What’s New at CounterPulse

CounterPulse ARC Edge Resident Diana Lara's "Savia~Sap flow: Embodied Connection with Ancestry and Nature" opens June 6-7 & 13-14, 2024 Get your tickets here View the show program! Diana Lara a choreographer, performer, and somatic movement educator born and raised in Honduras. Her choreographic work is influenced by contemporary dance, contact improvisation, Body-Mind Centering

CounterPulse ARC Edge Resident gizeh muñiz vengel's "auiga" opens June 6-7 & 13-14, 2024 Get your tickets here! View the show program photo by Robbie Sweeny gizeh muñiz vengel Movement, Teaching and Performing artist. Mexicana, currently co-existing in Ohlone territory. They are dedicated to the study of being a body, through movement and stillness.

In a landmark declaration of support for the arts in San Francisco, State Assemblymember Matt Haney has pushed CounterPulse to the finish line of their capital campaign to purchase their building and established a permanent home for arts in the Tenderloin. Recognizing CounterPulse’s significant cultural contributions over the last 30+ years, Assemblymember Haney secured a

  by Genie Cartier, director of Dark Side of the Circus Although we only had a few months to rehearse it, this show took 17 years to make. My dad introduced me to Dark Side of the Moon when I was 16, a Haight Ashbury native already a decade into my circus training. The idea

Dearest Community Members, We’re looking forward to coming together in an evening of community connection tomorrow at INNERSPACE. The value of this opportunity to take time to be together became all the more important as we heard news of the untimely and deeply sad passing of Jess Curtis on Monday, March 11th.  Jess Curtis is

Artists Against Genocide 1/14/24 at 11 am to 2 am on 11/15/24 A gathering of the Bay Area’s performing artists and our communities, hosted at CounterPulse on Jan. 14th, from 11pm-2am. This event is a 14 hour marathon of programming designed for the purpose of education, mobilization, and radical acts of togetherness (Final schedule is

From drag chickens to Black faith rituals, CounterPulse’s Spring Season has something for everyone. Brace yourselves for a kaleidoscope of art experiences that will meld your mind and leave you forever transformed! February 2-4 at Grace Cathedral CounterPulse and OYSTERKNIFE present mouf//full A site specific performance of ritual, dance, and song

Leading up to the premier of mouf//full this Feburary, OYSTERKNIFE presents… BlaQ Benedictions Join OYSTERKNIFE’s mentors & friends in a series of free workshops for the community. Each workshop will explore themes such as spell-casting, prophecy, movement, personal storytelling, and revolutionary performance through the lens of each artist’s personal practice. Each workshop is free and

Thursday March 14th • 5PM - 10PM Keep your hands inside the boat and your hearts on your sleeve, please, as you enter Innerspace: Tunnel of Love, CounterPulse's annual Benefit Banquet and Art Party. Bring a date or come find one on the dance floor! As always, costumes are encouraged for CounterPulse’s favorite event