Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers Archives

5 Oct, 2017

Keepin’ it Real…down in the TL

Keepin’ it Real…down in the TL

2017-10-05T17:54:10-07:00By Krista DeNio|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, Krista Denio, Uncategorized|

by Krista DeNio, Skywatchers Artist Facilitator **NOTE: The names of individuals in this post have been changed for confidentiality. It all started with having one another’s backs. That’s right. I got your back. Whose got your back? I GOT YOUR BACK. We said, we sung, we danced and we meant it. This past year, Skywatchers focused on talking about the people, places, forces, or things that support us. “God’s got my back.” “Ain’t no one got my back but myself.” Michelle

30 Jun, 2017

REFLECTIONS on Community Engagement with Anne Bluethenthal

REFLECTIONS on Community Engagement with Anne Bluethenthal

2017-06-30T07:04:14-07:00By Krista DeNio|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, Krista Denio|Tags: community engaged art, education, social justice, socially engaged art, Workshops|

REFLECTIONS on Community Engagement Krista DeNio in conversation with Anne Bluethenthal Why do we enter the process of Community Engaged Art making? More importantly, how do we enter the process and what do we do? In preparation for ART MATTERS: An Introduction to Community Engaged Art, Anne and I reflected on various processes we have or are engaged in as art makers, what brought us to this work and what keeps us here. I asked Anne to talk with me

26 May, 2011

Goin’ Gaga rehearsals!

2011-05-26T13:14:01-07:00By ABT|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, CounterPULSE, Video|Tags: Alyah Baker, anne bluethenthal, anne bluethenthal and dancers, Chin-chin Hsu, Peiling Kao, Shaunna Vella, Sophia Leiby|

We are having a great time in rehearsals and cannot wait to share the finished product with you. Take a look at a little whimsy! Enjoy! --ABD

21 May, 2011

Remounting Pieces – a dancers POV

2011-05-21T13:10:14-07:00By ABT|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, CounterPULSE|

In our upcoming show, we premiere RAD, our piece celebrating taking our dances to the streets of SF for the the past 18 months. That means all of the other work has been presented in some way before. Goin' Gaga first appeared at Too Much: a Queer Marathon in February, and based on additional conversations within the queer community, the company has been working ever since. Here's what dancer Sophia Chakos-Leiby has to say about it: I am a big fan

10 May, 2011

A Sneak Peek of ABDs RAD

2011-05-10T22:02:38-07:00By ABT|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, CounterPULSE|Tags: 50 random acts of dance, abd, anne bluethenthal and dancers, artist, Goin' Gaga, going|

For the past year and a half the company has given San Franciscans a little gift. Leaving the studio and heading out on to the streets of the city sharing dance with unsuspecting cafe diners and passersby. It has been a labour of love and a kick to our 'gift economy.' As part of 'Goin' Gaga and Other Dances,' we celebrate dance in the every day with a new piece: ‘ABD's YEAR OF GUERILLA ART: 50 Random Acts of Dance.' The

8 May, 2011

Getting Ready to Go Gaga – tales of the PM

2011-05-08T21:06:52-07:00By ABT|Categories: Anne Bluethenthal and Dancers, CounterPULSE|

Doing much of the administrative and production work away from the artistic side of things, made it all the more exciting to head into rehearsal on Saturday. It was then I changed my Managing Director hat for my Production Manager (PM) one. During our NY tour just over a month ago, I spent such a concentrated time in rehearsals, so it was lovely to be back in there seeing the work in progress. I completely forgot my camera so I

Keepin’ it Real…down in the TL

Goin’ Gaga rehearsals!

Remounting Pieces – a dancers POV

A Sneak Peek of ABDs RAD

Getting Ready to Go Gaga – tales of the PM

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