Liz Tenuto Archives - CounterPulse

8 Nov, 2015

Interview For Our Upcoming Premiere

2016-02-02T02:53:04-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: Artist interview|

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

17 Aug, 2015

Summer Rehearsals: A Visual Post

2016-02-02T02:55:24-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: thisyearisdifferent|

Photo of Ben Juodvalkis and Rebecca Siegel at a music rehearsal in Rebecca's garden. Video of creating choreography in the studio: choreo.video

25 Jul, 2015

The River

2016-02-02T02:57:22-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: artist in residence, Dance, newpiece, process, selfhelp, understanding, wellness|

Focusing on wellness and self help during the process of creating "This Year Is Different..." has been both illuminating and challenging. This morning I read "The River" by Thich Nhat Hanh. I'm sharing it here because it describes a process of self understanding similar to my personal transformation instigated by creating this piece for the Artist-In-Residence Program. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Once upon a time there was a beautiful river finding her way among the hills, forests, and meadows. She began by being a

30 Jun, 2015

Sourcing, Processing, Book List

2016-03-02T01:55:10-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: care, danceandahalf, Healing, love, self help, thisyearisdifferent, wellness|

In the studio we are researching the pathways through trauma. We are talking about suffering, grief and how and why people are motivated to move into a new state of being. One of the positive things about trauma is once we begin to climb out of it, I believe we become more open minded, more sensitive and more understanding. To support this research for the show, I've been reading a lot of books about self help, transformation and the body.

26 May, 2015

vulnerability + universality

2016-02-02T02:57:02-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|

I have never met anyone before who wants to become a shittier person. Nobody has ever told me, "yea, I want to treat others worse." or "I love making myself feel badly." Here we are, all striving to be better. Maybe, like me, you feel like you make a million mistakes a day. And maybe, you understand that what matters is a) that we are able to perceive those mistakes b) that we can express when we've done wrong c)

Interview For Our Upcoming Premiere

Summer Rehearsals: A Visual Post

The River

Sourcing, Processing, Book List

vulnerability + universality

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