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21 Sep, 2010

Rebellious Women

2010-09-21T16:07:54-07:00By |Categories: Free Events (donations welcomed), Talks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

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

9 Jun, 2011

Dance Discourse and moving pictures

2011-06-09T11:38:43-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Video|Tags: , , , |

If you're a die hard Dance Discourse Project fan, you know that we've been posting archived audio of all our discussions on the Dance Discourse Project page since Project #1. As wonderful as it is to review a talk you once attended as you fold your laundry, or listen to a talk you missed while doing your morning stretches, you have to admit that something is lost when all you have is the audio of the event. Discussions about dance,

29 Feb, 2012

dance discourse project #12 – the thoughts continue

2012-02-29T13:52:40-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , |

so, last night quite a few of us gathered to discuss dance and ageing at Dance Discourse Project #12 - Shifting ground: examining the complex terrain at the intersection of dance and aging. I was heartened to have so many people (of so many different ages!) in the room, and also buoyed by the liveliness of the conversations during the break out sessions. In my intro to the evening I had rather emphatically stated that I felt a shift WAS

7 Mar, 2012

Aesthetic Passageways: The Aging Dancing Body in Western Performance

2012-03-07T16:56:58-08:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , , |

by: Sarah Ashkin Arts Administration Intern On the evening of February 27th a group of forty or so members of the Bay Area community met at CounterPULSE to engage in the Dance Discourse Project: “Dancing and Aging”. Dance Discourse Project is an “on-going series of artist-driven discussions organized by Mary Armentrout and co-produced by Dancers’ Group and CounterPULSE”. “Dancing and Aging” consisted of a three person panel consisting of choreographer+ Jess Curtis, activist+ Petra Kuppers, and educator+ Dr. Albirda Rose

29 Sep, 2012

Homo File is loved by audiences. Last chance to catch a glimpse of “the Zelig of 20th Century homosexuality”.

2016-04-07T01:15:43-07:00By |Categories: Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Homepage Links, Images, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Well the run has been amazing thus far with sell out houses and very enthusiastic audiences for both Homo File and FML. We got wonderful press coverage and  appeared in several blogs. Here are a few. A fabulous article by Kimberly Chun in the SF Chronicle 96 hours Really interesting article by Richard Dodds in the Bay Area Reporter Stance on Dance is a really interesting interview blog by Dancer/Writer Emmaly Wiederholt A lovely review by Rob Avila about Homo

15 Oct, 2012

How many people does it take to make a salad? All of us!

2016-03-18T22:34:41-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed)|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are in full effect with the food parties and gatherings that will lead up to the remount of Our Daily Bread at CounterPULSE coming up this November 15-18. Though I love the performance work, I have to say these parties are what really FEED me! (yes, pun fully INTENDED!) Coming together with folks in public as well as private spaces to share food, stories and get to know folks in deeper ways is really what it is all about.

30 Oct, 2012

And the Pot Thickens…

2016-03-18T22:34:20-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Archive, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Images|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If I had the time it would be better to keep me on track if I would blog every day during this process... but these days are full and there is much to say about what has taken place over the last month so forgive me if this blog is more like a sampler plate, with only a small taste of many ideas... Since the last blog there have been several food parties that have gone down. We had a

13 Nov, 2012

Digest in Peace: The Beginning…

2016-03-18T22:34:30-07:00By |Categories: Amara Tabor Smith, Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Events, Free Events (donations welcomed), Talks|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are winding our way towards opening night this week. What started out as a conversation with my mother about our gumbo tradition many years ago, has become this little monster of a dance theater piece that has forever changed my life and how I think about food. With this incarnation of Our Daily Bread my collaborator and director, Ellen Sebastian Chang and I engaged in daily conversations about food; about the difficulties of having a slow enough life to

22 Oct, 2013

Open Call Workshop/Audition for the CONTACT project

2016-03-12T02:01:05-08:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, Classes and Workshops, CounterPULSE, Free Events (donations welcomed), Krista Denio|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The CONTACT project, directed by Krista DeNio is currently looking for artists and non-artists for upcoming performances. Open Call:  Come take a FREE workshop and learn more about the CONTACT project! Calling:  Civilians, Veterans (of war and military service), Artists (actors, dancers, musicians, visual artists, designers) and non-artists. What:  Workshop(s) - Two workshops investigating the project content (bridging the divide between civilians and veterans) through physical theater, movement, vocal work, writing, and dialogue.  The intention is for participants to discover whether you

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