• September 14, 2010

    Selling It

    By Published On: September 14th, 2010

    Sometimes I'm asked what village I grew up in. The answer is a little village of (what is now) 7.4 million people. The idea that I grew up in a ghetto area in one of world's largest cities seems to shock many people. How can the art that I learned and practice be from that

  • September 8, 2010

    Performing Nautanki in Paris, reconnecting to roots in India, and enhancing Mission Suhani

    By Published On: September 8th, 2010

    I spent the last three months in Europe and India, traveling and performing Nautanki to diverse audiences. I also worked with my father on Nautanki Mission Suhani to expand the script and add new scenes for our performance at CounterPULSE this October. I first traveled to Paris, where I stayed at the Théâtre du Soleil

  • September 8, 2010

    Nine years, Nine emotions

    By Published On: September 8th, 2010

    Nine years ago, events occurred that changed the way many people looked at the rest of the world.  On September 11th, 2001, the whole world watched in horror at the catastrophic events that changed the meaning of this day for many people, especially Americans.  As time moved on emotions and memories of this day still

  • September 6, 2010

    The Sound of Shattering Glass

    By Published On: September 6th, 2010

    It started off as a ringtone that made me laugh. It became an ironic reflection of how I broke in Ghana. An upstairs neighbor of Counterpulse threw empty 40 ounce bottles from the window down onto the sidewalk of 9th and Mission the day we practiced at the bus stop. We were playing our shakers too loud. We had to run. There was glass

  • August 27, 2010

    Priyanjali Dancers Performing on 9/11

    By Published On: August 27th, 2010

    Bharata Natyam, an age-old art form from India, graces the CounterPULSE stage in September. Paying a tribute in memory of the victims world wide of 9/11, Priyanjali Dance will celebrate life using colorful traditional pieces and contemporary work titled Navarasas.  Through these Navarasas (nine emotions), the dancers hope to share and explore the human condition.

  • August 24, 2010

    Skin Tight

    By Published On: August 24th, 2010

    I am not actually Rapid Descent. I am Leah, friend of Rapid Descent, fellow theater-maker and guest blogger. These are my brief thoughts and observations on Skin Tight. Living is a messy business – beautiful, lyrical, heart-breaking, bone-crushing. It is my experience that the suffering any of us endures in life comes when we function

  • August 23, 2010

    Prumsodun Ok and NATYARASA: The Origin of Theater, Censorship, and Social Change

    By Published On: August 23rd, 2010

    The world is falling apart. Driven by illusive philosophies, men and women inflict harm upon one another.  They destroy fields and forests that give them life; they kill and rape to own land and water.  And in their cities they stuff their mouths with a gluttonous rage — only to grow evermore sick and evermore

  • August 16, 2010

    The Chair in My Dance

    By Published On: August 16th, 2010

    A Choreographical Investigation I am currently deep in the process of creating the piece to be performed in October. As I do this, I think about what my intentions are, what I want to convey, and what I use to embody (a good word for a choreographer) those intentions. Intentions exist on the level of

  • August 10, 2010

    Julia Serano & Carol Queen Post-Show Panel

    By Published On: August 10th, 2010

    100807 Jesse Hewit / Laura Arrington Strong Behavior Post Show Panel from In Studio on Vimeo.

  • August 8, 2010

    Left: A printed scanned image of a drag queen’s face with pink hair next to a scanned image of a leg wearing nude fishnet tights. Right: a fractal collage of people in various poses, some sitting on chairs, on a white background..

    CounterPulse Presents ARC Combustible 2023

    By Published On: August 8th, 2010

    [Custom Object] lip-sync//dance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr & Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 by Driven Arts Collective. September 7-9 & 14-16, 2023 // 80 Turk St, SF SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- CounterPulse’s 2023 ARC Combustible program presents [Custom Object] lip-sync//dance by Ambrose Trataris aka DestroyHerr and Digital Milk: Metaphase 0 by Driven Arts Collective.

  • August 6, 2010

    Audience Reacts to Laura Arrington & Jesse hewit/Strong Behavior, Artist in Residence show at CounterPULSE

    By Published On: August 6th, 2010

  • August 6, 2010

    Laura Arrington & Jesse Hewit/ Strong Behavior Post Show Panel

    By Published On: August 6th, 2010

    100805 Jesse Hewit / Laura Arrington Strong Behavior Post Show Panel from In Studio on Vimeo.