CP Leadership

Dear CounterPulse community—artists, partners, and friends, For 35 years, CounterPulse has been a home for experimentation, care, and bold creative work. That legacy exists because of you—because of the artists who have trusted us with their work, the partners who have collaborated with us, and the supporters who have believed in this space and its mission. As we look toward what comes next, we wanted to share a candid update about where things stand and how we’re preparing for the

The Interim Managing Director (IMD) will provide steady executive leadership during a critical transition following the 2025 departure of the long-time Artistic & Executive Director. Partnering closely with the Director of Finance & Administration, the IMD will conduct a rigorous health check of internal operations and revenue streams, providing the Board with the fiscal and operational clarity needed to stabilize the organization and prepare for successor leadership. See full description here.    

September 27th, 2025 at 1pm Roxie 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 The Roxie and CounterPulse join forces to present this 25th anniversary screening of Artists In Exile: A Story of Dance in San Francisco chronicles over forty years of dancemaking in the San Francisco/Bay Area. The film begins with the revolutionary Anna Halprin and highlights Bay Area choreographers who reflect a boundary-pushing spirit: Mangrove, Tumbleweed, ODC/San Francisco, Margaret Jenkins, Dance Brigade, Joe Goode, and Contraband. The film also

CounterPulse Presents Festival 2025 September 4 - 27, 2025   80 Turk St, SF // counterpulse.org/events S AN FRANCISCO, CA -- Welcome to the fifth installment of the CounterPulse Festival! Held every other year, the CounterPulse Festival is a month-long celebration of art and community, rooted in the queer experimental dance and art scenes that CounterPulse is home to. Amidst federal and local funding cuts, CounterPulse once again commits to the artists in our community despite limited resources, foregrounding

‘‘Trashflower’ by Rose and Zoe Huey & ‘On the Floor’ by Maria Silk September 4, 2025 @ 8PM PT - September 5, 2025 @ 8PM PT September 12, 2025 @ 8PM PT - September 13, 2025 @ 2PM PT 80 Turk St. SF Learn more and get tickets here SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- From living with microplastics and honoring dancefloor histories, the 2025 CounterPulse ARC Edge program presents Trashflower by Rose and Zoe Huey and On The Floor by Maria

  Off Hours, CounterPulse’s spring 2025 curators in residence, are excited to announce Show Me Devotion, a two-person exhibition featuring new works by Gericault De La Rose and Adrian Clutario.   About Show Me Devotion  A freer, queerer world is not only possible; it already exists. It is slippery and elusive, but you can find it if you know the right places to look. For many, these moments of authenticity can only exist in dark and inconspicuous margins, spaces filled

Ethereal: Market Street Studios Meet Tenderloin Stage  San Francisco, CA — ArtSpan and CounterPulse are proud to present "Ethereal," a transformative group exhibition featuring works by thirteen artists from ArtSpan’s Journal Building Residency. The exhibition runs from January 9 through April 28, 2025, at CounterPulse's historic Tenderloin venue supporting experimental arts.  "Ethereal" spans three floors, inviting viewers into wondrous, introspective dreamscapes through an array of sculptures, paintings, and multimedia installations. The exhibition showcases works that blur the boundaries between reality

Thursday March 6th • 5PM - 10PM Step into a world where imagination shapes reality at CounterPulse’s annual gala! This year, INNERSPACE: We-Topia is powered by a completely renewable resource–community joy! No matter the conditions in other worlds, INNERSPACE: We-Topia grows from an alchemical soil that converts resistance to resilience.Together, we’ll hone utopia as a practice rather than a distant destination. As always, costumes are encouraged! Think visionary dreamers, radiant futurists, or a world only you can imagine. Let