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March 25, 2009
Shimenawa is a beautifully crafted dance theater piece that showcased last fall at Counterpulse. This refined version has the classic feel of Kabuki and Noh theater with a modern overlay of sensibility and substance. It's ritual theater expressed in poetry, music and dance with a tight ensemble, Melody Takata has performed with over the years, including local treasure, Sensei Nakajima, the foremost sax player composer,
March 25, 2009
"Save SF Japantown" was on a sign held by a community member on the steps of SF City Hall in 2006 as we faced the devastating news that Kintentsu was selling 6 key properties. We simultaneously celebrated the Centenial of SF Japantown, one of the last three Japantowns in the United States. Japanese Americans have
March 21, 2009
Hey Gang, Here comes some of the Dance Discourse. Rachel Howard http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/21/DD3S16K77V.DTL&type=performance Allan Ulrich http://www.voiceofdance.com/v1/features.cfm/1708/Spellbinder-Jess-Curtis-Gravity708.html Allan somehow totally misses the fact that the piece is a co-creation by Maria and myself. Hard to trust his reading of the piece (even when it's super positive) if he can't read the program. We're having a great time
March 19, 2009
Contemporary World Dance: Napoles Ballet Theatre & Friends presented a refreshing, powerful and culturally enriching affirmation this past weekend at CounterPULSE. Contemporary World Dance: Napoles Ballet Theatre & Friends brought together a fun and distinct mix of dance companies to produce an amazing piece beloved by all. Comment about the show below.
March 19, 2009
As I train my student Rebecca for her june bharatanatyam performance, and when I see that there is a 'performing in the diaspora' series planned for the future at counterpulse, it seems to me that it might be nice if audiences knew more about the abundance of bharatanatyam here in the bay area. After all,
March 18, 2009
What a lovely intimate space and that long long stage! Came in to counterpulse meet H. last friday in all that golden sunshine, and the wind!, "through the velvet leaves, the wind" and sign my papers for Rebecca's BN perf in the last week of June. In large auditoriums, I always think, what a pity
March 17, 2009
Dateline March 17th- Hello counterPULSE blog-o-sphere- We've loaded into the Theater over the weekend, turned everything white and are getting ready for Thursday's opening. Maria and Julie (Phelps, our admin. and CP's head house manager) have curated a really beautiful gallery exhibit in the front hall. Please check it out and leave us
March 9, 2009
Chop wood, carry water, tape chairs and oh yes perform... 3/3 Night before the dress rehearsal. It's 11 pm and I'm still on on the sidewalk spray-painting my beautiful Mission-style dining room chairs a metallic silver, after spending way too many hours with Katarina covering their endless slats with gaffer's tape. Back aching, head thick
March 4, 2009
It is only a few days left to the opening of ANIMoid, the piece that Cathie Caraker and I have been working with for some time now. We think of it as a post-modern dance laboratory. The research we are performing in that laboratory started with the question: What might happen if two aliens came
February 27, 2009
So, next week my company and i will perform our new work "...our daily bread" that is this exploration of food and cultural identity. Forgive me if what I am about to throw down reads a bit like a high school essay that would begin with "what I learned......". But what has been the deepest
February 27, 2009
The Burning of the Ancient Library of Alexandria brought down the house at CounterPULSE this past weekend. The cast made use of many different forms of media and brought a fascinating evocation of ancient philosophy to life with their enthusiasm and commitment on the stage. Comment about the show below.
February 20, 2009
For me, last night’s Dance Discourse Project: Writing About Dance was a powerful and very mixed experience. Mostly I’m feeling grateful. I’m grateful that four dance writers—Rachel Howard, Rita Felciano, Ann Murphy, and Keith Hennessy— for giving us a window into their world. Rachel talked candidly about the nuts and bolts of her role at