Name: She-Verse and mouth//full
Start: 2019-12-05 00:00:00
End: 2019-12-14 23:59:59
Location: CounterPulse

Performing Diaspora 2019

Join CounterPulse for a double bill evening featuring works by our 2019 Performing Diaspora residency artists.

For 10 years CounterPulse has been supporting artists working in diasporic performing arts through the Performing Diaspora residency. This December, we revel in community-driven, multimedia works that examine ecofeminism and religion through the lens of African Diasporic narratives. Join us for these impactful new works as we celebrate a decade of Performing Diaspora.

She-Verse by Cherie Hill IrieDance is a multimedia piece inspired by drifting water, land, ancestors, bravery, and eco-feminism. The work is a meditation on dance, time, the body, femininity, and oneness with nature.

Cherie Hill IrieDance in She-Verse. Photo taken in the Tenderloin National Forest, a project of the Luggage Store Gallery. Photo by Robbie Sweeny.

Next, mouth//full by Gabriel Christian & Chibueze Crouch explores faith in the Black body, as told through the testimonies of two artists from the African Diaspora. By mining their personal relationships to spirituality within and outside religious institutions, they will create a new Mas(s) where all can feel truly whole and holy.

Gabriel Christian & Chibueze Crouch in mouth//full. Photo by Robbie Sweeny

Please join us for these special evenings

Dec 5-7 and 12-14, 2019

Thu, Fri, and Sat at 7:45pm

Thursdays are pay-what-you-can, reservable online!

mouth//full Featured Artists

December 5th

Mo Clearly (Monica Hastings-Smith),
Queen Reverend Mutima Imani, MPA

December 6th

Europa Grace Baker-Brathwaite
brontë velez

December 7th

Rashad Pridgen

December 12th

SPELLLING
Tyler Holmes

December 13th

WIZARD APPRENTICE
jose e. abad

December 14th

Indira Allegra
Stephanie Hewett

Special Events & Accessibility

December 6: Post-show talk back
December 6: ASL Interpretation
December 12: Live Audio Description and Haptic Access Tour by Gravity Access Services for visually impaired audience members. Haptic Access Tour begins at 7:00pm.
Please call (415) 626-2060 to pre-register and reserve a headset

Want to see the show for free? Email Justin to volunteer!

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The Performing Diaspora residency is made possible by support from the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Emmet R Quady foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Audio Description by Europa Grace of Gravity Access Services supported by a generous grant from the Haas Fund and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

[Event photo credits–L: Cherie Hill IrieDance in She-Verse. Photo taken in the Tenderloin National Forest, a project of the Luggage Store Gallery. Photo by Robbie Sweeny. R: Gabriel Christian & Chibueze Crouch in mouth//full. Photo by Robbie Sweeny]