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3 Feb, 2012

Quarter 4: Collaboration

2012-02-03T08:41:10-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: collaboration, Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, language, Lynn Huang|

Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday! "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn. Despite the fact that none of us actually speak Spanish, in the context of our rehearsals, we did. The five ‘portals’ scattered around the perimeter of the stage in

5 Feb, 2012

Entering Underland

2016-03-18T22:15:39-07:00By erickupers|Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater, Video|

I'm thrilled to be back at CounterPULSE, about a year after our first ARC residency. The piece we created through the residency, FRIEND came out of the recent loss of one of my closest friends to a brain tumor at the beginning of our time at CounterPULSE. In working on that piece and unearthing stories about the beginning of our friendship in 11th grade I was flooded by other stories. I had met Sharon during my one year of attending

8 Feb, 2012

Winter Special Snapshot: Hotel in a Bottle

2012-02-08T13:11:53-08:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE|

15 Feb, 2012

It’s 2012…Let’s EAT!!!!!

2016-03-18T22:34:51-07:00By AmaraTaborSmith|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, CounterPULSE|Tags: Amara Tabor-Smith, CounterPULSE|

Happy New Year of the Dragon! We are mid way through the first month of 2012 and have arrived in this New year of the Water Dragon… The Dragon year is special as it represents prosperity and abundance. Typically in our society the idea of prosperity leads us to think about money. But ultimately Prosperity is about food. It is about being able to eat. You cannot survive any significant length of time without food and you cannot eat money.So

21 Feb, 2012

Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

2012-02-21T17:20:33-08:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, Boom, Chica, CounterPULSE, Eisen, Eyezen, Ibarra, Seth, Xandra|

It is with great pleasure that I announce CounterPULSE's newest Artist in Residence, Xandra Ibarra (AKA La Chica Boom) and Seth Eisen! Xandra's subtle yet biting use of satire destabilizes images of authenticity. Seth's unique brand of dazzling storytelling reconnects us with lost queer wisdom. Together these works will make you question who you are and where you came from, all the while dazzling you with costumes, drag, burlesque and puppetry. You're sure to leave out the in-door and not

24 Feb, 2012

KickStarter & indifference

2016-03-18T21:43:48-07:00By Lisa Townsend|Categories: CounterPULSE, Lisa Townsend|Tags: ARC, artist in residence, indifference, kickstarter, lisa, townsend|

Hello Everyone, Right now my shared winter residency at CounterPULSE is in full swing and my performers & I are feeling really good about where we are in the process of creating this piece. We've been working & playing hard in the studio making relevant material and out on the streets & beach shooting video footage. As we approach our final weeks of editing and shaping what we have into a compelling, succinct piece I am also turning my attention

29 Feb, 2012

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

2016-03-18T22:15:22-07:00By erickupers|Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: arthur in underland, bandelion, CounterPULSE, Dance, dancetheater, dandelion, emmaly wiederholt, interdisciplinary, mantra, mantra plonsey, Performance, theater, underland|

Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work: EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during

29 Feb, 2012

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

2012-02-29T13:52:40-08:00By MaryArmentrout|Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: dance and ageing, dance discourse project #12, Mary Armentrout|

so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

1 Mar, 2012

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

2016-03-18T22:55:47-07:00By Fauxnique|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Monique Jenkinson|Tags: Dance, de Young, drag, Fauxnique, Jean Paul Gaultier, monique jenkinson, museums, new work|

My fellowship at the de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco begins now! All year I will be working at the de Young – researching, creating, performing – enjoying this incredible opportunity to expand the scope and context of my work, to interact with the museum’s collections and curators, to ignite new collaborations, and to bring some of my favorite past collaborators with me to the museum. Starting Wed 2/15 I will begin a 2-week residency at the de

7 Mar, 2012

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Aging and Dancing, CounterPULSE, dance discourse project #12, intern|

by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose

9 Mar, 2012

Maman died today…

2016-03-18T21:42:37-07:00By Lisa Townsend|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Lisa Townsend, Video|

Please watch a teaser excerpt from indifference, created by Piro Patton, Patric Cashman, Eric Garcia, & me. The use of positive and negative space speaks to the duality of human nature. Click on the link below. http://vimeo.com/38255427

11 Mar, 2012

Underland Background

2016-03-18T22:15:11-07:00By erickupers|Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: arthur in underland, bandelion, CounterPULSE, Dance, dancetheater, dandelion, interdisciplinary, mantra, mantra plonsey, Performance, theater, underland|

As we finish up our first premiere weekend of Arthur in Underland, and move towards our last, (performances run through March 18th) here's some background on the piece, from the Director's Note I wrote for the program: Arthur in Underland is one of the most personally vulnerable pieces I’ve ever made. It is based on a year in my life that turned everything I believed and wanted upside down. When I was 15 I left my native Los Angeles to

Quarter 4: Collaboration

Entering Underland

Winter Special Snapshot: Hotel in a Bottle

It’s 2012…Let’s EAT!!!!!

Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

KickStarter & indifference

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

Maman died today…

Underland Background

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