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29 Jun, 2009

It’s like the classic “Russian Doll”

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

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

22 Oct, 2009

Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

2009-10-22T17:30:44-07:00By |Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, Charlotte Moraga, CounterPULSE, Danica Sena Gakovich, Homepage Links, Performing Diaspora, Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

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 Nov, 2009

Koreni, reflections and afterthoughts…is it really over?

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

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

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