• April 16, 2010

    2nd Sundays April videos now online

    By Published On: April 16th, 2010

    2nd Sundays is a monthly dance salon put on by CounterPULSE and Dancers' Group. This month three companies performed works in progress for the purpose of seeking feedback. Please feel free to offer that feedback on their youtube videos directly if you feel so inspired! JypsyJays Productions Jenny McAllister/HMD Gretchen Garnett and Dancers

  • April 16, 2010

    The Pulse in Paris: Le Fin

    By Published On: April 16th, 2010

    Well another year and another tour.  We closed the show in Paris last night and as always it was pretty amazing.  There is nothing quite like stumbling out of a theater near midnight, delirious from a combination of adrenaline, wine and exhaustion and being cast in the sparkling lights of the Eiffel Tower.  It is

  • April 14, 2010

    CounterPULSE staff gets down in new video

    By Published On: April 14th, 2010

    The staff decided to shoot a video flyer for our big fundraiser coming up in May. Felt hearts, mustard, hot choreo and iphones. Need I say more? To see the line up and by tickets visit the May Day page on our site

  • April 13, 2010

    of a faun…. the beginning inspiration for the visual design of “Hot Wings”

    By Published On: April 13th, 2010

    the beginning... my favorite part everything seems possible and the threads of connection are just barely starting to show themselves. At the beginning, I spend a lot of time drawing, painting, imagining, and (i wish less often) buying/collecting objects. the visual component of the work is hugely crucial for me. here are some preliminary paintings

  • April 11, 2010

    The Pulse in Paris: Nefarious Nancy

    By Published On: April 11th, 2010

    Do you all remember that Baz Luhrman spoken word tone poem from the late 90's "Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen?"  It starts "Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97, Wear sunscreenIf I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it."  Well my version, if I wrote it this week

  • April 6, 2010

    omfg and other hysterical things

    By Published On: April 6th, 2010

    Before getting into much let me say I am beyond humbled and thrilled and terrified and ecstatic about this residency. First, the staff at Counterpulse are amazing. This feeling of being supported is both delightful and totally foreign, but it's a feeling i could get used to. so first, and for real THANK YOU to

  • April 6, 2010

    April 6th, twothousandandten…

    By Published On: April 6th, 2010

    Writing that title makes me remember my self-scripting teacher in undergrad, Rosemary Quinn, and how she would so clearly and ritualistically STATE the date at the opening and closing of each of our sessions. It has stuck with me. And its funny, I use it for all sorts of things. When I'm having a sad

  • April 2, 2010

    Kendra Kimbrough Barnes in the SF Chronicle!

    By Published On: April 2nd, 2010

    Great interview with Alexandria Rocha and Kendra Kimbrough Barnes in the San Francisco Chronicle yesterday. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/01/NSNT1CLFOG.DTL Don't miss the performance this weekend!

  • April 2, 2010

    Post-BHOPAL – Thank you!

    By Published On: April 2nd, 2010

    Dear Friends, Thank you for attending our staged-reading of Bhopal by Rahul Varma at CounterPULSE on Friday, March 26th! I directed Bhopal to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal Tragedy and to honor Habib Tanvir, a legendary director from India, who translated the play into Hindi as Zahreeli Hawa (Poisonous Wind). Bhopal was staged

  • April 2, 2010

    The Lovely Lily

    By Published On: April 2nd, 2010

    Last week, I was lucky enough to attend "Beyond the Veil" at CounterPULSE. The evening, a mix of music, performance and visuals was an experience I have been needing to have. Lily Taylor took the stage and presented the audience a rare opportunity to see a music artist pair her work with performance artists inspired

  • April 2, 2010

    The Pulse in Paris: Nantes

    By Published On: April 2nd, 2010

    Well, we have finally landed back in Paris after our 7 day trip out on the road and what a whirlwind experience it has been.  Things went so smoothly through Angers that I should have known we'd hit a snag somewhere along the line and that snag turned out to be Nantes.  The crew arrived

  • March 29, 2010

    The Pulse in Paris: Adventures in Angers

    By Published On: March 29th, 2010

    So, we are finally off and running, making that big trek from the Paris apartment up the road to Gare Montparnasse.  We all made it safe and sound with the help of our wonderful friend Muriel, who lent her car for transporting all the show bags which made it so much easier.  And we got