3 Nights of Performance to Benefit CounterPULSE Fri.-Sun., April 30 – May 2, 8pm CounterPULSE celebrates its birthday with the Bay Area’s hottest performance makers in 3 memorable themed nights to benefit a space designed to support artists willing to take risks. Come celebrate with us! $40– general admission $25– artist/student/senior/low-income $75– Top Banana, includes […]
Thurs.-Sun., April 1-4, 8pm Post-show discussions following Friday and Saturday Performances CounterPULSE’s Winter 2010 artists in residence present their new work examining water privatization and the effects of incarceration on families in a double bill. José Navarrete and Violeta Luna “New Rituals for a Desperate Era” Navarrete and Luna reinterpret ancient Mexican mythology and iconography […]
This is the last week of our residency here at CounterPULSE. It has been a honor and a great opportunity for us to be part of this residency, helping us to continue doing our work. The support and help we have received from CounterPULSE staff is invaluable, from their thoughtful feedback to the solutions of […]
By José Navarrete In 2007 I went to India, and on that journey I experienced everything from horror to beauty: magnificent palaces and temples contrasting with the utmost human misery. Throughout it all, water was at the core of this gigantic human drama. On the one hand, there is a scarcity of the resource due […]
December 2nd was the fist rehearsal at CounterPulse with Violeta Luna and I. I was a little worried to start since I did not know how Violeta ‘s creative process was in the studio. Before this day we met regularly once a week for the past three months. We created the narrative, brainstormed our ideas, […]