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12 Jan, 2011

Public Showings

2016-03-18T22:19:33-07:00By Eric Kupers|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater|Tags: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dance, dandelion, dandelion dancetheater, Eric Kupers, friend, Performance, sharon mussen, theater|

We have our first work-in-progress showing for my CounterPULSE residency this coming Saturday, Jan. 15th. Even though we're still at the beginnings of our creation process, I'm very glad we have this showing to work towards. There are many reasons that I find public showings of performance works in progress useful. These include: --forcing us as artists to make some decisions about what we want to show --giving a deadline to a particular segment of our creation process --encouraging everyone

Synchronicities

2016-03-18T22:19:45-07:00By Eric Kupers|Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dandelion Dancetheater, Video|Tags: ARC, artist residency commissioning, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Dance, dandelion, dandelion dancetheater, Eric Kupers, friend, Performance, sharon mussen, theater|

One of my favorite things about the creative process is synchronicity. I follow intuition above all else in my art making and find myself continually rewarded by the ways that relationships I never could have dreamed up appear all of a sudden. Until recently I was planning on making a piece called Don't Suck! Cycle II as part of a four month residency at CounterPULSE in San Francisco. The recent deaths of my close friend Sharon and my grandmother moved

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

Public Showings

Synchronicities

The Best Laid Plans…

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