“Europeans slaughtered their healers and then exported their trauma” - Lyla June writing about the witch burnings Centered around the sacred tree of life Yggdrasil, this performance moves from the fairies to the folk to the fascists building a counter-narrative that combats both the horrors of white pride and the inaction of white guilt Working […]

“Edging Sessions” unravels the taut tension between desire, repression, and consumption, channeling the raw volatility of queer experience. Disrupting hetero-linear time, the piece reclaims the body as a sensuous force of resistance, intimacy, and transformation.

A mini-festival within the CounterPules Festival, Groundworks features four new, emerging works raw but ready for an adventurous audience. Groundwork Festival is a new artist initiative from CounterPulse, where CounterPulse offers co-production services at a highly reduced rate to support the development of new works from emerging artists in response to changes in the funding […]

CounterPulse’s 2025 ARC Edge program presents “Trashflower” by Rose and Zoe Huey and “On the Floor” by Maria Silk. ARC Edge is an incubation residency and commissioning program for contemporary choreographers whose work is deeply curious about the intersection of art practice and social change.

EIGHT/MOVES, founded by Artistic Director Mia J. Chong, comes to ODC Theater Sept 12–14 with Season 2, expanding its mission to challenge artistic norms, amplify marginalized voices, and explore urgent social issues through collaborative, genre-defying work. The program features Chong’s world premiere Wasteland, a meditation on pollution and cultural decay; THE END, a duet by […]

Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos is a dance theater work that tells the story of a Queer Mexican folklorico dancer on a journey toward self-love in the context of a romantic relationship with a closeted fellow dancer. The work is structured like a traditional romantic dramedy—boy meets boy, boy falls in love with boy, boy […]

As You Are is an intimate, dance-theatre work that invites the audience to show up in their unfiltered selves. Through movement, music, and voice, we create a space for honesty, mess & contradictions of our everyday lives. Collaborators: Nadhi Thekkek, Preethi Ramaprasad, Rasika Kumar, Shruti Abhishek, Sindhu Natarajan & Sri Thina Subramaniam. Directed by: Vaibhav […]

CounterPulse’s 2025 ARC Edge program presents “Trashflower” by Rose and Zoe Huey and “On the Floor” by Maria Silk. ARC Edge is an incubation residency and commissioning program for contemporary choreographers whose work is deeply curious about the intersection of art practice and social change.

As You Are is an intimate, dance-theatre work that invites the audience to show up in their unfiltered selves. Through movement, music, and voice, we create a space for honesty, mess & contradictions of our everyday lives. Collaborators: Nadhi Thekkek, Preethi Ramaprasad, Rasika Kumar, Shruti Abhishek, Sindhu Natarajan & Sri Thina Subramaniam. Directed by: Vaibhav […]

EIGHT/MOVES, founded by Artistic Director Mia J. Chong, comes to ODC Theater Sept 12–14 with Season 2, expanding its mission to challenge artistic norms, amplify marginalized voices, and explore urgent social issues through collaborative, genre-defying work. The program features Chong’s world premiere Wasteland, a meditation on pollution and cultural decay; THE END, a duet by […]

Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos is a dance theater work that tells the story of a Queer Mexican folklorico dancer on a journey toward self-love in the context of a romantic relationship with a closeted fellow dancer. The work is structured like a traditional romantic dramedy—boy meets boy, boy falls in love with boy, boy […]

“Europeans slaughtered their healers and then exported their trauma” - Lyla June writing about the witch burnings Centered around the sacred tree of life Yggdrasil, this performance moves from the fairies to the folk to the fascists building a counter-narrative that combats both the horrors of white pride and the inaction of white guilt Working […]

“Edging Sessions” unravels the taut tension between desire, repression, and consumption, channeling the raw volatility of queer experience. Disrupting hetero-linear time, the piece reclaims the body as a sensuous force of resistance, intimacy, and transformation.

A mini-festival within the CounterPules Festival, Groundworks features four new, emerging works raw but ready for an adventurous audience. Groundwork Festival is a new artist initiative from CounterPulse, where CounterPulse offers co-production services at a highly reduced rate to support the development of new works from emerging artists in response to changes in the funding […]

As You Are is an intimate, dance-theatre work that invites the audience to show up in their unfiltered selves. Through movement, music, and voice, we create a space for honesty, mess & contradictions of our everyday lives. Collaborators: Nadhi Thekkek, Preethi Ramaprasad, Rasika Kumar, Shruti Abhishek, Sindhu Natarajan & Sri Thina Subramaniam. Directed by: Vaibhav […]

EIGHT/MOVES, founded by Artistic Director Mia J. Chong, comes to ODC Theater Sept 12–14 with Season 2, expanding its mission to challenge artistic norms, amplify marginalized voices, and explore urgent social issues through collaborative, genre-defying work. The program features Chong’s world premiere Wasteland, a meditation on pollution and cultural decay; THE END, a duet by […]

Mucho Machismo y Pocos Machos is a dance theater work that tells the story of a Queer Mexican folklorico dancer on a journey toward self-love in the context of a romantic relationship with a closeted fellow dancer. The work is structured like a traditional romantic dramedy—boy meets boy, boy falls in love with boy, boy […]

Deep River, Alonzo King’s acclaimed masterwork, fuses dance with Black spirituals and Jewish liturgical music in a powerful reflection on love, resilience, and the strength of the human spirit. Named one of Pointe Magazine’s standout performances of 2024, Deep River has been praised for its beauty, emotional depth, and spiritual force. With soaring vocals by […]

A mini-festival within the CounterPules Festival, Groundworks features four new, emerging works raw but ready for an adventurous audience. Groundwork Festival is a new artist initiative from CounterPulse, where CounterPulse offers co-production services at a highly reduced rate to support the development of new works from emerging artists in response to changes in the funding […]