What’s New at CounterPulse

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

February 2-4, 2024 mouf//full is an exploration of faith’s limits through a Black queer interdisciplinary lens. Co-directed by Gabriele Christian and Chibueze Crouch, collectively known as OYSTERKNIFE, this piece interrogates the role of the Church in personal lineage and its influences across Afro-Diasporic cultures. How has the Church been both balm and barrier? Where can

CounterPulse stands with the people of Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Philippines, Hawaii, Armenia, and all people who are currently facing violent displacement around the globe. We all have a part in the movement. CounterPulse starts from where we are – deeply embedded in the practices, the shortcomings, and the capacities of the dance field. We

CounterPulse will be hosting dance-maker Marina Magalhães, newly appointed Assistant Professor of Dance at UC Santa Cruz, and a select group of collaborators on Oct 27-28 to engage in the generative body practices of her Creative Capital Award-winning project, Body as a Crossroads. This process laboratory will allow the dancers to share creative space without

The Hands that Feed You is at CounterPulse October 6, 8, 13, & 15 >> Get Tickets Here << Oh Emm GEEEE! I cannot believe we are four days out from the premiere of this show! As we speak my tiny apartment is full to the brim with giant hands, enormous lips, a thousand sticky

VivvyAnne ForeverMORE! and CounterPulse’s upcoming production “The Show” is a large-scale outdoor one-day-only multi-venue Drag performance event that celebrates the living oral, entertainment, and embodied traditions of the queer community. “The Show'' will be presented as part of the biennial CounterPulse Festival taking place this October. > Check Out The Full Program for the

The 2023 biennial CounterPulse Festival is a month-long celebration of the kind of mind-bending performance you can only find in San Francisco. Join us this October for experimental dance, late night raves, surreal game shows, a multi-venue drag extravaganza, workshops, panels, and so much more! CALENDAR OF EVENTS Monday October 2 1-2PM

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There was no beginning, the cosmic serpents have been dancing together for all of eternity. There was no before them, and there will be no after. You are invited to watch their mirrored dance. Their rhythm. Their pulse. The eye contact. The doorway that opens between their eyes. It's not the only thing happening,