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25 Apr, 2012

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

2016-03-18T22:55:28-07:00By Fauxnique|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Monique Jenkinson|Tags: Friday Nights at the de Young, monique jenkinson|

When I set out to create an experience for Friday April 27th (both curating the evening and creating a performance), I knew it would be inspired by the work of Jean Paul Gaultier. I did not know that it would lead into such a process of inquiry. I am struck by Gaultier's interest in difference –of shape, size, age, color and culture – which he celebrates in an irreverent but generous way. Playing with cultural costume (including counter- and queer-cultural costume), he creates a collage –

20 Apr, 2012

Homo File Audition/Workshop

2018-05-07T18:24:26-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: artist in residence, audition, auditions, circus, Dance, eizen, file, homo, improvisation, music, puppetry, samuel, Seth, steward, theater, visual art, workshop, Workshops|

Seith Eisen in Residence at CounterPULSE Homo File Drawing and tattoo by Samuel Steward Over the past year I’ve been in the research phase for my next queer history performance project titled Homo File, chronicling the life of Sam Steward, (1907-1994). I am thrilled to tell you that I received a four month residency at CounterPULSE to develop the project. I will be creating, writing and directing a new ensemble performance piece with the help of CounterPULSE's Artist Residency

18 Apr, 2012

Natya and Narration in India Currents magazine

2012-04-18T17:43:56-07:00By Natya and Narration|Categories: CounterPULSE|

See a preview of this performance at http://www.indiacurrents.com/articles/2012/04/14/rebelution-poetry-dance-stories

17 Mar, 2012

Dance Anywhere Interview with Lisa Townsend Co.

2016-03-18T21:42:13-07:00By Lisa Townsend|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Images, Lisa Townsend|

DA: You mention that indifference is based on Albert Camus' The Stranger. How did you decide to use this novel as inspiration for your performance? LTCo: As a reflection on the absurdity of free will, indifference questions the troubling impenitence experienced by Camus' protagonist, Meursault. What if free will, which we hold so dear as a marker of individual freedom, actually engenders a lack of empathy for those around us? Does our experience of the world then simply become a series of self-affirming reactions to

12 Mar, 2012

Artist Interview: Mica Sigourney

2016-03-18T21:34:59-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney, Video|Tags: artist, artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dance, forevermore, interview, MASTERWORK, mica, Mica Sigourney, nightlife, ox, Performance, residence, residency, sigourney, vivvyanne|

12 Mar, 2012

Artist Interview: Lisa Townsend

2016-03-18T21:44:54-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Lisa Townsend, Video|Tags: albert, artist, artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, camus, CounterPULSE, Dance, indifference, interview, lisa, lisa towsend co, residence, residency, townsend|

11 Mar, 2012

Underland Background

2016-03-18T22:15:11-07:00By erickupers|Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: arthur in underland, bandelion, CounterPULSE, Dance, dancetheater, dandelion, interdisciplinary, mantra, mantra plonsey, Performance, theater, underland|

As we finish up our first premiere weekend of Arthur in Underland, and move towards our last, (performances run through March 18th) here's some background on the piece, from the Director's Note I wrote for the program: Arthur in Underland is one of the most personally vulnerable pieces I’ve ever made. It is based on a year in my life that turned everything I believed and wanted upside down. When I was 15 I left my native Los Angeles to

9 Mar, 2012

Maman died today…

2016-03-18T21:42:37-07:00By Lisa Townsend|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Lisa Townsend, Video|

Please watch a teaser excerpt from indifference, created by Piro Patton, Patric Cashman, Eric Garcia, & me. The use of positive and negative space speaks to the duality of human nature. Click on the link below. http://vimeo.com/38255427

7 Mar, 2012

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Aging and Dancing, CounterPULSE, dance discourse project #12, intern|

by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose

1 Mar, 2012

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

2016-03-18T22:55:47-07:00By Fauxnique|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Monique Jenkinson|Tags: Dance, de Young, drag, Fauxnique, Jean Paul Gaultier, monique jenkinson, museums, new work|

My fellowship at the de Young Museum/Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco begins now! All year I will be working at the de Young – researching, creating, performing – enjoying this incredible opportunity to expand the scope and context of my work, to interact with the museum’s collections and curators, to ignite new collaborations, and to bring some of my favorite past collaborators with me to the museum. Starting Wed 2/15 I will begin a 2-week residency at the de

29 Feb, 2012

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

2012-02-29T13:52:40-08:00By MaryArmentrout|Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: dance and ageing, dance discourse project #12, Mary Armentrout|

so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

29 Feb, 2012

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

2016-03-18T22:15:22-07:00By erickupers|Categories: CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: arthur in underland, bandelion, CounterPULSE, Dance, dancetheater, dandelion, emmaly wiederholt, interdisciplinary, mantra, mantra plonsey, Performance, theater, underland|

Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work: EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

Homo File Audition/Workshop

Natya and Narration in India Currents magazine

Dance Anywhere Interview with Lisa Townsend Co.

Artist Interview: Mica Sigourney

Artist Interview: Lisa Townsend

Underland Background

Maman died today…

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

Monique Jenkinson at the de Young

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director

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