• May 28, 2009

    dance as sacred

    By Published On: May 28th, 2009

    For me, dancing is both a sacred and spiritual act. I was reminded of that as I sat and listened to the recently selected Performing Diaspora (PD) artists discuss there work during their orientation meeting here at CounterPULSE (CP) a few weeks ago (I am intern at CP for the summer).  As I

  • May 27, 2009

    TALKS! Art & Politics: Susan Greene

    By Published On: May 27th, 2009

    Wed. May 27, 7:30pm, Free Susan Greene is a public artist, activist, educator and clinical psychologist. Her practice straddles a range of cultural arenas, focusing on borders, migrations, decolonization and memory. Greene is one of four Jewish American women artists who in 1989 founded the ongoing “Break the Silence Mural Project” in solidarity with Palestine.

  • May 20, 2009

    Watch an excerpt of Deep Waters Dance Theater, CounterPULSE Artists in Residence March 09

    By Published On: May 20th, 2009

    If you didn't make it to our recent Artists in Residence show in March, here's a little snippet for your viewing pleasure! Amara Tabor-Smith, Deep Waters Dance Theater with Aimee Suzara, Our Daily Bread... video by: Loren R. Robertson

  • May 20, 2009

    Neang Sovann Atmani – Prumsodun Ok for Performing Diaspora

    By Published On: May 20th, 2009

    A Cambodian classical dancer, when practicing her moving meditation developed over a thousand years ago as a ritual prayer, displays a serpentine grace that is hypnotic and sublime. Her form is supple, her gestures fluid, and she floats in curvilinear paths across the stage. This is no coincidence as the serpent – moving like the waters that bring fertility and sustenance to the land, bridge between heaven and earth, the being in which the first “Cambodian” sovereign took form (in one creation story anyways) – was worshiped prevalently throughout what is now Cambodia before the introduction of major religions. And today, after many generations of refinement, the serpent can still be seen in this highly stylized art form: its scales transformed into a costume’s detail and its function assumed by a human dancer.

  • May 16, 2009

    The Myalist – Opal Palmer Adisa

    By Published On: May 16th, 2009

    While most know of Obeah in Jamaica, few know its counterpoint, Myal. An Entry in Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred years of the English Language in Jamaica by Frederic G. Cassidy ( MacMillian Caribbean, 1961), we get one notation: "Obeah, the Jamaican form of sorcery or `black magic', [sic] was once counterbalanced by myal, or `white

  • May 15, 2009

    Peck Peck Dance Ensemble

    By Published On: May 15th, 2009

    Thank you all for coming to Peck Peck Dance Ensemble's 7th Annual Season Show!! Many of the pieces were premiere showings. Can't wait for the next event! www.peckpeckdanceensemble.com

  • May 9, 2009

    u n d i r e c t e d – AHDANCO and group A

    By Published On: May 9th, 2009

    AHDANCO and group A are getting ready for our shows at CounterPULSE on may 15th, 16th, and 17th. we hope to see you there. here's some information to fill you on what is in store for you at u n d i r e c t e d... chaos, revisited, presented by AHDANCO,

  • May 2, 2009

    Open Studio & Showing Stephen Pelton Dance Theater

    By Published On: May 2nd, 2009

    In celebration of National Dance Week, the company hosts their annual open studio. Join the company as they prepare & perform dances from their upcoming home season, it was this: it was this:­—The afternoon will include new work by artistic director Stephen Pelton & company member Christy Funsch.

  • May 1, 2009

    May Day Festival CounterPULSE’s 4th Anniversary

    By Published On: May 1st, 2009

    Twenty-five of the Bay Area's hottest dance companies, theater companies, spoken-word artists and musicians unite over three days to raise money for CounterPULSE— it's our BIGGEST birthday ever! Post-show dancing 'till 12am on Fri. & Sat. with DJ's Durt & Bunnystyle.

  • April 29, 2009

    Video Previews of May Day Artists

    By Published On: April 29th, 2009

    Video Previews of May Day Artists for your viewing pleasure! More about CounterPULSE's 4th Annual May Day Festival here: Buy Tickets Now W. Kamau Bell (Fri.) Flyaway Productions (Fri.) Jess Curtis/ Gravity (Sat.) KUNST-STOFF (Sat.) Katya Smirnoff-Skyy (Sat.) Fauxnique (Sun.) Scott Wells (Sun.) Sara Shelton Mann (Sun.) More about CounterPULSE's 4th Annual May Day Festival

  • April 29, 2009

    TALKS! Transition City: Permacultural Transformation

    By Published On: April 29th, 2009

    Free, A Nature in the City co-production Redesigning urban life off the grid. How can urban dwellers begin immediately to move towards self-sufficiency? We’ll have several permaculture practitioners presenting step-by-step recommendations for the next six months, a 1-year and a 3-5 year transition…K. Ruby (Inst. Of Urban Homesteading), Novella Carpenter (Ghost Town Farm), Kevin Bayuk

  • April 15, 2009

    Interview with Lenora Lee from Traditions / Transformations 2009, April 17-19

    By Published On: April 15th, 2009

    Click here to see an interview with Dancer / Choreographer Lenora Lee