• June 9, 2011

    Dance Discourse and moving pictures

    By Published On: June 9th, 2011

    If you're a die hard Dance Discourse Project fan, you know that we've been posting archived audio of all our discussions on the Dance Discourse Project page since Project #1. As wonderful as it is to review a talk you once attended as you fold your laundry, or listen to a talk you missed while

  • June 9, 2011

    Pretonically Oriented v.3 Shared Formative Themes – First Bedroom

    By Published On: June 9th, 2011

    Here are the first four free-writes, on the shared formative theme of 'first bedroom', from FACT/SF's performers.  They each chose eight words or phrases that were resonant to them for whatever reason.  These texts, and others like them, form the basic source material for the entire POv Project! swirling upwards, strange, swaying, winds, round, antique, telephone, windowsill brass hook, misty ghost, mom, crazy, next first room, stupid

  • June 9, 2011

    Kybele Dance Theater

    By Published On: June 9th, 2011

    Kybele Dance Theater will be performing "Ruya"in San Francisco

  • June 8, 2011

    Kybele Dance Theater performing “Ruya”

    By Published On: June 8th, 2011

    Ruya means dream/dreams/state of dreaming in Turkish. Kybele Dance Theater will be performing at the CounterPULSE two vignettes under this title. The first one is "sima"... I have been working and developing "sima" for the past year. It is an expression of a personal experience.     "At one point of life we all hit

  • June 7, 2011

    Sometimes inspiration provides more insight than explanation does.

    By Published On: June 7th, 2011

    As we're just getting to know each other, dear CounterPULSE community, I'll do my best to share with you what I'm thinking about, how I work, and what I'm creating throughout FACT/SF's residency.  It occurs to me that sometimes sharing inspirations is the most effective way of communicating interests...so we've launched "Tasty Tuesdays" on our

  • June 4, 2011

    Hello from FACT/SF!

    By Published On: June 4th, 2011

    Hello! I could not be more thrilled to begin developing Pretonically Oriented v.3 at CounterPULSE via the Artist Residency Commissioning Program.  The last few rounds of ARC have produced some truly remarkable works – Kegan Marling and Dandelion Dancetheater most recently, and Jesse Hewit and Laura Arrington last August.  So great.  Challenging, beautiful, nuance-filled works

  • May 29, 2011

    Rustling Silk Official Description

    By Published On: May 29th, 2011

    Rustling Silk, Avy K Productions’ new multimedia, structured improvisation, dedicates a poetic evening to the lost civilization of the ancient nomadic horsemen. In our exploration, myself, Erika Tsimbrovsky (Artistic Director/choreographer), and co-founder Vadim Puyandaev (visual artist/performer) will try to find traces of this ancient civilization in our urban world and seek to discover whether small

  • May 26, 2011

    Goin’ Gaga rehearsals!

    By Published On: May 26th, 2011

    We are having a great time in rehearsals and cannot wait to share the finished product with you. Take a look at a little whimsy! Enjoy! --ABD

  • May 21, 2011

    Remounting Pieces – a dancers POV

    By Published On: May 21st, 2011

    In our upcoming show, we premiere RAD, our piece celebrating taking our dances to the streets of SF for the the past 18 months. That means all of the other work has been presented in some way before. Goin' Gaga first appeared at Too Much: a Queer Marathon in February, and based on additional conversations

  • May 16, 2011

    The Magic

    By Published On: May 16th, 2011

    There is an unmistakable magic that occurs when a group of 16 artists fill a room and reveal their craft.  4 people transform into 2 majestic lions… the spirits and essence of the tradition.  It’s hard to express the feeling of watching what is in your mind’s eye manifest in front of you, to the

  • May 10, 2011

    A Sneak Peek of ABDs RAD

    By Published On: May 10th, 2011

    For the past year and a half the company has given San Franciscans a little gift. Leaving the studio and heading out on to the streets of the city sharing dance with unsuspecting cafe diners and passersby. It has been a labour of love and a kick to our 'gift economy.' As part of 'Goin'

  • May 8, 2011

    Getting Ready to Go Gaga – tales of the PM

    By Published On: May 8th, 2011

    Doing much of the administrative and production work away from the artistic side of things, made it all the more exciting to head into rehearsal on Saturday. It was then I changed my Managing Director hat for my Production Manager (PM) one. During our NY tour just over a month ago, I spent such a