratched the surface. Of course, it's exactly this ease with conversation that translates to her ease on

23 Jun, 2011

Pride 2011

2011-06-23T02:46:36-07:00By |Categories: Uncategorized|

SF Pride Season is upon us, and so far the week has been glorious. I must say, over the past couple of years, my cynicism about this event has been tempered, by, well, PRIDE — in all of my friends and fellow San Francisco citizens, and all of their brave and beautiful endeavors. Let's celebrate! The weekend is packed with  Some Thing on Friday, Pink Saturday, walking in the parade with Glamamore as she honors Gertrude Stein, and then the

24 Jun, 2011

FACT/SF Work in Progress Showing (part of FACT/SF’s Thirsty Thursdays)

2016-03-18T22:07:30-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, FACT/SF|Tags: , , , , , |

Often artists, including myself, find themselves pitching a project before they've really gotten dirty with it, before they really know what the project really IS.  Nearly a month into rehearsals now, we're learning so many new things.  The Work in Progress Showing last week featured some healthy discourse that elicited new ideas and fantastic feedback.  Here's a small clip from our showing and what I think about what we're doing.  As we continue to work, we'll no doubt unearth even more

29 Jun, 2011

Erika Tsimbrovsky Interview

2011-06-29T16:46:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|

Howdy CounterPULSERS, I'm Tessa Fleming, the summer outreach intern. I've been doing interviews of our Summer Special artists and here is the first one- by Erika Tsimbrovsky of Avy K Productions. Her show, Rustling Silk, runs AUG 26th and 27th at 8 pm both nights. Below is the interview. She has some pretty cool insight, I definitely recommend giving it a read. Tessa Fleming: Describe your show in three words. Erika Tsimbrovsky: an exploration of roots in rootlessness TF: What's

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