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25 Jul, 2015

The River

2016-02-02T02:57:22-08:00By Liz Tenuto|Categories: CounterPULSE, Liz Tenuto|Tags: artist in residence, Dance, newpiece, process, selfhelp, understanding, wellness|

Focusing on wellness and self help during the process of creating "This Year Is Different..." has been both illuminating and challenging. This morning I read "The River" by Thich Nhat Hanh. I'm sharing it here because it describes a process of self understanding similar to my personal transformation instigated by creating this piece for the Artist-In-Residence Program. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Once upon a time there was a beautiful river finding her way among the hills, forests, and meadows. She began by being a

11 May, 2015

RIOT

2016-03-18T21:34:05-07:00By xchange|Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney|Tags: CounterPULSE, Dance, Performance, san francisco|

"A riot literally tears the city apart. It is a striation...like a skater from the days before skateparks, it sketches invisible trajectories in the urban motif. A shapeless event that eludes reification, even if it relates to rituals, and thus summons the repertoire of tricks and knowledge accumulated by a provisional community bound by a transgressive dynamic." Withches: Hunted, Appropriated, Queered ed. Anna Colin, The Rioter and the Witch by Olivier Marboeuf

5 Jun, 2014

CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home of CounterPULSE

2014-06-05T18:16:15-07:00By Outreach Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE, Images, Video|Tags: 80 Turk, ART + TECH, CODAME, code, Dance, display, DOLLHOUSE, Ecstatic Epiphany, hack, interactive, KINETECH, LED, MAY 31, Micah Scott, Nullsleep, PLAYGROUND, workshop|

On MAY 31, 2014, CODAME turned our future home in the Tenderloin into a vibrant playground for ART + TECH enthusiasts and practitioners. We buzzed with activity all day long, with workshops, live performance, electronic music, and interactive projections. Here are some takeaways: [View the story "CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home of CounterPULSE" on Storify]

26 Dec, 2013

Video highlights of 2013

2013-12-26T22:19:36-08:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: 2013, Action Hero, Amara Tabor-Smith, andy field, bill t. jones, bodycartography, brian lobel, Cara Rose DeFabio, Dance, faye driscoll, forest fringe, headmistress, jen chien, Jeremy Wade, Jia Wu, Joti Singh, kiandanda dance, lucy ellinson, Miriam Wolodarski, monique jenkinson, muisi-kongo malonga, nava dance theater, Performance, richien, Rowena Richie, sam halmarack, sense object, sherwood chen, Video|

1 Nov, 2013

Year Of The Snake : November 15-17, 2013

2013-11-01T14:33:33-07:00By Jason Hoopes|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: artist in residence, community, CounterPULSE, Dance, music, November, Year Of The Snake|

NEW EDGE presents Year Of The Snake a work for dance, music, and text WHAT "However long it takes to reach each other's shores." -Karl Jensen, All This We're Each Forced Into; Private Painful Insight YEAR OF THE SNAKE is a work conceived by three bay area artists: composer Jason Hoopes, choreographer Peiling Kao, and writer/visual artist Karl Jensen. The three elements that make up Year Of The Snake include the choreography, a physical record of the music (available November 15th),

5 Aug, 2013

Performing Diaspora 2013 Trailer

2013-08-05T15:58:42-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: 2013, Dance, diaspora, innovation, performing, Performing Diaspora, tradition|

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

6 Feb, 2013

“Can a mere cloud bear such a message?”

2013-02-06T09:43:12-08:00By Nadhi Thekkek|Categories: CounterPULSE, Nadhi Thekkek, Performing Diaspora, Performing Diaspora Events|Tags: bharatanatyam, classical indian dance, Dance, GS Rajan, Kalidasa, Nadhi Thekkek, Nava Dance Theatre, Performing Diaspora|

I was first inspired by Kalidasa’s Meghadhuta (The Cloud Messenger) in 2009. At the time, I was exploring the role of the messenger in Indian texts and poetry. Often times the role of the messenger was simply stated – a person carrying a message from one lover to another. In dance, in some of the more commonly performed pieces, the messenger was often a sakhi (dear friend) of the nayika (heroine), and the nayika was usually desperately trying to convince

21 Nov, 2012

Interview with Sebastian Grubb on Dance and Fitness

2012-11-21T13:31:42-08:00By sebastiangrubb|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: contemporary dance, CounterPULSE, Dance, dancetheatre, fitness, health, modern dance, san francisco, Sebastian Grubb, workout, world premiere|

July 09, 2012 by James Koroni http://www.enforcedarch.com Enforced Arch ‘Mover’ and contributor, Sebastian Grubb takes life one step at a time but carries the world in his arms. Tackling fitness, nutrition and dance in one lifetime may seem overwhelming but for him, it’s done with grace. He is thrilled to share his expertise with the world and has recently launched a website where you can get the best of all three worlds in one place. I had the opportunity to

26 Sep, 2012

Documentary of Turbulence in France

2012-09-26T15:33:32-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: CounterPULSE, Turbulence, Video|Tags: circo, Dance, economy, hennessy, keith, Turbulence, zero|

Turbulence was developed in part during a residency at Regards et Mouvements in Pontempeyrat, France. Circo Zero - Turbulence from celavie on Vimeo.

20 Apr, 2012

Homo File Audition/Workshop

2018-05-07T18:24:26-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE|Tags: artist in residence, audition, auditions, circus, Dance, eizen, file, homo, improvisation, music, puppetry, samuel, Seth, steward, theater, visual art, workshop, Workshops|

Seith Eisen in Residence at CounterPULSE Homo File Drawing and tattoo by Samuel Steward Over the past year I’ve been in the research phase for my next queer history performance project titled Homo File, chronicling the life of Sam Steward, (1907-1994). I am thrilled to tell you that I received a four month residency at CounterPULSE to develop the project. I will be creating, writing and directing a new ensemble performance piece with the help of CounterPULSE's Artist Residency

12 Mar, 2012

Artist Interview: Mica Sigourney

2016-03-18T21:34:59-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney, Video|Tags: artist, artist in residence, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dance, forevermore, interview, MASTERWORK, mica, Mica Sigourney, nightlife, ox, Performance, residence, residency, sigourney, vivvyanne|

The River

RIOT

CODAME ART + TECH PLAYGROUND at the Future Home of CounterPULSE

Video highlights of 2013

Year Of The Snake : November 15-17, 2013

Performing Diaspora 2013 Trailer

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

“Can a mere cloud bear such a message?”

Interview with Sebastian Grubb on Dance and Fitness

Documentary of Turbulence in France

Homo File Audition/Workshop

Artist Interview: Mica Sigourney

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