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Sep, 2012
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Aug, 2011
A little teaser just for you – POv.3 Premieres in 2 weeks!
Hello my friends! In 2 short weeks FACT/SF opens it's fourth season with Pretonically Oriented v.3. We are THRILLED to bring this new (and super awesome) work your way. I know you'll be there to see it...because you're rad and cool like that. I made a short little video to hold you over until opening night. In the meantime, buy a ticket. See you soon my lovelies, ~Charles http://youtu.be/gjUcwQ_NtL8
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Aug, 2011
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Sep, 2010
Rebellious Women
Last week, Shaping San Francisco's kickoff to the Fall/Winter/Spring 2010-2011 Public TALKS! Series was a perfect way to begin our next round of free discussions. We were proud to co-sponsor the evening with PM Press, whose Ramsey Kanaan pulled together a spectacular collection of speakers to speak to the topic "Imprisoned but Unbowed: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women." Sin Soracco, author of Low Bite, the story of the time she spent in prison, started the evening and in telling her
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Feb, 2010
Wrapping up Luxury Items!
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.
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Nov, 2009
Bike Tour: Ecological History (north)
Sat. Nov. 14, noon, $15-50 sliding scale to benefit Shaping SF This trip through San Francisco's lost sand dunes, ponds, creeks and coastline will focus on the city from downtown north, covering the heart of the city, the waterfront and Yerba Buena cove, Telegraph Hill, Black Point, and Crissy Field in the Presidio... It's a social, historical and critical 4-hour tour through the city's ecological past and present. Photo: Chris Carlsson—original walruses from Alaska Commercial Company building, destroyed in 1975.
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Nov, 2009
TALKS! History & Politics Alcatraz 40th anniversary of Indigenous occupation
Wed. Nov. 11, 7:30pm, Free AIM-West and friends will revisit the historic occupation of Alcatraz, show video clips, tell stories, and most importantly, connect this important historic event with the decades of organizing and political resistance since that time.
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Nov, 2009
Podcasting Diaspora!
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
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Nov, 2009
CounterPULSE premieres Performing Diaspora!
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!
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Oct, 2009
Dance Discourse 7: How do we keep our dances from becoming museum pieces? Defining Tradition, Innovation, and Preservation in the Artistic Process
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
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Oct, 2009
Performing Diaspora on the Airwaves!
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!