The Dance Centre Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire sits down with interdisciplinary artist and scholar Dr. Ayasha Guerin. Together they discuss Ayasha's journey and connection with dance, her current work at UCLA, and the importance of dance and moving the body.

Claire and Ayasha also talk about the Liberated Planet Studio, diving into the creation of the project and how it has evolved and changed over its different iterations in the past few years.

Show Notes:

Website: https://www.ayashaguerinworks.com/

Liberated Planet Studio on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liberatedplanetstudio/

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire is joined by dance artist, choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Sophie Dow.

Join them as they discuss how Sophie got started in dance, the many hats they wear in their careers in dance and  bodyworks, plus their new piece Agrimony and it's journey through music and dance.

https://www.sophiedow.com/

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. In today's episode Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and founder of Stand Up Dance, Meagan O'Shea, about why and how she does a "slow tour" model, the importance of community and creative engagement, the improvisation and ensemble work that led to their show Anatomalia and the generosity of saying no. 

See Anatomalia from Stand Up Dance November 16-18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/stand-up-dance/

https://www.standupdance.com/

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Kathak artist Fiana Kawane and Bharata Natyam dancer Shilpa Shankar about their histories and careers with their dance genres, how they came to Canada and found The Dance Centre, and how they view their dance forms in a contemporary time. 

More about Discover Dance! Classical Indian Dances in Focus: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/classical-indian-dances-in-focus/

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. In the first episode of the 2023-2024 season, Claire talks to Isaac Gasangwa, founder and director of Afrobeats Van, about his relationship with dance, the differences between African and Western dance, and the inspiration behind his upcoming show, The African Dream. 

See the African Dream September 16 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/izo-dreamchaser/

More about Afrobeats Van: https://sites.google.com/view/afrobeatsdancevan/home

Welcome back to another episode of The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull, Co-Artistic Directors of Chimerik, an award-winning interdisciplinary collective, about finding a happy balance with technology in their work, mentorship, mediumship and creating a healthy community within their collective.

You can see a studio showing of their piece We Were One on July 31 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/chimerik-2023/

Chimerik's Website

This month on the Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to dance artist and choreographer Lee Su-Feh about her long career in dance, her work in voicework and her "long, slow dance" Touch Me, Hold Me, Let Me Go.

https://www.leesufeh.space/

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to Julia Taffe, Artistic Director of Aeriosa Dance Society about how she came to vertical dance, the challenges and differences in choreographing and performing vertical dance and Aeriosa's collaborations with Butterflies in Spirit and Croatian choreographer Marija Šćekić.

https://aeriosa.com/

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to dance artist, teacher and choreographer Ralph Escamillan about his life in dance, how he balances all his various career paths and the inspiration behind his new work, PIÑA which premieres May 4-6 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.

More about PIÑA: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/fakeknot-2023/

More about Ralph: https://www.ralphescamillan.com/

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This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to Davi Rodrigues, Artistic Director of Lamondance, about his life as a dance artist and choreographer, how he came to Vancouver, Lamondance’s role in the community and his relationship with students as a teacher and a mentor.

https://www.lamondance.com/