Join us for Our Daily Bread’s “Seeds to Sprouts” youth showcase
http://youtu.be/J1IiEtVIXQQ
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May, 2012
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Mar, 2012
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Mar, 2012
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Mar, 2012
Underland Background
As we finish up our first premiere weekend of Arthur in Underland, and move towards our last, (performances run through March 18th) here's some background on the piece, from the Director's Note I wrote for the program: Arthur in Underland is one of the most personally vulnerable pieces I’ve ever made. It is based on a year in my life that turned everything I believed and wanted upside down. When I was 15 I left my native Los Angeles to
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Mar, 2012
Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance
by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose
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Feb, 2012
Dandelion – Interview of Underland Co-Director
Emmaly Wiederholt interviewed "Arthur in Underland's" Co-Director, Writer and Performer Mantra Plonsey about the creation of Dandelion's new work: EMMALY WIEDERHOLT: What was the process of drawing from Eric's personal history to write Arthur in Underland? Conversely, what is it like to perform in? MANTRA PLONSEY: Eric had recently completed the process of creating and producing AND performing in our past winter season's piece FRIEND, which dealt with a dear companion's death from a brain tumor, with whom he had gallivanted around during
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Feb, 2012
Summer 2012 Artists in Residence announced
It is with great pleasure that I announce CounterPULSE's newest Artist in Residence, Xandra Ibarra (AKA La Chica Boom) and Seth Eisen! Xandra's subtle yet biting use of satire destabilizes images of authenticity. Seth's unique brand of dazzling storytelling reconnects us with lost queer wisdom. Together these works will make you question who you are and where you came from, all the while dazzling you with costumes, drag, burlesque and puppetry. You're sure to leave out the in-door and not
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Feb, 2012
It’s 2012…Let’s EAT!!!!!
Happy New Year of the Dragon! We are mid way through the first month of 2012 and have arrived in this New year of the Water Dragon… The Dragon year is special as it represents prosperity and abundance. Typically in our society the idea of prosperity leads us to think about money. But ultimately Prosperity is about food. It is about being able to eat. You cannot survive any significant length of time without food and you cannot eat money.So
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Jan, 2012
indifference – Lisa Townsend Co.
VIDEO #2 - habit, 8 years is life to be lived rather than mulled over or dreamed about? do we exist among or against each other in a brutal adventure, to which we must by our actions give meaning? is our direct experience our only guide?
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Jan, 2012
Join us for an evening of Butoh Dialogues with performances by KATSURA Kan and 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
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Dec, 2011
The Crane
Rosemary Hannon in rehearsal for The Crane and The Crocodile... it hatches January 13...
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Dec, 2011