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Today’s episode features Dance Magazine’s November cover star, Ephraim Sykes, who lights up Broadway stages and screens with his triple-threat talent. In this episode, Sykes reflects on staying grounded, feeding his hunger to learn, and the “no’s” that led to his first “yes.”

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The Dance Edit Podcast returns! As a publication of Dance Media, we’re kicking off this season with Dance Magazine’s October cover star, Hope Boykin. Beyond her legacy career dancing with Alvin Ailey, Hope continues to create, teach, motivate, and move beyond traditional scripts. Discover the three values Hope carries into any room, how she builds trust in a creation process, and what’s in store for the many creative languages she speaks. 

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https://www.hopeboykindance.com/

IG: @hbdance  

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Choreographer and Ailey II artistic director Francesca Harper joins to discuss her upcoming premiere, "The Reckoning," commissioned by Ava DuVernay's Law Enforcement Accountability Project. A response to Detroit police officer Joseph Weekly's killing of 7-year-old Aiyana Mo'Nay Stanley-Jones, "The Reckoning" is both a work of art and a work of activism.

A transcript of this episode is available here: thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-148

More about the LEAP Project and Harper's commission:
leapaction.org
instagram.com/leapaction
leapaction.org/francesca-harper
More about the Works & Process premiere of "The Reckoning": guggenheim.org/event/works-process-arrays-leap-the-reckoning-by-francesca-harper-music-by-nona-hendryx
More about Ailey II's NYC season: alvinailey.org/engagement/ailey-ii-nyc

Visit/add to the Dance Media Events Calendar: dancemediacalendar.com/
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A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-63

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 63:

-New York Times story about the former Kirov Academy official who pleaded guilty to fraud: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/arts/dance/kirov-academy-embezzlement.html
-Information about the streamed ceremony for Debora Chase-Hicks: https://www.instagram.com/p/COtaqMbLVvt/
-Alice Sheppard's essay on intersectional disability justice: https://www.dancemagazine.com/alice-sheppard-accessibility-2652914616.html
-Mickaella Dantas' reflections on dancing with a prosthesis: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dancing-with-a-prosthesis-2652675897.html
-Sydney Skybetter's article on the creative possibilities of prosthetic design: https://www.dancemagazine.com/prosthetics-choreography-2652676008.html
-Dance Magazine Editor in Chief Jennifer Stahl's note on access work at Dance Media: https://www.dancemagazine.com/accessibility-dance-magazine-2652839834.html
-Alice Blumenfeld's essay on the problems with the term "world dance": https://www.dancemagazine.com/world-dance-2652863754.html
-Kaatsbaan Cultural Park website and social pages:
https://kaatsbaan.org/
https://www.instagram.com/kaatsbaan/
https://twitter.com/KaatsbaanDance
https://www.facebook.com/Kaatsbaan
https://www.linkedin.com/company/kaatsbaan-international-dance-center-inc/

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-62

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 62:

-Dance Teacher story on the closing of Mills College: https://dance-teacher.com/mills-college-closing-dance/
-New York Times obituary for Jacques d'Amboise: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/jacques-damboise-charismatic-star-of-city-ballet-is-dead-at-86.html
-Dance Magazine obituary for d'Amboise: https://www.dancemagazine.com/jacques-d-amboise-2652872548.html
-National Dance Institute website: https://nationaldance.org/
-L.A. Times piece on dance studios struggling with reopening: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-29/los-angeles-covid-reopening-dance-studios
-NPR story on theaters' reopening timelines: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/993213067/broadway-shows-can-reopen-in-may-but-that-doesnt-mean-they-will
-New York Times piece on Broadway's reopening date: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/theater/broadway-reopening-new-york.html
-Dance Magazine feature on studios updating their dress codes: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-dress-codes-2652610842.html
-Final Bow For Yellowface website and donation page: 
https://www.yellowface.org/
https://www.yellowface.org/donate
-Final Bow Instagram account: 
https://www.instagram.com/finalbowforyellowface/

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-61

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 61:

-Variety's reporting on the March on Broadway protest: https://variety.com/2021/legit/news/scott-rudin-broadway-demonstration-1234958228/
-Deadline's coverage of the March, including the organizers' six demands: https://deadline.com/2021/04/march-on-broadway-list-of-demands-producer-scott-rudin-actors-equity-broadway-league-1234739584/
-New York Times story on Chloé Lopes Gomes' settlement with Staatsballett Berlin: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/arts/dance/staatsballett-berlin-ballet-racism-settlement.html
-Theresa Ruth Howard's post following the settlement: https://www.instagram.com/p/COD4rxSA3aO/
-Brinda Guha's “I’m Just Saying, I’ll Need Like Another Solid Week Before I Can Reply to Your Email" essay for Dance Magazine: https://www.dancemagazine.com/brinda-guha-2652650545.html
-"West Side Story" trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbUM27qw6a8
-"In the Heights" trailer: https://twitter.com/intheheights/status/1386504933386588161
-Chloe Angyal's website and Twitter account:
https://chloesangyal.com/
https://twitter.com/ChloeAngyal
-Sign-up page for Angyal's virtual events for dance schools: https://www.boldtypebooks.com/landing-page/turning-pointe-ballet-school-request-form/

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-60

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 60:

