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21 Jun, 2011

Front Line Theatre’s RARE EARTH preview at FURY Factory 2011–Tonight and Tomorrow

2011-06-21T15:06:27-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: , , , , , |

Front Line Theatre's newest work, Rare Earth, will be premiering at CounterPULSE on July 8-10 as part of the Summer Special series.  But first, everyone should come and check out  a Work-in-Progress preview at FURY Factory 2011!  We'll be showing 25-30 minutes of the work and having a short talk-back after. Splitting the bill with FLT and showing a brief excerpt of her newest work is Leah Herman. Here's more information about Rare Earth and FURY Factory: RARE EARTH a

7 Jul, 2011

FACT/SF POv Brief Explanation (part of FACT/SF’s Thirsty Thursdays)

2016-03-18T22:07:00-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, FACT/SF|Tags: , , , , , , , |

In an effort to share everything I possibly can about what we're doing, I made a short explanatory video - it's rad and you should check it out! ~Charles Slender Artistic Director, FACT/SF   http://youtu.be/pH63NTPSgk4

11 Jul, 2011

Reaching OUT… Intern Update

2011-07-11T11:26:29-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Summer Special 2011|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Howdy CounterPULSE Peeps, I'm Tessa, the outreach intern. I had an urge to blog, which has never really happened to me before,  so I figured I would talk about my time at CounterPULSE so far. Well...where to begin? Basically, I love working here. Er'body is really nice and I'm learning a ton. But enough about me — I want to talk about the Summer Specials, not just because it's my job, but because they are really great! Last night I

28 Oct, 2011

San Francisco Transgender Film Festival NEXT WEEK: Nov. 3-5

2011-10-28T13:15:40-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival is excited to celebrate our TENTH ANNIVERSARY at CounterPULSE next week!  Join us for a spectacular three days featuring films from over a dozen countries around the world plus an amazing live performance event! SFTFF runs November 3-5 (all events at 8pm). PERFORMANCES! Thursday November 3 at 8pm FILMS! Friday November 4 and Saturday November 5 at 8pm These two nights feature an award-winning mix of international films from countries including Thailand, Australia, Brazil,

18 Dec, 2011

Eau de Murakami

2011-12-18T19:34:56-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , , |

Well, hello there, CounterPULSE blogosphere! My name is Erin Malley, and I’m one of your Winter Special Artists. I’m also a new face in San Francisco, please don’t hesitate to say hello. Better still, take me out and show me your favorite local spots! I relocated to SF just a couple of years ago from NYC, and have already fallen in love with the left coast. My show in the Winter Special series is Hotel in a Bottle, which takes

3 Jan, 2012

The new food pyramid of dance: a creative plate

2012-01-03T11:54:34-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Picture it now: there is a plate on the table in front of you, full of creative, Hotel-in-a-Bottle-icious food to eat. A quarter of that plate has been inspired by text (thank you, Haruki Murakami!) A second quarter has been inspired by video imagery and design (thanks again, HM, and cheers to Mark and Dawn at Troika Ranch who made design possible for me!) Quarter #3 of that plate has been inspired by dancers' experiences, interests, and improvisations (props to

16 Jan, 2012

Quadripod

2012-01-16T10:21:20-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

In the previous post, we made centipede yogurt stew. Yum! Now onto the video portion. Except, maybe we're not talking about a plate of food anymore. Maybe we're discussing a table with legs sharply angled away from the center... When I set out to integrate video with dance, I had this idea in my head that I would let inspiration come only from video - that somehow there was supposed to be ONE foundation in the work, end of story.

29 Jan, 2012

Quarter 3: The music of Murakami

2012-01-29T09:56:49-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Winter Special 2012|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

If Murakami's works came to life, and you could suddenly take a stroll through them, chances are music would be everywhere. Chauffeured in a car, you would hear "the classical strains of Chopin." In the bathroom of Denny's, Hall & Oates' I can't go for that would be playing. And jazz would fit into the small spaces everywhere else. I knew when I started this piece, music would figure in significantly to it, and my musical selections might not match

21 Nov, 2012

Interview with Sebastian Grubb on Dance and Fitness

2012-11-21T13:31:42-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

July 09, 2012 by James Koroni http://www.enforcedarch.com Enforced Arch ‘Mover’ and contributor, Sebastian Grubb takes life one step at a time but carries the world in his arms. Tackling fitness, nutrition and dance in one lifetime may seem overwhelming but for him, it’s done with grace. He is thrilled to share his expertise with the world and has recently launched a website where you can get the best of all three worlds in one place. I had the opportunity to

20 Jan, 2014

This is a gun.

2016-03-12T02:01:31-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Krista Denio|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

From the Rehearsal Room...  the CONTACT project process is deepening, and we find ourselves moved...to tears, to anger, to hysterical laughter....to formation, to renovation, to solidarity, to push-ups....pushing up against the fight, the flight, the meeting, the holding of...one another.  the pressing into flesh and bone...contact...the memories, the histories, the shared pain and sorrow of fathers and grandfathers and nephews and nieces who would not speak to us of their experiences, who beat her instead...who held in their own, giant,

11 May, 2015

RIOT

2016-03-18T21:34:05-07:00By |Categories: (X)Change, CounterPULSE, Mica Sigourney|Tags: , , , |

"A riot literally tears the city apart. It is a striation...like a skater from the days before skateparks, it sketches invisible trajectories in the urban motif. A shapeless event that eludes reification, even if it relates to rituals, and thus summons the repertoire of tricks and knowledge accumulated by a provisional community bound by a transgressive dynamic."  Withches: Hunted, Appropriated, Queered ed. Anna Colin, The Rioter and the Witch by Olivier Marboeuf

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