Dance Discourse Project

8 May, 2008

Dance Discourse Project #3: Dancers Debate the Body Politic

2008-05-08T00:22:27-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , |

Hello folks, In a few hours, we'll host our third Dance Discourse Project at Project Artaud Theater in partnership with ODC Theater.  To get the conversation started, I'm posting comments from Rob Bailis, director of ODC Theater, who will not be with us this evening. Please feel free to use this post as a jumping-off-point for a broader discussion about dance and politics. I hope to get my comments up here as well, but for now, I'm off to the

20 Feb, 2009

Dance Discourse Project: Writing About Dance

2009-02-20T20:36:23-08:00By |Categories: Archive, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Post Show Discussion|Tags: , , , , , |

For me, last night’s Dance Discourse Project: Writing About Dance was a powerful and very mixed experience. Mostly I’m feeling grateful. I’m grateful that four dance writers—Rachel Howard, Rita Felciano, Ann Murphy, and Keith Hennessy— for giving us a window into their world. Rachel talked candidly about the nuts and bolts of her role at the Chronicle, Rita and Ann shared beautifully-written and (I thought) quite moving treatises on their roles as critics, and Keith problematized the act of dance

15 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora

2009-10-15T20:00:05-07:00By |Categories: Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: |

Presented by CounterPULSE, World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group Thurs. Oct. 15, 7:30pm, Free Join us for a lively discussion tackling some of the questions and ideas posed by Performing Diaspora. Questions include: What is tradition? What is innovation? What is preservation? How does one’s identity give access to or create limitations to use of traditional forms? What is authenticity, and how important is it? Who has the right to determine what is authentic? How

15 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse Project 7

2009-10-15T20:40:24-07:00By |Categories: Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: |

Presented by CounterPULSE, World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group Thurs. Oct. 15, 7:30pm, Free Join us for a lively discussion tackling some of the questions and ideas posed by Performing Diaspora. Questions include: What is tradition? What is innovation? What is preservation? How does one’s identity give access to or create limitations to use of traditional forms? What is authenticity, and how important is it? Who has the right to determine what is authentic? How

23 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse 7: Everyone’s Included, Discussions of Educating the Audience in all Types of Dance

2009-10-23T16:05:20-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , , , |

On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers’ Group, the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about Performing Diaspora at www.counterpulse.org/performing-diaspora/ All the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues concerning traditional arts,

23 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse 7: Traditional Dance is not a Christmas Tree

2009-10-23T17:28:58-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora . Learn more about Performing Diaspora at www.counterpulse.org/performing-diaspora/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues concerning

26 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse 7: “Authenticity vs. Tradition”

2009-10-26T04:58:18-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about Performing Diaspora at www.counterpulse.org/performing-diaspora/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues concerning traditional

1 Nov, 2009

Anticipation, excitement, flood of emotion, heartfelt gratitude

2009-11-01T04:46:08-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , |

Red.  I know this may sound ridiculous but the physicality of priming and painting the prop myself was a thrilling adventure.  Thanks to Ryan's suggestion the visit to Discount Builders was extremely informative and helpful!  Thanks to Sherwood I dabbled in bare feet and added yet another "pañuelo", even took the risk of combining the two at the risk of falling flat on my face.  Thanks to my mother and a few pertinent questions I have the finishing touches on

7 Dec, 2009

Dance Discourse 7: but i really love it…

2009-12-07T21:20:27-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

scribed by Roko Kawai On October 15, 2009 a group of Bay Area artists, arts administrators and audience members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 7: Dancing Diaspora. Co-presented by World Arts West/ San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival and Dancers' Group the event was a part of the Fall 2009 season of Performing Diaspora. Learn more about Performing Diaspora at www.counterpulse.org/performing-diaspora/ At the exciting event, participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of

17 Mar, 2010

So We Think We Can Dance (or thoughts from Dance Discourse Project #8)

2010-03-17T09:10:23-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , |

On March 11, 2010 Bay Area arts community members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project 8: Dance in Pop Culture. Co-presented by Dancers' Group.  The event attempted to sort through the effects of YouTube and So You Think You Can Dance on dance today. To learn more visit www.counterpulse.org/dance_discourse_project/ At the event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues concerning how mass media strategies are changing how dance is made

19 Oct, 2010

Notes from Dance Discourse 9 : Living, Training, Tracking

2010-10-19T11:37:46-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

On October 18, 2010 Bay Area arts community members met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project #9: Dance and Somatics in the Bay Area-- what's the connection.  Co-presented by Dancers' Group the event looked at how somatic practices and dance are intertwined in the Bay Area.  To learn more visit http://dev-counterpulse.pantheon.io/programs/dance-discourse-project/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues.  Below is one person's account of the discussions. Many

19 Oct, 2010

Notes from Dance Discourse 9: Discussions of the Practice

2010-10-19T12:51:52-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , |

On October 18, 2010 Bay Area arts community member met at CounterPULSE for the Dance Discourse Project #9: Dance and Somatics in the Bay Area—what’s the connection. Co-presented by Dancers’ Group the event looked at how somatic practices and dance are intertwined in the Bay Area. To learn more visit www.counterpulse.org/dance_discourse_project/ At the exciting event participants were broken up into small groups where they discussed a variety of pertinent issues. Below is one person’s account of the discussions led by

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