Performance Archives - CounterPulse

3 Apr, 2008

Intercontinental Collaborations 3—The Symmetry Project

2008-04-03T08:00:03-07:00By jez|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Homepage Links, Images, Video|Tags: Body, Dance, Gravity, International, Jess Curtis, Nudity, Performance|

Jess Curtis/Gravity with Maria Scaroni and Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company Thurs.–Sun. Mar. 27-30, Apr. 3-6, 8pm $18 Thurs. & Sun, $20 Fri. & Sat. Two naked bodies interact through a highly structured improvisational score. Manipulating our perception, they reveal the body’s awkwardness, its potential failure and finiteness, creating space for the unknown, the wondrous, the infinite. Plus the premiere of a new work for Croi Glan Integrated Dance Company from Cork, Ireland. More Info: www.jesscurtisgravity.org PREVIEWS conversation with Jess

16 Apr, 2008

California Touring Project

2008-04-16T03:48:23-07:00By jez|Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Homepage Links|Tags: Add new tag, Performance|

Cid Pearlman, Liam Clancy, casebolt and smith California Touring Project Fri.–Sat. April 25-26, 8pm $12-20 Cid Pearlman (Santa Cruz), Liam Clancy (San Diego), Liz Casebolt and Joel Smith (Los Angeles) present a collection of dances that navigate the slippery nature of meaning and gleefully fracture expectations of gender, friendship, and collaboration. “It’s a rare joy when dance offers such freshness and depth…” – San Diego Union Tribune. More Info: www.myspace.com/cidpearlman, www.myspace.com/caseboltandsmith, www.liamclancy.net Buy Tickets!

26 Jun, 2009

Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

2009-06-26T18:00:59-07:00By Ryan Crowder|Categories: Events|Tags: Bharata Natyam, CounterPULSE, Dance, Indian diaspora, Performance, Rebecca Whittington|

Fri. & Sat. June 26-27, 8pm Sun. June 28, 6pm, $15 Rebecca Whittington, trained by Arul Francis, performs classical Bharata Natyam. Program: alarippu, jatiswaram, varnam, padam. Compositions of the Tanjore Quartet, as choreographed by Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai. More information: arulfrancis.com Buy Tix Now!

19 Aug, 2009

The Memo

2009-08-19T10:19:12-07:00By Adia|Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: activism, african american women, Afro-Haitian, ampey, art, arts, avant-garde, children's games, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, diaspora, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, folkloric, gender issues, ghana, grassroots, mission, non profit, Performance, performing arts, Performing Diaspora, san francisco, sf, soma, theater|

I didn't get the memo. You know the one that breaks down the ways in which descendants of enslaved Africans have a different (but just as post traumatic stress disordered psychosis) than the descendants of colonized Africans. To be fair, I looked completely different when I've traveled abroad before (I had long hair), AND there is no pronoun for "he"or "she" in Ghanaian language. Word. My bad. Yet and still, I was expecting some kind of Haiti-ish/Southern American Negro/Caribbean stratification

29 Aug, 2009

Cry into the song

2009-08-29T19:36:19-07:00By Adia|Categories: Adia Tamar Whitaker, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: activism, african american women, Afro-Haitian, ampey, art, arts, avant-garde, children's games, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, diaspora, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, folkloric, gender issues, ghana, grassroots, mission, non profit, Performance, performing arts, Performing Diaspora, san francisco, sf, soma, theater|

The Ewe say " ... you must cry into the song." A man in the taxi said "... you are beautiful when you cry." ... But these things are not easy. To cry into the song when you are still so sad ... To let your beauty shine thru when you feel as though there is nothing to hold you up. Today "Ampey!" took it's first breath. It's a girl and a boy. A mommy and a daddy ... very

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!

