hi plastic, rose and zoe here, at Counterpulse in the upstairs studio, can you tell us a little bit about yourself? “ if plastic were a guest at your party, who would they be?” 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 / 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 / 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 / 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 / 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝-𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 / 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚋𝚊𝚐 𝚜𝚎𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 / 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚋𝚊𝚐 / 𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚝, 𝚋𝚘𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚌 𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚎𝚜𝚎 / 𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 / 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊 / 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗/ 𝙸𝚂𝙾: 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 /
Ātl Verde: "Ātl," the Nahuatl word for water, symbolizing the river flowing through my evolution—connecting past, present, and future. This piece reflects my journey as a migrant trans mujer, immersing the audience in a lush, sonic, and visual landscape, like a spiritual rain that nurtures growth. De Alma is a celebrated trans pioneer in the Bay Area, DE ALMA is a trailblazer of advocacy activism and excellence, leaving endless inspiration and an incredible mark on worlds filled with courage, resilience
Unsettled/Soiled Group is a group of East, Southeast, and South Asian diasporic movers, makers, and settlers on Ramaytush and Chochenyo Ohlone land. Unsettled/Soiled Group is led by June Yuen Ting, one of CounterPulse's 2022 ARC Performing Diaspora artists and will debut Dwelling for Unsettling alongside VERA!'s Try, Hye!, Thursday through Saturday, December 8-10 & 15-17, 2022
VERA! (they/them) is a queer Armenian American drag king, dancer, and community activist. They are one of CounterPulse's 2022 ARC Performing Diaspora artists and will debut Try, Hye! alongside Unsettled/Soiled Group's Dwelling for Unsettling, Thursday through Saturday, December 8-10 & 15-17, 2022
Inspired by ancestral, community-centered, and spiritual relationships to land and plants, [and then we must be] by Audrey Johnson is a research and ritual project honoring Black American practices with land and plants through the modes of food, farming, rootwork, and magic. The work honors the practices that get passed down through recipe, spell, and story, as well as the memories active and activated in the body, plants, the land (soil, clay, mycelium, strata), and in spirit.
"Traditionally, in Igbo cultures, we have had death as part of the conversation. We understand that life doesn't end when you die. Ancestors are part of our life connection and day-to-day practice."
Hey everyone, This time I wanted to talk about my views on collaboration and how it applies to our residency with Freya at CounterPulse. So let's start by dumping some ideas. Collaboration to me... is about communicating is about the work/project not individuals is also the individuals enjoying is the process of getting multiple people involved in a way to create something that is not possible individually. is about knowing when to stay silent is not about going further but slower
A colleague of mine, Katharine Hawthorne, came to our recent work-in-progress showing and asked me a few questions about the work. Below is our interview that discusses why I am making a musical and how working during CounterPulse's construction has influenced the piece: Interview: Liz Tenuto/Dance and a Half This Year is Different: A Self-Help Musical What is your favorite moment or section in the piece? My favorite aspect of the piece are the songs. I love how they carry
Photo of Ben Juodvalkis and Rebecca Siegel at a music rehearsal in Rebecca's garden. Video of creating choreography in the studio: choreo.video
As part of the pilot CounterPulse Performance and Technology Combustible — a residency model for artists collaborating with creative technologists— we hosted two work-in-progress labs last week for participating artists: Capacitor with collaborator Zach Howard, and Dohee Lee with collaborator Donald Swearingen. Dohee Lee and Donald Swearingen were first to show their work. Dohee is a dancer, vocalist, and musician who draws on the artistic forms and shamanistic rituals of her native Korea to inform her contemporary performance practice. Donald
Here is a moving article about Homo File by BDSM educator, coach, scholar and advocate Cleo Dubois. What an honor to have had her come see the show two times and to have participated on our panel discussion on June 6th. http://www.leatherati.com/2014/07/pride-and-polaroids/
by Gary Ivanek What a wonderful run !!! It's been a week since we closed Homo File and the excitement continues. We sold out 8 of 9 shows in our run and we are starting to make plans to take the show to other cities. Here are some images from the show that we thought you might like. And
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