• March 29, 2011

    Showings, Feedback and Protecting Clarity

    By Published On: March 29th, 2011

    The showings that Dandelion has been doing as part of our residency at CounterPULSE have taught me a lot. Here's an incomplete list of insights, reminders, clarifying moments that I've gathered so far from the three monthly public showings of our Friend project: 1. Public showings are crucial to the development of the kind of

  • March 27, 2011

    Art vs. Fundamentalism

    By Published On: March 27th, 2011

    For Dance Anywhere Day this year we performed a minimalist movement structure in Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. Ensemble Member David Ryther led us in an improvised piece based on a street performer he had witnessed many times in Santa Cruz. We traveled slowly around the plaza, waving and looking back and forth with

  • March 25, 2011

    Falling Apart / Piecing Myself Together

    By Published On: March 25th, 2011

    It's been longer than I would have liked since my last post. I'm in the final stages of "birthing" our Friend project, and these past few weeks have felt like the major hump to get over. As I catch up with myself and the work, I'll be posting some eclectic reflections from the adrenaline-fueled final

  • March 14, 2011

    Coming Home

    By Published On: March 14th, 2011

    I've often thought about what it means to come home to someone. When you come home to someone, there's comfort and consistency. A dog's tail wagging, rich smells from the kitchen and maybe a kid slamming the screen door to escape outside into the air and wilderness and unknown. But coming home feels like too

  • March 10, 2011

    Artist Interview: Kegan Marling

    By Published On: March 10th, 2011

    PART 1   PART 2

  • March 10, 2011

    Artist Interview: Eric Kupers of Dandelion Dancetheater

    By Published On: March 10th, 2011

    PART 1 PART 2

  • March 8, 2011

    Humongous Hearts for CounterPULSE

    By Published On: March 8th, 2011

    Dear CounterPULSE Family, As many of you know, in light of the very exciting program and staffing changes taking place at CounterPULSE this season, I must announce to you that my time at CounterPULSE has come to a close. While I am very sad to leave the organization, I know that CounterPULSE will continue to

  • March 8, 2011

    Brass band to the Mardi Gras Eat-In

    By Published On: March 8th, 2011

  • March 3, 2011

    Surprise Gifts

    By Published On: March 3rd, 2011

    There always seems to be surprise gifts that come from creating a performance work--things that enhance my life and/or art making that I didn't expect to receive from the project. With the Friend project, a major gift has been a reminder about the joy of making stuff. By stuff I mean visual art (sculpture, collage,

  • March 2, 2011

    Refueling

    By Published On: March 2nd, 2011

    Being a person is hard work. And then being a person who is living as an artist adds a whole new layer of difficulties. A lot of the time I pride myself on being able to keep on keepin' on, no matter how hard the traveling becomes. And I am committed in my creative work

  • March 1, 2011

    Our Daily Bread Video Preview

    By Published On: March 1st, 2011

  • February 17, 2011

    Reflections on Queer Dance

    By Published On: February 17th, 2011

    The following is my introductory note in the program for tonight's 2nd Annual Queer Dance Festival at CSU East Bay, followed by some related videos. This felt like an appropriate exploration to share here: Reflections on the Nature of “Queer Dance” By Queer Dance Festival Director Eric Kupers February 17th, 2011 University Theatre, CSU East