Summer Special 2013 Archives

26 Jun, 2013

A Study in Overindulgence: Working Toward Minced Meat

2013-06-26T23:07:10-07:00By thethickrichones|Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2013|Tags: Ashley Trottier, Jochelle Pereña, Minced Meat, The Thick Rich Ones|

Over the past four months I’ve come together with a group of talented dancers, actors and improvisers to explore America’s rampant consumer culture. The result is this week’s performances of Minced Meat, an absurd dance-theater piece that asks “How far will you go to feel full?” The process began with free association and improvised movement on a theme I’d never explored on the dance floor: meat. It was the perfect starting point to explore consumption and fulfillment. Is meat a

24 Jun, 2013

Where’s the beef? The Thick Rich Ones serve up Minced Meat June 28-29!

2013-06-24T20:50:40-07:00By thethickrichones|Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2013|Tags: Ashley Trottier, Dance, Jochelle Pereña, Minced Meat, The Thick Rich Ones, theatre|

photo by Weidong Yang America is built on the concept that consumption keeps our world afloat. We know in order to have a thriving economy we have to put our money where our mouths are and invest, consume and purchase to keep the system running. What happens when the system falters and we end up in a recession? How have we failed the system? How has our culture failed us? And should we question our correlation of consumption

29 May, 2013

Here Now Dance – making a dance game…THIS IS DEDICATED…

2013-05-29T18:52:54-07:00By herenowdance|Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2013|Tags: Here Now Dance Collective, Michelle Fletcher, This is Dedicated...|

Premiering at CounterPULSE Theater June 21-23: 2013, THIS IS DEDICATED...utilizes the structure of a professional sports games, offering four 20-minute quarters complete with a half-time show and team mascot. Inspired by themes from WWI era dance-marathons and sports culture, the dance game appropriates what is successful and exploits the negative spectacle of the two particular phenomenons. Specifically, the structure of the work revolves around multiple movement games each with their own projection environment and rules of play. These “playing cards”

19 May, 2013

ImShift

2013-05-19T19:51:48-07:00By Victoria Mata|Categories: CounterPULSE, Images, Summer Special 2013|Tags: Alejandra Higuera, Amanda Paixao, ImShift, Irma Villafuerte, Jackeline Rago, Victoria Mata|

ImShift explores the shifting identity of "living in the in-between" as Latin American living in the diaspora. Through the ritualistic practice of self-affirmation, one can challenge systemic barriers and create art that transcends borders. The expiration of this piece is my lived reality and the work of performance scholar Diana Taylor. This piece is also about the shifting pressures and negotiations in collaboration. The music, the video and the choreography were developed separate. Its in the later part of the

5 May, 2013

Introducing Dr. Zebrovksi’s HOUR OF POWER

2013-05-05T10:08:53-07:00By KSeaman|Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2013|

In November 2012, I staged Dr. Zebrovski's HOUR OF POWER, an hour-long interdisciplinary show that explored commercialism and the occult while building out the world of interpretive dance psychic Dr. Zebrovski. With assistance from an amazing director (Beatrice Thomas) and dynamic performing artists (Baruch Porras-Hernandez and Maryam Rostami), I created a fun and interactive show that sold out two performances at The Garage. Dr. Zebrovski’s HOUR OF POWER (Part II: The Descent). Live performance photo by Robbie Sweeny On July

A Study in Overindulgence: Working Toward Minced Meat

Where’s the beef? The Thick Rich Ones serve up Minced Meat June 28-29!

Here Now Dance – making a dance game…THIS IS DEDICATED…

ImShift

Introducing Dr. Zebrovksi’s HOUR OF POWER

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