• January 21, 2009

    TALKS! Shaping San Francisco History Wiki Workshop

    By Published On: January 21st, 2009

    Wed. Jan. 21, 7:30pm, Free Years in the making! Shaping San Francisco has finally completed its arduous migration to a wiki-format. Check it out BEFORE Wednesday at foundsf.org! Explore the new living archive of the city’s history with Chris Carlsson and LisaRuth Elliott. Get a demonstration of how to use it, and suggestions and guidelines

  • January 19, 2009

    Jess Curtis/Gravity – Big Benefit Bash

    By Published On: January 19th, 2009

    Jess/Curtis Gravity presents a Big Benefit Performance Bash OLD SCHOOL/NEW RULES at CounterPULSE Saturday January 24,  8pm www.jesscurtisgravity.org • www.counterpulse.org A multi-generational roster of all-stars from San Francisco and beyond come out to support Jess Curtis/Gravity’s upcoming 2009 San Francisco Season and you’re invited. Art, Party and Delectable Tidbits of Dance, Improvisation and Body-based Performance

  • December 18, 2008

    Surviving the Economic Meltdown: DANGER or OPPORTUNITY?

    By Published On: December 18th, 2008

    Thank you to all who attended the discussion last night!  It was very thought provoking and one of the best Shaping San Francisco talks that I have attended. I grew up in Seattle, WA and was raised with the idea that money is equal to life energy and time and that it is important to

  • November 22, 2008

    Map of the Mango Planet: Part II. The North Pole

    By Published On: November 22nd, 2008

    MAP OF THE MANGO PLANET   PART II. THE NORTH POLE  Saturday November 22, 2008  8p.m. Performance                              North is an established position and direction relative to another location on the Mango planet and within its systems, countries, states, bodies, not dependent upon changes made within those other locations.  However, if everything turned upside

  • October 15, 2008

    Songs About Global Warming

    By Published On: October 15th, 2008

    My HOT Lobotomy (a multi-media theatrical EVENT opening this Friday here at CounterPULSE!) was created as a collaborative effort - not only between creator/director David Szlasa, his creative team (including Sara Shelton Mann, James Clotfelter, Calvin LL Jones & Katrina Rodabaugh), and his star performers Erin Mei-Ling Stuart and Spencer Evans - but

  • October 11, 2008

    Sara Kraft: HyperREAL

    By Published On: October 11th, 2008

    So I came away from this stimulated and grateful, to have an experience in performance art where I was thinking afterwards and where i could sense the amount of thought and energy the artist had put into it.  It was accessible but not expected.... and my neurons were firing connections so i thought i'd start

  • September 8, 2008

    Dhoom Dhamaka!

    By Published On: September 8th, 2008

    Today I discussed with my filmmaker collaborator different ideas for video clips. One would think only 4 days before opening night everything would be done; but the video is the last aspect of the show to come together. I am asking myself: how much do I rely on the video to tell the same story

  • August 23, 2008

    CONTRA-TIEMPO – two days at CounterPULSE – Don’t miss out!

    By Published On: August 23rd, 2008

    “I Dream America,” a powerful statement, through dance, about immigration, Katrina, and an exploration of boundaries (who’s in and who’s out) will be performed at CounterPULSE on August 29th and 30th - Fri./Sat. at 8:00 p.m. by the acclaimed Los Angeles Urban Latin dance theater company CONTRA-TIEMPO. “‘I Dream America” represents the kind of socially

  • August 19, 2008

    Video of Buried in The Body Of Rememberance/Enterrada en El Cuerpo DeL Recuerdo

    By Published On: August 19th, 2008

    View Video This is a montage of part one of Part 1 of Border Tryp(Tych) by Secos Y Mojados. The Piece is about the experiences, emotions, memories, and the moment an immigrant leaves their country and crosses the border. it features the voice and testimonial of the David's mother, Rosa Molina. Soundtrack: David Molina Video

  • August 12, 2008

    MUSA: modern dance and live music Sat 16th 8:30pm

    By Published On: August 12th, 2008

    MUSA is where modern dance meets emotive prog-rock, and the dancers and musicians tell personal, archetypal and universal stories reaching forward and backward in time. MUSA is also where the musicians and dancers communicate across the divides of their chosen mediums, entwining and unwinding again and again, searching for the perfect expression, and the most

  • August 10, 2008

    A Body Parted/Un cuerpo partido by Resident Artist Violeta Luna

    By Published On: August 10th, 2008

    Tijuana – California Border, 2005 / Frontera Tijuana-California, 2005, photo Roberto Varea Antes que nada quiero decir que me siento privilegiada estar como artista en residencia en CounterPULSE. El equipo artístico y técnico no sólo tienen un trato amable contigo sino que desarrollan su trabajo de manera muy profesional, dandote la oportunidad de que te

  • August 9, 2008

    Ladies Please Post!

    By Published On: August 9th, 2008

    "Truth Tellers: Dances for Newspapers, Scales and Lady Justice" a collaboration with Jo Kreiter/Flyaway Productions and Oasis for Girls We wanted to give Oasis for Girls participants a place to post their experiences through the creative process. Young Ladies Against Lies please share your stories! Cultivating Generations of Strong, Empowered, and Creative Women Our Vision: