• February 5, 2012

    Entering Underland

    By Published On: February 5th, 2012

    I'm thrilled to be back at CounterPULSE, about a year after our first ARC residency. The piece we created through the residency, FRIEND came out of the recent loss of one of my closest friends to a brain tumor at the beginning of our time at CounterPULSE. In working on that piece and unearthing stories

  • February 3, 2012

    Quarter 4: Collaboration

    By Published On: February 3rd, 2012

    Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday!   "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn.  Despite the fact that

  • January 30, 2012

    Alexander McQueen is dead, long live the McQueen

    By Published On: January 30th, 2012

    From Savage Beauty: pg 17 "As a human being, he was far more complex, elusive and indeed more magical than any reductive media incarnation." pg 18 "...Rather than waiting for someone to disappoint he provokes them into a hostile reaction which confirms his worst suspicions and justifies his own behavior." pg 19 "It had very

  • January 29, 2012

    Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

    By Published On: January 29th, 2012

    If Murakami's works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear "the classical strains of Chopin." In the bathroom of Denny's, Hall & Oates' I can't go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the

  • January 28, 2012

    indifference – Lisa Townsend Co.

    By Published On: January 28th, 2012

    VIDEO #3 - Waves I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.

  • January 28, 2012

    indifference – Lisa Townsend Co.

    By Published On: January 28th, 2012

    VIDEO #2 - habit, 8 years is life to be lived rather than mulled over or dreamed about?  do we exist among or against each other in a brutal adventure, to which we must by our actions give meaning?  is our direct experience our only guide?

  • January 26, 2012

    To the Singers of Tales Rehearsal at CounterPULSE

    By Published On: January 26th, 2012

  • January 25, 2012

    Winter Special Snapshot: To the Singers of Tales

    By Published On: January 25th, 2012

  • January 16, 2012

    Quadripod

    By Published On: January 16th, 2012

    In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we're not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we're discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center... When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head

  • January 11, 2012

    What is MASTERWORK

    By Published On: January 11th, 2012

    http://vimeo.com/33206435

  • January 11, 2012

    Maryam Quit

    By Published On: January 11th, 2012

    http://vimeo.com/34775981

  • January 7, 2012

    Join us for an evening of Butoh Dialogues with performances by KATSURA Kan and Vangeline.

    By Published On: January 7th, 2012

    We are very excited for Vangeline (NYC) to open for KATSURA Kan's Oracle & Enigma with her solo "Spectral," on Feb 24th and 25th 2012. These two performances together will premiere diverse interpretations of the avant-guard body expression of "Butoh." The Butoh work has been described as the "Dance of Darkness," or the "Dance of the