FACT/SF WINTER Dance Lab - 2023
Information for participants
DAILY SCHEDULE & DETAILS
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February 24 - 26, 2023
12pm-5pm Daily
CounterPulse will be open from 11:30am each day for those who would like to arrive early.
Please note that masks are required in the CounterPulse lobby and restroom area, and optional while inside the theater/studio.
LOCATION
CounterPulse
80 Turk Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Please arrive at CounterPulse between 11:30am and 12pm each day. You will enter through the main lobby doors, and the Lab will be on the stage.
Public Transit
FACT/SF strongly recommends that dancers use public transit to get to CounterPulse. CounterPulse is just two blocks from the Powell Street BART station, and is additionally accessible via numerous MUNI lines.
All BART trains running through San Francisco stop at the Powell Street BART Station.
Participants flying into SFO or OAK can take BART from the airport to San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
Parking
Public transit is the best mode of transportation and parking near CounterPulse is often very difficult. Street parking is sometimes available in the area, but limited during weekday business hours. FACT/SF anticipates that there will NOT be sufficient time during the Dance Lab to move vehicles parked in 1 or 2-hour spaces. Participants are encouraged to use public transit if they can.
helpful suggestions
What to Bring
Comfortable dance clothes (including long-sleeved shirts and socks)
Many clothing layers for outside as the weather this time of year can shift quickly
Water bottle
Lunch (there are limited food options near the Annex)
Pen & Paper
Local Food Suggestions
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions or would like more information, please email Charles Slender-White at cslender@factsf.org. Or, call or text him at 415.407.9393.
ABOUT COUNTERTECHNIQUE
ABOUT THE TEACHER
Photo by Alina Fejzo
CHARLES SLENDER-WHITE
Charles has been a Countertechnique practitioner for 18 years, and became a Certified Teacher in 2012; there are 44 Teachers worldwide. Charles has taught Countertechnique at the American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Velocity Dance Center (Seattle, WA), University of Calgary, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), University of San Francisco, CSU East Bay, L’Artere (Quebec City), Circuit-Est (Montreal), Love-In (Toronto), and at numerous dance centers throughout the SF Bay Area. He began his dance career in 2006 with Tatiana Baganova’s Provincial Dances Theatre in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In 2008, he returned to his native California to start FACT/SF in order to make his own contributions to innovation and excellence in contemporary dance. FACT/SF and Chunky Move (Australia) are the world’s only Countertechnique-trained dance companies. Over the past 12 years, Charles has created 30+ works, with commissions by the US Department of State, ODC Theater, CounterPulse, Acid Rain (Chelyabinsk), Dialogue Dance (Kostroma), the Yekaterinburg University of the Humanities (Yekaterinburg), and others. Described as ‘utterly absorbing’ and ‘mesmerizing’ (SF Bay Guardian), Charles’ work with FACT/SF has been performed throughout California, in Portland, Oregon, Seattle, Washington, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, and in 7 cities across Russia, working with the US Department of State to share contemporary American culture with local Russian communities as part of their ‘American Seasons’ Program. Throughout 2012, Charles was a mentee of Elizabeth Streb as part of CHIME Across Borders at the Margaret Jenkins Dance Lab. Charles graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, with degrees in Dance & Performance Studies and English Literature. (Photo by Kegan Marling)