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AXIS Dance Company Celebrates 25 Years of Innovative, Integrated Dance
“We stopped doing pieces about disability fifteen years ago,” said Judith Smith, founding member and creative director of AXIS Dance Company. This month, the internationally renowned physically integrated dance company […]
“Crip Ecstasy” Centers Accessibility in Nightlife
There is a sense of belonging felt deep in my bones that only the dance of a nightclub can bring.
Accessibly Special: A New Program is Packing Performance into Summer
There is work bursting from the seams of the Bay Area right now–it is impossible to ignore. CounterPULSE presents a small cross section of this work as part of our […]
Art Meets Life: The 30th Annual Planetary Dance
At the end of the movie Miss Congeniality, Sandra Bullock’s character tearfully confesses that she really does want world peace. Okay, it’s a little silly—and I’m not embarrassed to admit […]
Myth Shattering
Dancers’ Group’s executive director looks at the attitude of abundance vs. scarcity and asks donations in support of the Parachute Fund.
What Does “Healthy” Mean? A Look at Dancers’ Body Types and Shifting Notions of Wellness
It wasn’t so long ago that university dance programs were affiliated with physical education departments, and some schools were slower than others in moving their dance students into the humanities. […]
Serious Inquiry Generates Playfulness in Kegan Marling’s Remake of Jump Ship
Kegan Marling isn’t sure which way to go. Marling, who is creating, performing and directing a dance theater piece that will be shown at CounterPulse in October, is directing Mica […]
From Vision to Mainstay in a Decade: San Francisco Dance Film Festival
What do you love about fall? It’s by far my favorite time of year, so my list is on the longer side. There are the beloved seasonal traditions – Thanksgiving […]
Big Moves Dance Company: Beyond Body Positive Towards Fat Liberation
In recent years the body positive movement has gone mainstream. From television to huge billboards you can find more representation of diverse bodies and the term “body positivity.” Companies like […]
‘Conference of the Birds’ Brings Together Dance Forms in San Jose
The Conference of the Birds originally was a medieval Persian poem by ‘Attar (“The Pharmacist”)—who influenced the younger, more famous poet and Sufi mystic Rumi—an allegory about the birds of the […]
