A Diverse Cohort of Vital Voices
CounterPulse has convened a Dramaturgical Council of paid honorary individuals to help us realize our mission of being a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization—from the inside out. Dramaturges are involved as curatorial panelists, mentors to Artists-in-Residence, facilitators of our Neighborhood Arts program, and contributors to survey designs to better listen to our community.
We have selected these individuals to leverage their art practice and/or curatorial frameworks to elevate the voices of marginalized communities and challenge contemporary power dynamics.
Bessie’ award winning dancer, choreographer and teacher, Gerald Casel was born in the Philippines and raised in California where he
Weidong Yang is the co-founder and director of Kinetech Arts. He founded Kineviz, creating visual analytics solution for complex data.
Daiane Lopes da Silva is a dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic director of Kinetech Arts. Her work has been performed
Dazié Rustin Grego-Sykes is an Oakland, California based performance artist. He is a graduate of The Experimental Performance Institute at
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (b. Damascus, 1990) is a visual artist, performer and curator. Bhutto’s work explores complex histories of colonialism
Since 1979 Joanna Haigood has been creating work that uses natural, architectural and cultural environments as points of departure for
Anne Bluethenthal is founder and Artistic Director of ABD Productions, a multiethnic and multicultural modern dance company, committed to activism
