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 […]
Entries By Jessica
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June 14, 2010
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 […]
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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
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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 […]
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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 […]