Julie Phelps, Author at CounterPulse

1 Sep, 2021

Welcome back to CounterPulse!

Welcome back to CounterPulse!

2021-09-02T00:40:38-07:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: blog, covid, festival|

With the CounterPulse Festival 2021 just one week away, we are so excited to be opening our doors to the public once again!CounterPulse exists, above all, to make space for people to gather and to be united in collective experiences. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged us to change and shift the ways we bring people together, and we have become stronger for it.Our team is committed to continue providing space that is safe as well as physically, economically, and culturally accessible. We have

18 Sep, 2017

Judith Butler on Performativity and Performance

Judith Butler on Performativity and Performance

2017-10-26T19:17:29-07:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Uncategorized|

Julie Phelps Interviewing Judith Butler Original Interview conducted on July 18, 2013 On Friday, November 3, 2017, renowned gender theorist Judith Butler will be conversing with Monique Jenkinson, the artist behind the cis-female drag persona Fauxnique in an evening entitled “Ordinary Practices of the Radical Body” at CounterPulse. Let’s take a look back to 2013 at CounterPulse’s 16th Dance Discourse Project, a conversation between Judith and Julie Phelps. The two respond to contemporary Bay Area body-based performance as it resonates

24 Feb, 2015

CounterPulse receives $800,000+ in federal support and breaks ground on new facility

2015-02-24T11:29:50-08:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: CounterPULSE|

Groundbreaking has always been a term we used to describe the artistic work of CounterPulse artists. This is still true of our artists today, however the term has taken on new meaning as we’ve prepared to renovate the dilapidated former porn theater at 80 Turk Street that will be our new home. And now, the much-anticipated moment has arrived... Our New Markets Tax Credit financing has been approved and groundbreaking has commenced! [ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end] [/ezcol_1half_end] Plans have been approved by the

10 Feb, 2015

Interview with an Artist: Miguel Gutierrez responds to Julie Phelps

2015-02-10T15:29:42-08:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: CounterPULSE, Interview|Tags: age & beauty part 1, formalism, improvisation, interview, miguel gutierrez|

Pictured:Mickey Mahar and Miguel Gutierrez Photo: Ian Douglas In January 2015 I found myself once again at American Realness, a festival that is an oasis for the experimental, the queer, and the fringe during the meat market mayhem of presenter festivals that happen this time of year in New York. It was at American Realness that I finally encountered Miguel Gutierrez’s new work Age & Beauty Part 1: Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/. I entered the theater knowing, from video,

2 May, 2012

Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase

2016-03-18T22:39:25-07:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Video|Tags: Amara Tabor-Smith, artist in residence, CounterPULSE, our daily bread, Video|

http://youtu.be/J1IiEtVIXQQ

21 Feb, 2012

Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

2012-02-21T17:20:33-08:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, Boom, Chica, CounterPULSE, Eisen, Eyezen, Ibarra, Seth, Xandra|

It is with great pleasure that I announce CounterPULSE's newest Artist in Residence, Xandra Ibarra (AKA La Chica Boom) and Seth Eisen! Xandra's subtle yet biting use of satire destabilizes images of authenticity. Seth's unique brand of dazzling storytelling reconnects us with lost queer wisdom. Together these works will make you question who you are and where you came from, all the while dazzling you with costumes, drag, burlesque and puppetry. You're sure to leave out the in-door and not

22 Oct, 2009

Notes from a Scribe – Dance Discourse Project: Dancing Diaspora

2009-10-22T19:14:15-07:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|

Dance Discourse 7: Discussion of “How does one’s identity give access to or create limitations on the use of traditional forms? What are the burdens…what are the freedoms?” On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora.

19 Jan, 2009

Jess Curtis/Gravity – Big Benefit Bash

2009-01-19T19:53:27-08:00By Julie Phelps|Categories: CounterPULSE, Homepage Links|Tags: Jess Curtis, John Jasperse, Keith Hennessy, Praba Pilar, Sara Shelton Mann, Scott Wells, Twincest|

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 from Sara Shelton Mann, Jess Curtis, Keith Hennessy, Scott Wells, Twincest, Praba Pilar and John Jasperse (NY). Don’t miss this rare chance to catch three

About Julie Phelps

Welcome back to CounterPulse!

Judith Butler on Performativity and Performance

CounterPulse receives $800,000+ in federal support and breaks ground on new facility

Interview with an Artist: Miguel Gutierrez responds to Julie Phelps

Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase

Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced

Notes from a Scribe – Dance Discourse Project: Dancing Diaspora

Jess Curtis/Gravity – Big Benefit Bash

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