Dancers Did That? – Details, episodes & analysis

Can we talk about how the first and only ballerina we've seen on the Bachelor gets eliminated the first night? Dance Theatre of Harlem's Alicia Holloway appeared on the show and promptly gets sent home. Is that because she has her shit too together? We talk about it. 

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Jump nut first into the wild world of Nutcracker, a national ballet treasure the US continues to profit from during the holidays. Listen as we walk through the story, the weird traditions, and seriously drunk deep dive into the question, "but why is this national treasure about a fucking NUTCRACKER?" 

Enjoy!

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Dancer, photographer, and filmmaker Devin Muñoz is LIz and Maris's guest for Episode 8! 

The three of them talk about the differences between filming dance for archival purposes, filming dance for film, and fictional dance movies. And the fun doesn't stop there! They also managed to talk about art critique, watching and rewatching movies, Soulja Boy, Center Stage, Tik Tok dances, and more. 

Find Devin online at her website www.munozmotions.com and on Instagram @munoz_motions.

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Join the dynamic duo for a wild conversation through the land of ballet discussing pointe shoes! As mentioned in the episode, here are a few links to check out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgGc6QZ_a3I *We chatted about Gaynor Minden's jumping on the colored shoe train first but this video details the Freed of London process for new shades of satin in 2018. Good for you, Freed!

https://hobbylark.com/performing-arts/Gaynor-Mindens The article we chatted briefly about, take a read for more context! 

And stay tuned for PART 2 coming soon! 

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Liz and Maris are joined by Marika Theofelis who is a dance educator trained in BrainDance, a teaching technique created by Anne Green-Gilbert. Waltzing through a brief history of our education system, the technique of BrainDance, itself, and how simple costuming can affect our performances, both on and off stage, the conversation drifts in and out of beautiful tangents from all three individuals. Enjoy this episode and check out Creative Dance Center for more info on this teaching technique!

Dancers Did That? is a dance history podcast by dancers, not historians. We welcome comments and corrections! --- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Liz and Maris are guestless this week as they talk through Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon and their almost 40 year working and romantic relationship. 

They talk through Bob and Gwen's early lives and their careers before they met as well as their professional projects together, their symbiotic relationship, and why we often think about Bob Fosse's career as his alone. 

Dancers Did That? is a dance history podcast by dancers, not historians. We welcome comments and corrections! --- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Liz and Maris sketch out a very quick overview of American Modern Dance!  Full disclosure, we decided to rerecord this episode because our first try was too long and we only got to the 1960s (that's only halfway through...). We do a much better job this time around if we do say so ourselves. We hit on dancing in the woods, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, José Limón, Katherine Dunham, Merce Cunningham, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, and so many more. Liz and Maris also talk about separating art from the artists and cancel culture. And the painter that Maris can't remember the name of is Paul Gauguin.  Dancers Did That? is a dance history podcast by dancers, not historians. We welcome comments and corrections! --- This episode is sponsored by Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Liz and Maris with guest Bonus Liz Dawson!

The three talk about Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, their favorite movie musicals, and how using and viewing art as an escape is universal. 

Liz and Maris have a conversation with guest Corbin Hall about the history of hip hop and breakdancing. The three of them talk about how Corbin started his breakdancing training, his experiences teaching hip hop and breakdancing, and a brief description of how hip hop music and dance histories are connected.  Dancers Did That? is a dance history podcast by dancers, not historians. We welcome comments and corrections!

Hello dear friends and fellow dance enthusiasts, We are so humbled and excited to bring you this episode looking at Louis XIV, Catherine deMedici, and the multitude of ballets that we both love and take issue with. As we mention in the recording, we are in self isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic and so we ask you forgive us in the quality of these first bunches of episodes! It is also important to stress that we are not historians and would love to engage in a dialogue if something isn't quite right or expressed in incorrect ways.  We look forward to bringing you our jolly insight into the history of ballet! Liz + Maris