-Website for Britt Stewart's new nonprofit, Share The Movement: https://www.sharethemovementnow.org/
-New York Times obituary for Liam Scarlett: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/arts/dance/liam-scarlett-dead.html
-Theresa Ruth Howard's post following Scarlett's death: https://www.instagram.com/p/CN2umaPAawE/
-Chloe Angyal's op-ed on the response to Scarlett's death: https://chloeangyal.substack.com/p/the-leaders-of-ballet-are-failing
-Karen Olivo's video announcing her departure from "Moulin Rouge!": https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqFSKBFBsj/
-Olivo's follow-up interview with American Theatre: https://www.americantheatre.org/2021/04/17/karen-olivo-leading-by-leaving/
-TheaterMania's piece on theater's unseen visionaries: https://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/the-theater-industry-isnt-lacking-in-visionaries_92148.html
-Pointe's story on Ballet22: https://www.pointemagazine.com/ballet22-2652561483.html
-Where to find Gavin Larsen's memoir, "Being a Ballerina":
https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813066899
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780813066899
https://www.powells.com/book/being-a-ballerina-9780813066899
https://www.malaprops.com/book/9780813066899
https://www.elliottbaybook.com/book/9780813066899
-Larsen's social pages:
https://www.facebook.com/GavinLarsenAuthor
https://www.instagram.com/gavinalarsen/
https://twitter.com/Gavinalarsen

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-59

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 59:

-The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Rudin exposé: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/everyone-just-knows-hes-an-absolute-monster-scott-rudins-ex-staffers-speak-out-on-abusive-behavior
-Playbill coverage of the theater unions' response to THR story: https://www.playbill.com/article/theatre-unions-condemn-aggressive-harassing-behavior-in-wake-of-scott-rudin-allegations
-New York Times story on Spain's tablaos: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/dance/spain-flamenco-tabloas.html
-Dance Magazine's piece on Cultivating Better Tomorrows: https://www.dancemagazine.com/antiracism-training-in-dance-2651197914.html
-Cultivating Better Tomorrows' website and Instagram page:
https://cultivatingbettertomorrows.org/
https://www.instagram.com/cultivatingbettertomorrows/
-Forbes story on why STEM fields need artists: https://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminwolff/2021/04/06/the-arts-and-humanities-deliver-untapped-value-for-the-future-of-work/?sh=1e8dc48b3914
-Dance Magazine piece on "robot choreographer" Catie Cuan: https://www.dancemagazine.com/catie-cuan-robots-2648562861.html
-Pointe piece on what dancers have learned about performing for the camera: https://www.pointemagazine.com/dancing-for-film-coronavirus-2652505458.html
-Dance Magazine piece on the "film now, perform onstage later" approach: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-performances-online-2651337537.html
-Martha Ullman West's essay on watching filmed dance: https://www.orartswatch.org/the-year-of-living-cautiously-pt-2/
-Works & Process website and Instagram page:
http://worksandprocess.com/
https://www.instagram.com/worksandprocess/
-"Isolation to Creation" docuseries: https://allarts.org/programs/isolation-to-creation/

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-58

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 58:

-Liza Yntema's op-ed on Pennsylvania Ballet's season without women: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pennsylvania-ballet-sexism-women-female-representation-20210331.html
-Slate's podcast interview with TikTok creators Mya Johnson and Chris Cotter: https://slate.com/culture/2021/04/addison-rae-jimmy-fallon-cardi-b-up-dance-creators-interview.html
-Johnson and Cotter's TikTok handles:
https://www.tiktok.com/@theemyanicole
https://www.tiktok.com/@cchrvs
-PopSugar's interview with Johnson: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/tiktok-mya-johnson-addison-rae-tonight-show-interview-48245258
-Pointe's piece on the future of the corps de ballet: https://www.pointemagazine.com/corps-de-ballet-2651289649.html
-Dance Magazine's story on the Dancing Through Prison Walls project: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dancing-through-prison-walls-2651296879.html
-Rena Butler's social pages:
https://www.instagram.com/renabutler/
https://www.facebook.com/rena.butler.9

A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-57

Links referenced in/relevant to episode 57:

-New York Times story on Broadway vaccination sites: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/theater/broadway-vaccinations-coronavirus.html
-Los Angeles Magazine story on the Addison Rae/Jimmy Fallon controversy: https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/addison-rae-tonight-show/
-Datebook piece on San Francisco's guaranteed income program for artists: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/more-than-100-san-francisco-artists-to-receive-1000-a-month-under-new-pilot-program
-Application for that program: https://ybca.org/guaranteed-income-pilot/
-Pointe story on Ballet Co.Laboratory and its dual-contract structure: https://www.pointemagazine.com/ballet-co-laboratory-2651173176.html
-New York Times feature on the NYC burlesque scene: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/nyregion/nightlife-burlesque-nyc.html
-Sydnie L. Mosley and Dancers site: http://slmdances.com
-Mosley and SLMDances' social pages:
https://www.instagram.com/sydmosley/
https://www.instagram.com/slmdances/
https://twitter.com/sydmosley
https://twitter.com/slmdances
-Mosley's Dance Magazine essay: https://www.dancemagazine.com/virtual-burnout-2650626814.html
-Mosley's Essence.com essay: https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/black-choreographer/
-Mosley's The Brooklyn Rail essay: https://brooklynrail.org/2020/10/dance/On-Black-Death-and-Fundraising
-Sonya Renee Taylor's site: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/
-Buy Back Black Debt form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZ-LbFi4IpKrQfnBB_RQTk3STy9nebLJ8poaicUmAFEQUugw/viewform?gxids=7628
-DéLana R. A. Dameron's Red Olive Consulting: https://www.redoliveconsulting.com/
-That joyful Sean Bankhead choreo tutorial TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ahsiajanae/video/6932499995757153542