Winter Special 2012 Archives

3 Feb, 2012

Quarter 4: Collaboration

2012-02-03T08:41:10-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: collaboration, Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, language, Lynn Huang|

Special thanks to Lynn Huang for writing and contributing this post to the Murakami conversation. Lynn is one of the four talented performer/collaborators in Hotel in a Bottle, which opens next Friday! "Portales! We’re doing portales piquitos and then portales grandes, right?” Erin asked. “Si! Si!” we replied in turn. Despite the fact that none of us actually speak Spanish, in the context of our rehearsals, we did. The five ‘portals’ scattered around the perimeter of the stage in

29 Jan, 2012

Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

2012-01-29T09:56:49-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Bert Bergen, Classical, Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, interdisciplinary, Jazz, music, san francisco, theater|

If Murakami's works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear "the classical strains of Chopin." In the bathroom of Denny's, Hall & Oates' I can't go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the small spaces everywhere else. I knew when I started this piece, music would figure in significantly to it, and my musical selections might not match

26 Jan, 2012

To the Singers of Tales Rehearsal at CounterPULSE

2012-01-26T10:38:45-08:00By KITKA|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: a cappella, belgrade, briget boyle, caitlin austin, corinne sykes, eastern europe, elizabeth setzer, ganga, janet kutulas, kelly atkins, Kitka, Kitka Svetlana Spajic To The Singer of Tales CounterPULSE San Francisco Performance Art Serbia Folk Music Folk Dance Oral Tradition, leslie bonnett, milman perry, nikola tesla, serbia, Serbia Folk Music, shira cion, singing, svetlana Spajic|

25 Jan, 2012

Winter Special Snapshot: To the Singers of Tales

2012-01-25T14:32:56-08:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: art, Dance, folk, Kitka Svetlana Spajic To The Singer of Tales, Oral Tradition, San Francisco Performance, Serbia Folk Music|

16 Jan, 2012

Quadripod

2012-01-16T10:21:20-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: 1Q84, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, interdisciplinary, multimedia, san francisco, theater, Video|

In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we're not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we're discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center... When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head that I would let inspiration come only from video - that somehow there was supposed to be ONE foundation in the work, end of story.

7 Jan, 2012

Join us for an evening of Butoh Dialogues with performances by KATSURA Kan and Vangeline.

2012-01-07T15:44:07-08:00By Butohcontact|Categories: Archive, CounterPULSE, Video, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Butoh, CounterPULSE, curious, darkness, Enigma, KATSURA Kan, neutral, Oracle, Vangeline|

We are very excited for Vangeline (NYC) to open for KATSURA Kan's Oracle & Enigma with her solo "Spectral," on Feb 24th and 25th 2012. These two performances together will premiere diverse interpretations of the avant-guard body expression of "Butoh." The Butoh work has been described as the "Dance of Darkness," or the "Dance of the Dark Soul." The definition of Butoh is controversial and by its very nature defies definition. Vangeline approaches this work with a desire to transform. Butoh for

3 Jan, 2012

The new food pyramid of dance: a creative plate

2012-01-03T11:54:34-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: 1Q84, Dance, Erin Malley, food, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, Inspiration, multimedia, san francisco, theater|

Picture it now: there is a plate on the table in front of you, full of creative, Hotel-in-a-Bottle-icious food to eat. A quarter of that plate has been inspired by text (thank you, Haruki Murakami!) A second quarter has been inspired by video imagery and design (thanks again, HM, and cheers to Mark and Dawn at Troika Ranch who made design possible for me!) Quarter #3 of that plate has been inspired by dancers' experiences, interests, and improvisations (props to

22 Dec, 2011

The Crane

2016-03-18T22:49:33-07:00By mwolodarski|Categories: Archive, CounterPULSE, Video, Winter Special 2012|Tags: CounterPULSE, Miriam Wolodarski, Rehearsal, Rosemary Hannon, The Crane and The Crocodile, Winter Special|

Rosemary Hannon in rehearsal for The Crane and The Crocodile... it hatches January 13...

18 Dec, 2011

Eau de Murakami

2011-12-18T19:34:56-08:00By Erin Malley|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Dance, Erin Malley, Haruki Murakami, Hotel in a Bottle, Multi-media, san francisco, theater|

Well, hello there, CounterPULSE blogosphere! My name is Erin Malley, and I’m one of your Winter Special Artists. I’m also a new face in San Francisco, please don’t hesitate to say hello. Better still, take me out and show me your favorite local spots! I relocated to SF just a couple of years ago from NYC, and have already fallen in love with the left coast. My show in the Winter Special series is Hotel in a Bottle, which takes

29 Nov, 2011

Ripple Effect

2011-11-29T23:06:16-08:00By MohamedLamine|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: 2012, CounterPULSE, drop, precious, special, winter|

In doing research for the performance, Precious Drop, we have found a number of compelling stories about water issues and water rights activists around the United States. We'd like to share some of these stories and organizations that have influenced the music and dance production, Precious Drop. The first story that we'd like to share is about people of the Navajo Nation referred to as, the Forgotten Navajo People. I recently interviewed a woman who worked with an organization to

25 Nov, 2011

KATSURA Kan’s Butoh

2011-11-25T20:40:32-08:00By Butohcontact|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|

KATSURA KAN's Time Machine is a remarkable solo piece which has premiered internationally. This performance took place at Naropa University. This video gives a taste of KATSURA's work. KATSURA Kan and collaborators will premiere Oracle & Engima," Feb 24th and 25th 2012 for CounterPULSE's Winter Special. The Winter Special is an experiment in offering radically affordable and accessible performance opportunities to a diverse array of emerging performance-makers.

20 Nov, 2011

The Creativity is Flowing

2011-11-20T09:52:09-08:00By MohamedLamine|Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: Precious Drop|

The first official directors meeting for, Precious Drop - an Afro fusion performance to be held on February 3 and 4 at CounterPULSE - has set the creators a-sail on what will be an educational and magnificant journey. Mohamed Lamine Bangoura, and co-directors of the Jaara Dance Project, Bai "Bintu" Coomber and Abagail Fritz, have joined creative forces to design a compelling and culturally informative message about the importance and sanctity of water as it touches all of our lives.

Quarter 4: Collaboration

Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

To the Singers of Tales Rehearsal at CounterPULSE

Winter Special Snapshot: To the Singers of Tales

Quadripod

Join us for an evening of Butoh Dialogues with performances by KATSURA Kan and Vangeline.

The new food pyramid of dance: a creative plate

The Crane

Eau de Murakami

Ripple Effect

KATSURA Kan’s Butoh

The Creativity is Flowing

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