• December 10, 2012

    GROUND SERIES: WINTER

    By Published On: December 10th, 2012

    Hello incredible CounterPULSE community from former CounterPULSE interns Sarah Ashkin and Brittany Delany, and curators of Oakland based arts program GROUND SERIES.  GROUND SERIES is a meeting place for artists to experiment with interdisciplinary investigation in a grassroots community arts model. This winter GROUND SERIES can be found at its usual home of the Temescal

  • December 10, 2012

    richien: Twindependent: CounterPULSE

    By Published On: December 10th, 2012

    Jennifer Chien and I, Rowena Richie -- a.k.a. "richien"-- have settled on a new title for our piece. After much musing, wordplaying, and a poll we announce: Twindependent, formerly known as Twinstigate. We wanted to change the title from Twinstigate in part because we are past the instigating stage of the process. As the other winter

  • December 9, 2012

    ONE WEEK ‘TILL WORKOUT!

    By Published On: December 9th, 2012

    We are only one week away from premiering at CounterPULSE! I am so excited for this. We have been in the rehearsal and creation process since February, which means there has been a lot of time for additional layers to join the work. WORKOUT is getting juicier and more fun all the time! The starting

  • November 26, 2012

    Art Workouts Showing This Saturday at 3!

    By Published On: November 26th, 2012

    *   Y o u   A r e   I n v i t e d    * Set, no set An Art Workouts Showing Saturday, December 1, 3pm CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission Street, SF $ Free With works by Alek Trail, Brianna Skellie, Lauren McKeon, Mara Poliak, Mary Lachman, Hallie Dalsimer, Jean Tarantino, and Zoe

  • November 21, 2012

    Interview with Sebastian Grubb on Dance and Fitness

    By Published On: November 21st, 2012

    July 09, 2012 by James Koroni http://www.enforcedarch.com Enforced Arch ‘Mover’ and contributor, Sebastian Grubb takes life one step at a time but carries the world in his arms. Tackling fitness, nutrition and dance in one lifetime may seem overwhelming but for him, it’s done with grace. He is thrilled to share his expertise with the

  • November 16, 2012

    Of Limb & Language… we begin…

    By Published On: November 16th, 2012

      This afternoon, a group of 5 experimental dance&performance people will begin rehearsals for Of Limb and Language, a 2012/13 ARC project. For my part, as the director, today marks the end of months of solo reading, dreaming, planning, and procrastinating. Thankyou CounterPULSE!!! Some tumbled thoughts I walk into the studio with…   #1 “ I’ve got

  • November 13, 2012

    Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

    By Published On: November 13th, 2012

    We are winding our way towards opening night this week. What started out as a conversation with my mother about our gumbo tradition many years ago, has become this little monster of a dance theater piece that has forever changed my life and how I think about food. With this incarnation of Our Daily Bread

  • October 30, 2012

    And the Pot Thickens…

    By Published On: October 30th, 2012

    If I had the time it would be better to keep me on track if I would blog every day during this process... but these days are full and there is much to say about what has taken place over the last month so forgive me if this blog is more like a sampler plate,

  • October 16, 2012

    Art Workouts Old-New Time Interview

    By Published On: October 16th, 2012

    Hello all, we are Art Workouts / Abby Crain + Margit Galanter.  Here is our most recent interview below, that came out of our Summer Intensive workshop, edited a few weeks ago. If you would like to learn more about our workshop coming up at CounterPULSE starting NOVEMBER 9, just click HERE. As more themes emerge

  • October 15, 2012

    How many people does it take to make a salad? All of us!

    By Published On: October 15th, 2012

    We are in full effect with the food parties and gatherings that will lead up to the remount of Our Daily Bread at CounterPULSE coming up this November 15-18. Though I love the performance work, I have to say these parties are what really FEED me! (yes, pun fully INTENDED!) Coming together with folks in

  • October 10, 2012

    A short piece about Sam Steward and Homo File

    By Published On: October 10th, 2012

    By Edward Guthmann -Freelance writer and former SF Chronicle film critic Thanks for your wonderful "Homo File." It's very inventive and smart, and I felt it captured a lot about Sam very accurately. Also liked the casting of your lead actor as Sam. Would love to see how it develops. I knew Sam for a

  • October 5, 2012

    Opening in 2 weeks: HALLOWEEN! The Ballad of Michele Myers

    By Published On: October 5th, 2012

    The Halloween vs. Facts of Life musical mashup opens October 19th and plays through Oct 31st!! Come get in the Halloween spirit!!! Tickets and info here: http://michelemyers2012.eventbrite.com Follow Michele: facebook.com/MicheleMyersSF twitter.com/MicheleMyersSF Check out the various trailers for the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvtavgcnVTQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6cEAwnpaE8