What’s New at CounterPulse

We were proud to hear that CounterPULSE Performing Diaspora artist Wang Fei is presenting a finished version of her 2009 Performing Diaspora Festival piece "From Beijing to San Francisco" as a part of the San Francisco International Arts Festival. Congratulations to her and she has offered followers of CounterPULSE a special discount. Her words and

Readymade Dance Theater Company's new piece was inspired by Don Delillo’s 2001 novel, The Body Artist. Director Zsolt Palcza listened it to by audiotape—a great one read by Laurie Anderson—while driving to Mexico one year. Her voice is mesmerizing; it puts one into a trancelike state, much like the 300 miles of carretera between Nogales

Dancers' Group and CounterPULSE have teamed up to present 2nd Sundays, a series of free salons where artists share work and dialogue with audience members and fellow artists. The Program: The upcoming proposal deadline is for the Fall season, which runs from September through December. Selected artists each present up to 10 minutes of work

Greetings folks! CounterPULSE's fiscal sponsorship program has two enrollment periods a year. We are coming up on the first deadline of 2010 on May 29. To read more about the program and to download application materials visit the fiscal sponsorship page on our site.

Here's the text from Michael Gene Sullivan's fantastic tribute to International Workers Day, performed last Friday at CounterPULSE's Agitprop Cabaret: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-gene-sullivan/international-workers-day_b_551427.html

May Day certainly ended with a bang on Sunday night: a spectacular - and completely sold out - revue of some of the Bay Area's favorite dance superstars.  From high fashion to vicious food fights, the audience was kept entertained and impressed throughout the evening.  Thank you to everyone who came out to May Day

Tonight's Happening - the most interactive and least predictable evening of May Day - featured a wide variety of ultracreative installations and performances, evoking a wide variety of audience reactions.  Check out some of the videos to get a feel for the evening ;) 

Want a taste as to what tonight's (Saturday, May 1), May Day Happening will be like? Take a peek at the map we created of CounterPULSE for this very special night. :) Tickets are still available (online until 4pm) or at the door (cash only). More details about the event are on our May Day

After an epic evening running the gamut from graphic EcoSexual demonstrations to operatic fishmongering to new political parties to Huffington Post live blogging (literally) to Argentine Tango and protests within protests, tonight's audience had plenty to react to!  We captured some of this live, in the moment feedback to share with you.  Even if you

Our May Day Festival got featured on the SF Guardian's Pixel Vision blog today. Caitlin Donohue gave a great write up explaining the event and sharing a bit behind why we invited certain performers. Read the post... She highlights it, but now you're wondering why would we ever invite this man for our Saturday night