• May 7, 2012

    May Day 2012 on Twitter

    By Published On: May 7th, 2012

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  • May 5, 2012

    CounterPULSE love at May Day

    By Published On: May 5th, 2012

    One of our current artists in residence, Seth Eisen (Eye Zen Art), uncovered a lot of love for CounterPULSE at May Day last night.

  • May 2, 2012

    Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase

    By Published On: May 2nd, 2012

    http://youtu.be/J1IiEtVIXQQ

  • April 25, 2012

    Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

    By Published On: April 25th, 2012

    When I set out to create an experience for Friday April 27th (both curating the evening and creating a performance), I knew it would be inspired by the work of Jean Paul Gaultier. I did not know that it would lead into such a process of inquiry. I am struck by Gaultier's interest in difference –of shape, size, age,

  • April 20, 2012

    Homo File Audition/Workshop

    By Published On: April 20th, 2012

    Seith Eisen in Residence at CounterPULSE Homo File   Drawing and tattoo by Samuel Steward Over the past year I’ve been in the research phase for my next queer history performance project titled Homo File, chronicling the life of Sam Steward, (1907-1994). I am thrilled to tell you that I received a four month residency

  • April 18, 2012

    Natya and Narration in India Currents magazine

    By Published On: April 18th, 2012

    See a preview of this performance at http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2012/04/14/rebelution-poetry-dance-stories  

  • March 17, 2012

    Dance Anywhere Interview with Lisa Townsend Co.

    By Published On: March 17th, 2012

      DA: You mention that indifference is based on Albert Camus' The Stranger. How did you decide to use this novel as inspiration for your performance?  LTCo: As a reflection on the absurdity of free will, indifference questions the troubling impenitence experienced by Camus' protagonist, Meursault. What if free will, which we hold so dear as a marker of individual freedom,

  • March 12, 2012

    Artist Interview: Mica Sigourney

    By Published On: March 12th, 2012

  • March 12, 2012

    Artist Interview: Lisa Townsend

    By Published On: March 12th, 2012

  • March 11, 2012

    Underland Background

    By Published On: March 11th, 2012

    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

  • March 9, 2012

    Maman died today…

    By Published On: March 9th, 2012

    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      

  • March 7, 2012

    Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

    By Published On: March 7th, 2012

    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’