Jessica, Author at CounterPulse

16 Jul, 2014

Transition announcement from Jessica Robinson Love and the Board of CounterPulse

2014-07-16T15:16:06-07:00By Jessica|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: announcement, Jessica Robinson Love, leadership, transition|

From Jessica Robinson Love, Executive & Artistic Director Dear colleagues, artists, supporters, and friends, I could scarcely have imagined when I ascended the long stairs at 848 Community Space fourteen years ago to become its sole staff member, that “the little space that could” would become a bustling professional theater and a nationally-recognized model for building community through socially-engaged art. CounterPulse is thriving. We have a visionary and strategic board of directors, a dedicated and experienced staff, a financial reserve

14 Jun, 2010

Call for Visual Artists

2010-06-14T16:04:46-07:00By Jessica|Categories: CounterPULSE|

This fall, CounterPULSE will collaborate with the California Institute for Integral Studies and the Alliance of California Traditional Arts to host a visual arts exhibit in conjunction with our Performing Diaspora programming. Here is the call for submissions/nominations: The ARTS at CIIS is seeking submissions by, and/or suggestions/nominations of, California-based artists who are challenging, expanding or experimenting with traditional forms or styles from their cultural backgrounds. Exhibition concept statement: This exhibit will explore the diverse ways in which contemporary artists

5 May, 2010

Michael Gene Sullivan on International Workers Day

2010-05-05T09:38:27-07:00By Jessica|Categories: CounterPULSE|

Here's the text from Michael Gene Sullivan's fantastic tribute to International Workers Day, performed last Friday at CounterPULSE's Agitprop Cabaret: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-gene-sullivan/international-workers-day_b_551427.html

20 Feb, 2009

Dance Discourse Project: Writing About Dance

2009-02-20T20:36:23-08:00By Jessica|Categories: Archive, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Post Show Discussion|Tags: community, Dance Discourse Project, discussion, jessica robinson, talk back, writing about dance|

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 the Chronicle, Rita and Ann shared beautifully-written and (I thought) quite moving treatises on their roles as critics, and Keith problematized the act of dance

8 May, 2008

Dance Discourse Project #3: Dancers Debate the Body Politic

2008-05-08T00:22:27-07:00By Jessica|Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Add new tag, Dance Discourse Project|

Hello folks, In a few hours, we'll host our third Dance Discourse Project at Project Artaud Theater in partnership with ODC Theater. To get the conversation started, I'm posting comments from Rob Bailis, director of ODC Theater, who will not be with us this evening. Please feel free to use this post as a jumping-off-point for a broader discussion about dance and politics. I hope to get my comments up here as well, but for now, I'm off to the

About Jessica

Transition announcement from Jessica Robinson Love and the Board of CounterPulse

Call for Visual Artists

Michael Gene Sullivan on International Workers Day

Dance Discourse Project: Writing About Dance

Dance Discourse Project #3: Dancers Debate the Body Politic

EVENTS

Sa Ating Ninuno (To Our Ancestors) & Border / Line خط التماس

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