Erin Malley, Author at CounterPulse

3 Feb, 2012

Quarter 4: Collaboration

2012-02-03T08:41:10-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: collaboration, Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, language, Lynn Huang|

Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday! "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn. Despite the fact that none of us actually speak Spanish, in the context of our rehearsals, we did. The five ‘portals’ scattered around the perimeter of the stage in

29 Jan, 2012

Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

2012-01-29T09:56:49-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Bert Bergen, Classical, Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, interdisciplinary, Jazz, music, san francisco, theater|

If Murakami's works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear "the classical strains of Chopin." In the bathroom of Denny's, Hall & Oates' I can't go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the small spaces everywhere else. I knew when I started this piece, music would figure in significantly to it, and my musical selections might not match

16 Jan, 2012

Quadripod

2012-01-16T10:21:20-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: 1Q84, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, interdisciplinary, multimedia, san francisco, theater, Video|

In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we're not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we're discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center... When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head that I would let inspiration come only from video - that somehow there was supposed to be ONE foundation in the work, end of story.

3 Jan, 2012

The new food pyramid of dance: a creative plate

2012-01-03T11:54:34-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: 1Q84, Dance, Erin Malley, food, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, Inspiration, multimedia, san francisco, theater|

Picture it now: there is a plate on the table in front of you, full of creative, Hotel-in-a-Bottle-icious food to eat. A quarter of that plate has been inspired by text (thank you, Haruki Murakami!) A second quarter has been inspired by video imagery and design (thanks again, HM, and cheers to Mark and Dawn at Troika Ranch who made design possible for me!) Quarter #3 of that plate has been inspired by dancers' experiences, interests, and improvisations (props to

18 Dec, 2011

Eau de Murakami

2011-12-18T19:34:56-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, Multi-media, san francisco, theater|

Well, hello there, CounterPULSE blogosphere! My name is Erin Malley, and I’m one of your Winter Special Artists. I’m also a new face in San Francisco, please don’t hesitate to say hello. Better still, take me out and show me your favorite local spots! I relocated to SF just a couple of years ago from NYC, and have already fallen in love with the left coast. My show in the Winter Special series is Hotel in a Bottle, which takes

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