• December 30, 2013

    Writings from the CONTACT project ensemble

    By Published On: December 30th, 2013

    We're in rehearsal and things are getting interesting... We ask ourselves many questions, to get to the essence of what is meaningful to us, what gives our lives meaning, what we would fight for, what home means to us...who we are... We answer to our own surprise, sometimes; we answer in predictable ways other times;

  • December 26, 2013

    Video highlights of 2013

    By Published On: December 26th, 2013

  • December 18, 2013

    The First Stage of My Creative Process for Silenced

    By Published On: December 18th, 2013

    I am currently working my latest dance piece called Silenced. It is a piece honoring the life of Cambodian pop icon Ros Serey Sothea mixing some of her songs from 1960’s Cambodian pop music with original compositions for guitar composed by my long time composer, Alexis Alrich. The piece is also integrated with video imagery,

  • November 19, 2013

    Digital Memories from After the Tone

    By Published On: November 19th, 2013

    [View the story ""After the Tone" - A Live or Digital Performance?" on Storify]

  • November 15, 2013

    CounterPULSE is moving to 80 Turk Street!

    By Published On: November 15th, 2013

    We have some very exciting news to share — in early 2015 CounterPULSE will move to a new building! We have embarked on an exciting partnership with the newly formed Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) to lease-to-own the former Dollhouse pornography theater located at 80 Turk Street in the Central Market/Tenderloin neighborhood. This move will

  • November 2, 2013

    Year Of The Snake : November 15-17, 2013

    By Published On: November 2nd, 2013

    We have a fundraising campaign underway via Indiegogo! Follow the link and take a minute to read through our thoughts and intentions. We offer humble thank you's for anyone who contributes; every bit, any amount helps!! Thank you for your time and energy. Thank you for listening. YEAR OF THE SNAKE - FUNDRAISING

  • November 2, 2013

    Open Workshops for the CONTACT project- FREE- Nov 9 & 10

    By Published On: November 2nd, 2013

    The CONTACT project directed by Krista DeNio www.kristadenio.com IN RESIDENCE @ CounterPULSE www.counterpulse.org OPEN CALL: COME TAKE A WORKSHOP (FREE), and learn more about the CONTACT project! CALLING:  Veterans (of war and military service), Non-veterans, Artists (Actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers) and Non-artists WHAT: Workshop(s) Two workshops investigating the project content (bridging the divide

  • November 1, 2013

    Year Of The Snake : November 15-17, 2013

    By Published On: November 1st, 2013

    NEW EDGE presents Year Of The Snake a work for dance, music, and text WHAT "However long it takes to reach each other's shores." -Karl Jensen, All This We're Each Forced Into; Private Painful Insight YEAR OF THE SNAKE is a work conceived by three bay area artists: composer Jason Hoopes, choreographer Peiling Kao, and writer/visual

  • October 24, 2013

    CALL OUT for One Minute Manifesto

    By Published On: October 24th, 2013

    CALL OUT: ‘One Minute Manifesto’ This is a call out for participation for a project by Lucy Ellinson running in the foyers and cafe of CounterPULSE, this weekend - OCT 25-27 (Forest Fringe’s microfestival of UK work). Come and take part in 'one minute manifesto' - a pop up project where you have 60 seconds to speak

  • October 22, 2013

    Open Call Workshop/Audition for the CONTACT project

    By Published On: October 22nd, 2013

    The CONTACT project, directed by Krista DeNio is currently looking for artists and non-artists for upcoming performances. Open Call:  Come take a FREE workshop and learn more about the CONTACT project! Calling:  Civilians, Veterans (of war and military service), Artists (actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers) and non-artists. What:  Workshop(s) - Two workshops investigating the project content

  • September 12, 2013

    The Post-Performing Diaspora World

    By Published On: September 12th, 2013

    Our final meeting for Performing Diaspora involved many tears. Emotions were palpable as artists spoke about having community for the first time, and staff expressed the fulfillment of a long-term vision. This has truly been a unique experience, and I feel emotionally and professionally bound to these people, many of whom I just met a

  • September 10, 2013

    En route

    By Published On: September 10th, 2013

    En Route From lived story to stories lived on the stage.  Next it will be on screen.  From the many roads I had to take to escape the fires, now the roads are imprinted in my mind.  All I can do is share the hope that kept me alive, and hopefully this will inspire the