Daily Archives: May 19, 2013

19 May, 2013

“State: not anywhere near to now” update from the road

2013-05-19T18:53:43-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|

I just returned to the Bay Area from packed and generously-attentive houses in Portland. Thanks to Martha Ullman West for her coverage in Oregon's Arts Watch: http://www.orartswatch.org/dancing-to-the-how-and-why-of-it/ And thanks of course to my dear friend and colleague Katherine Longstreth. We met in graduate school some 20 years ago and quickly became comrades in DIY dance production via our performing group ESTRUS WORKS with Julia Wyncoll. Although our dance lives have taken us in different directions, we remain committed to the

19 May, 2013

ImShift

2013-05-19T19:51:48-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Images, Summer Special 2013|Tags: , , , , , |

ImShift explores the shifting identity of "living in the in-between" as Latin American living in the diaspora. Through the ritualistic practice of self-affirmation, one can challenge systemic barriers and create art that transcends borders. The expiration of this piece is my lived reality and the work of performance scholar Diana Taylor. This piece is also about the shifting pressures and negotiations in collaboration. The music, the video and the choreography were developed separate. Its in the later part of the

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