23 Oct, 2009

Dance Discourse 7: How do we keep our dances from becoming museum pieces? Defining Tradition, Innovation, and Preservation in the Artistic Process

2009-10-23T17:47:02-07:00By Sarah Jessee|Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: activism, art, arts, authenticity, avant-garde, community, conversation, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, grassroots, innovation, mission, Performance, performing, Performing Diaspora, preservation, san francisco, sf, soma, theater, tradition|

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

6 Nov, 2009

CounterPULSE premieres Performing Diaspora!

2009-11-06T20:40:17-08:00By Sarah Jessee|Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora|Tags: activism, art, arts, avant-garde, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, grassroots, mission, Performance, performing, Performing Diaspora, san francisco, sf, soma, theater|

Let the Festival begin! Last night, CounterPULSE opened its doors to Performing Diaspora artists and audience members -- check out some of the audience's reactions here!

10 Nov, 2009

Podcasting Diaspora!

2009-11-10T20:24:29-08:00By Sarah Jessee|Categories: CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Podcast|Tags: activism, art, arts, avant-garde, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, debate, discussion, education, emerging artists, emerging arts, grassroots, mission, panel, panelist, Performance, performing, Performing Diaspora, san francisco, sf, soma, symposium, Talks, theater|

Last Saturday, artists and community members used the CounterPULSE stage not for dancing, but for discussion: participants in the Performing Diaspora Symposium took the day to explore the rich, challenging themes that the Festival explores. In three separate sessions, panelists and audience members articulate some of the ideas that each Performing Diaspora artists stirs up onstage. Give a listen here! Appropriation: Dilemma in Dance Panelists: Deborah Vaughan, Anne Bluethenthal, & Denise Pate Facilitated by Laura Elaine Ellis The subject of

26 Feb, 2010

Wrapping up Luxury Items!

2010-02-26T19:22:23-08:00By Engagement Fellow|Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: art, arts, avant-garde, community, counter pulse, CounterPULSE, Dance, drag, Fauxnique, luxury items, monique jenkinson, Performance, san francisco, sf|

Luxury Items was a super splendorific success. Besides being a fabulous production, this was also our longest running show to date, and garnered a ton of fantastic press! Go CounterPULSE, and hats off to Monique Jenkinson and everyone involved! Much love to all who came and hope you loved it as much as all of us on staff did! A few words from our awesome audiences: "Amazing. Fauxnique is awesome and the show "showed" her brilliantly. Great production. Every moment.

15 Oct, 2010

The Audience Reacts: Opening night of Performing Diaspora 2010

2010-10-15T00:15:05-07:00By Shamsher|Categories: Archive, CounterPULSE, Performing Diaspora, Video|Tags: artist in residence, Artists in Residence, audience, CounterPULSE, emerging artists, emerging arts, Performance, Performance art, Performing Diaspora, Prumsodun Ok, sri susilowati, theater|

9 Jan, 2011

The Best Laid Plans…

2016-03-18T22:19:57-07:00By Eric Kupers|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater, Video|Tags: ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dance, dandelion dancetheater, Eric Kupers, friend, Performance, sharon mussen, theater, Video|

A particularly challenging and fertile aspect of being a creator of experimental performance is that I often have to describe a project in detail many months or even years before I start on it. When working with 10 or more ensemble members and needing to plan out schedules and spaces that are accessible for dancing, instruments, wheelchairs, props, sets and more, I have to do a lot of advance planning. I joke often with my husband about how I have

Intercontinental Collaborations 3—The Symmetry Project

California Touring Project

Rebecca Whittington: Bharatanatyam (Indian Classical) Dance Performance

The Memo

Cry into the song

Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!

Dance Discourse 7: How do we keep our dances from becoming museum pieces? Defining Tradition, Innovation, and Preservation in the Artistic Process

CounterPULSE premieres Performing Diaspora!

Podcasting Diaspora!

Wrapping up Luxury Items!

The Audience Reacts: Opening night of Performing Diaspora 2010

The Best Laid Plans…

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