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6 Sep, 2012

Something Bigger Than Yourself

2012-09-06T00:18:24-07:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE, internship|Tags: casillas, CounterPULSE, intern, outreach, outreach intern, valle, victor, Victor casillas valle|

There's an interesting feeling you get when you embark on something that's bigger than yourself. Maybe you're a bit nervous. You spend your time prepping by biting your nails and over thinking. You get a bit anxious. You repeatedly scratch at the same spot on your forearm, thinking, “my forearm doesn’t even itch.” You laugh anxiously at anything anyone says even if it's not supposed to be remotely comical. You smile nervously and you blink too much. Even your heart

7 Mar, 2012

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: Aging and Dancing, CounterPULSE, dance discourse project #12, intern|

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

11 Jul, 2011

Reaching OUT… Intern Update

2011-07-11T11:26:29-07:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: CounterPULSE, fleming, intern, internship, internships, outreach, reaching out, san francisco, summer special, tessa, theater, update|

Howdy CounterPULSE Peeps, I'm Tessa, the outreach intern. I had an urge to blog, which has never really happened to me before, so I figured I would talk about my time at CounterPULSE so far. Well...where to begin? Basically, I love working here. Er'body is really nice and I'm learning a ton. But enough about me — I want to talk about the Summer Specials, not just because it's my job, but because they are really great! Last night I

27 Jan, 2011

Internship Week 1: Committed Souls

2011-01-27T17:02:45-08:00By programintern|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: adia tamar whitaker, aimee suzara, Amara Tabor-Smith, artist, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, dandelion dancetheater, grace alvarez, intern, internship, work in progress|

1/11/11, a lucky numerical day I believe to start something new. I got off the BART train in high heels freezing my tiny self and toes off, noting that I never want to wear these specific heels again to the city. I had coffee breathe and stopped by Walgreens to get some gum, I also eagerly needed to use the bathroom and wasn't familiar with the city enough to find one. As I walked down 9th street, I imagined myself arriving

Something Bigger Than Yourself

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

Reaching OUT… Intern Update

Internship Week 1: Committed Souls

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