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28 Nov, 2009

Koreni, reflections and afterthoughts…is it really over?

2009-11-28T01:16:51-08:00By Danica|Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Performing Diaspora|Tags: Danica Sena Gakovich, flamenco, Performing Diaspora|

Sitting in front of my computer on this rather chilly autumn afternoon I cannot believe that we PD artists have seemingly come to the end of this portion of our "journey". Over the course of practically one year we have created, critiqued, blogged, organized, rehearsed, coordinated, risked, stumbled, fumbled, doubted, questioned and actively participated in the development of intimate artistic visions as well as have acted as key players in the birth of this unique and ambitious Counterpulse Festival. I

1 Nov, 2009

Anticipation, excitement, flood of emotion, heartfelt gratitude

2009-11-01T04:46:08-08:00By Danica|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: counter pulse, Dance Discourse Project, Danica Sena Gakovich, immigration, Performing Diaspora|

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

22 Oct, 2009

Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

2009-10-22T17:30:44-07:00By Sarah Jessee|Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, Charlotte Moraga, CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Homepage Links, Performing Diaspora, Podcast|Tags: activism, adia tamar whitaker, adia whitaker, african american women, Afro-Haitian, ampey, art, arts, avant-garde, charlotte moraga, children's games, chitresh das, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, Danica Sena Gakovich, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, flamenco, folkloric, gender issues, ghana, grassroots, India, Kathak, mission, oakland, Performance, performing, Performing Diaspora, san francisco, serbia, Serbian dance, sf, soma, spain, theater|

With Performing Diaspora fast-approaching, some of the artists took a break from the stage and headed over to KPFA's radio studios in Berkeley for a musical sneak-preview of their work on Stephen Kent's show, "Music of the World." In between tracks, our Executive Director Jessica Robinson Love joined them in the conversation about their performances November 5-8. If you missed the program live, give it a listen here!

28 Aug, 2009

Koreni, making peace with the past to move forward as life gets in the way of ART

2009-08-28T15:09:33-07:00By Danica|Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Events, Performing Diaspora|Tags: Danica Sena Gakovich|

The very spontaneous nature of art rarely gives way to "schedules", ie. scribbling notes on a bathroom floor at 4am so as not to wake up the household, 2-hour rehearsals that turn into 10 hours, starting with violins and ending up with tambourines, constant breaking of commitments due to double-booking or financial constraints...and yet as performers, choreographers, collaborators we must adhere to some semblance of organization so as not to disappear into our microcosmic "bubbles". A famous Spanish dancer who

29 Jun, 2009

It’s like the classic “Russian Doll”

2009-06-29T01:09:13-07:00By Danica|Categories: CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Performing Diaspora|Tags: Danica Sena Gakovich, flamenco, Koreni, russian doll|

I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the traditional wooden Russian Doll. It opens up like a box to find another exact replica inside (only smaller) and then yet another, and another, etc. The more I research, the more I find and the plethora of information slowly seeps into my initial ideas. This is how I am feeling at the moment within my own creative process regarding "Koreni". It is so funny how ideas in the brain and

Koreni, reflections and afterthoughts…is it really over?

Anticipation, excitement, flood of emotion, heartfelt gratitude

Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

Koreni, making peace with the past to move forward as life gets in the way of ART

It’s like the classic “Russian Doll”

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