• March 5, 2010

    Summer Internship Deadline-March 16

    By Published On: March 5th, 2010

    We are on the hunt for a fabulous group of interns for Summer 2010 at CounterPULSE. Our internships are a great way to get plugged into the bay area arts scene, meet new folks, and challenge yourself to work in a bustling non-profit arts space. Read more about the internships available and how to apply.

  • March 5, 2010

    Jess Curtis / Gravity wows, baffles & stretches the imagination…

    By Published On: March 5th, 2010

    This past weekend, audiences at CounterPULSE were treated to a powerful evening of performance from Jess Curtis / Gravity and a talented team of international collaborators.  The first act featured Scotland's Claire Cunningham in thought-provoking, solo exploration of her experience with alternate mobility.  After the intermission, audiences were wowed by a sneak peak at "Dances

  • February 26, 2010

    Wrapping up Luxury Items!

    By Published On: February 26th, 2010

    Luxury Items was a super splendorific success. Besides being a fabulous production, this was also our longest running show to date, and garnered a ton of fantastic press!  Go CounterPULSE, and hats off to Monique Jenkinson and everyone involved! Much love to all who came and hope you loved it as much as all of

  • January 11, 2010

    Begin Again…

    By Published On: January 11th, 2010

    I am humbly accepting of the opportunity to participate in the 2010 CounterPULSE AIR program! I titled my first posting Begin Again because I am thrilled to have just finished a piece (in November) and have support in place to immediately begin the process once again (in December) to share and expand my love for choreographing!

  • January 3, 2010

    CIRF New Year’s Contact Improvisation Intensive 2010

    By Published On: January 3rd, 2010

    CIRF New Year’s Contact Improvisation Intensive 2010 Research Into Scores with Brenton Cheng and Jennifer Chien Friday-Sunday, January 1-3, 2010 / Fri 7-10pm, Sat & Sun 10am-6pm Rejuvenate and re-inspire your dancing body in the New Year with renowned performers, Jennifer Chien and Brenton Cheng. This 3-day Intermediate Level intensive will focus on shifting physical

  • January 2, 2010

    From Beijing to San Francisco Report

    By Published On: January 2nd, 2010

    http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/newsletters/09nagaevents/bjtosfreportweb.htm The world premiere of “From Beijing to San Francisco” – a newly commissioned multi-disciplinary work for the guqin developed by Wang Fei, the Founder and Director of NAGA – was performed to great critical acclaim in the Performing Diaspora Festival at CounterPULSE in San Francisco on four consecutive nights from November 19 to 22,

  • December 16, 2009

    Thanksgiving and Performing Diaspora …by Charlotte Moraga

    By Published On: December 16th, 2009

    November.  Thanksgiving.  Well, Performing Diaspora was a thanksgiving feast of a sort, for sure.  Dishes of quiet contemplative explosions and moments of mirth filled the platter,  like when Sri did her nonplussed "boob dance" and her sexy "butt dance."  With her back to the audience, she cocked her head as if to say, "I see

  • December 15, 2009

    Rituals: Violeta Luna and José Navarrete

    By Published On: December 15th, 2009

    December 2nd was the fist rehearsal at CounterPulse with Violeta Luna and I. I was a little worried to start since I did not know how Violeta ‘s creative process was in the studio. Before this day we met regularly once a week for the past three months. We created the narrative, brainstormed our ideas,

  • December 9, 2009

    WATCH: CP on Culture Wire

    By Published On: December 9th, 2009

    We are super excited to have had the opportunity to meet the truly kind and professional folks from the San Francisco Arts Commission's Culture Wire. Watch the video below to hear from Jessica Robinson Love and 3 Performing Diaspora artists Gema Sandoval, Charlotte Moraga and Adia Tamar Whitaker talk about what Performing Diaspora meant to

  • December 9, 2009

    CP T-shirt design contest! Deadline: Jan 4, 2010

    By Published On: December 9th, 2009

    Calling all designers! We're looking for a design for the official CounterPULSE shirt for this coming year. Since we know we've got some extremely talented supporters out there, we thought we would open it up to all of you! Have you had a design idea since seeing a show here? This is your chance to

  • December 7, 2009

    Dance Discourse 7: but i really love it…

    By Published On: December 7th, 2009

    scribed by Roko Kawai On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing

  • November 28, 2009

    Koreni, reflections and afterthoughts…is it really over?

    By Published On: November 28th, 2009

    Sitting in front of my computer on this rather chilly autumn afternoon I cannot believe that we PD artists have seemingly come to the end of this portion of our "journey".  Over the course of practically one year we have created, critiqued, blogged, organized, rehearsed, coordinated, risked, stumbled, fumbled, doubted, questioned and actively participated in