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Ephraim Sykes on Rest and Rising
24 Oct 2023
00:42:31
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.”
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.
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.
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The Artistry in Every Body, Retiring "World Dance," and Stella Abrera and Sonja Kostich
13 May 2021
00:59:31
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/
Remembering Jacques, the Reopening Struggle, and Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin
06 May 2021
01:01:13
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/
Accountability at Staatsballett, Give Dancers a Minute, and Chloe Angyal
29 Apr 2021
00:54:59
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/
Liam Scarlett’s Death, Building a Better Theater Industry, and Gavin Larsen
22 Apr 2021
00:58:00
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
Cultivating Better Tomorrows, Tech Needs Dancers, and Duke Dang
15 Apr 2021
00:59:54
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/
The Fate of the Corps, Writing Dance from Prison, and Rena Butler
08 Apr 2021
01:03:26
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
Addison Rae on Fallon, Keeping Dancers Paid, and Sydnie L. Mosley
01 Apr 2021
00:51:27
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
Supporting Asian Artists, Dance NFTs, and Pamela Tatge
25 Mar 2021
00:56:06
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-56
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 56:
-Arts ARE Education pledge: https://www.artsareeducation.org/sign-the-pledge -Alex Wong's post about being attacked: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMiAWyDHL9k/ -Dance Magazine article on Final Bow for Yellowface's plans: https://www.dancemagazine.com/final-bow-for-yellowface-2651185791.html -Final Bow website: https://www.yellowface.org/ -Final Bow Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/finalbowforyellowface/ -CoinDesk story on dance NFTs: https://www.coindesk.com/enjin-nft-performing-arts -New York Times report on the postponement of Bill T. Jones' "Afterwardsness": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/20/arts/dance/coronavirus-dance-performance.html -Dance Magazine story on outdoor dance: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dancing-outdoors-2651008896.html -Jacob's Pillow website: https://www.jacobspillow.org/ -Inside the Pillow Lab series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpWPlnu2_0RNMl6hNcQSe9fT5e6xhClhS -Pillow social accounts: https://www.instagram.com/jacobspillow/ https://twitter.com/JacobsPillow https://www.facebook.com/jacobspillowdance
Insurance Crisis, Grammys Highlights, and Emily Coates
18 Mar 2021
00:47:25
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-55
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 55:
-Final Bow for Yellowface donations page: https://www.yellowface.org/donate -New York Times piece on the health insurance crisis for performers: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/arts/coronavirus-actors.html -Dance Data Project®'s blog on COVID's effect on women in the arts: https://blog.americansforthearts.org/2021/03/11/connecting-the-dots-why-the-shecession-is-an-arts-story -Attach your name to the FAMILY act here: https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-gillibrand-introduce-family-act-urge-congress-pass-permanent -"Transpositions" project: https://schwarzman.yale.edu/series/transpositions-dance-poems-online-world -Yale Dance Lab website: https://yaledancelab.yale.edu/ -Yale Schwarzman Center website: https://schwarzman.yale.edu/ -Schwarzman Center social pages: https://www.instagram.com/yale_schwarzman/ https://twitter.com/Yale_Schwarzman https://www.facebook.com/yaleschwarzmancenter
Protecting Performers, Making Space for Rest, and Kellee Edusei
11 Mar 2021
00:53:44
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-54
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 54:
-Washington Post story on the Washington Football Team replacing its cheerleaders with a coed dance team: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/03/03/washington-football-team-cheerleaders-replaced/ -New York Times piece on dancer bodies: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/arts/dance/what-is-a-ballet-body.html -Actors' Equity statement on the Open Culture program: https://www.actorsequity.org/news/PR/OpenCultureDisappointment/ -Denver Post story on Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's company closure and organizational evolution: https://theknow.denverpost.com/2021/03/09/aspen-santa-fe-ballet-closes-coronavirus/254403/ -Sydnie Mosley's Dance Magazine essay on not creating for the sake of creating: https://www.dancemagazine.com/virtual-burnout-2650626814.html -Al Blackstone's Dance Teacher love letter to the dance studio: https://dance-teacher.com/al-blackstone-dance-studio/ -Dance/USA's second COVID impact survey: https://s-a39abb-i.sgizmo.com/s3/i-zYkAqbH1dQ67H04kbl-4331405/?sguid=zYkAqbH1dQ67H04kbl -Excerpt from from "Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups," by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun: https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremacy-culture-characteristics.html -Dance/USA site: https://www.danceusa.org/ -Dance/USA social pages: https://www.instagram.com/danceusaorg/ https://twitter.com/DanceUSAorg https://www.facebook.com/DanceUSAorg
Goecke's Attack, Rihanna's Return, and Hard Rock Ballet
23 Feb 2023
00:22:15
Our headline roundup includes Rihanna's high-flying Super Bowl performance, a Black Sabbath ballet, and more artistic director news. Choreographer Marco Goecke's shocking attack on critic Wiebke Hüster has sparked a confounding mix of reactions in and beyond the dance world.
Brexit Hurdles, Pandemic Silver Linings, and Brinda Guha
04 Mar 2021
01:04:47
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-53
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 53:
-Texas Ballet Theater relief fund: https://texasballettheater.networkforgood.com/projects/38954-art-access-education -Protest letter by the dancers of Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater: https://www.der-theaterverlag.de/tanz/archiv/artikel/dismissed/ -Cultural Solidarity Fund micro-grant information and application: https://www.culturalsolidarityfund.org/ -Dance/NYC Symposium information and registration: https://www.dance.nyc/programs/dancenyc-events/dancesymp/overview -Guardian piece on Brexit's impact on professional dance in the UK: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/24/uk-stage-companies-brexit-europe -The Stage story on Brexit and dance education: https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/what-does-the-future-of-dance-training-look-like-post-brexit -Dance Magazine piece on COVID's dance-world silver linings: https://www.dancemagazine.com/covid-and-dance-2650600802.html -Brinda Guha's Dancegeist essay and call to action: https://www.dancegeist.com/transparency-moment -Guha's Instagram accounts: https://www.instagram.com/brindaguha/ https://www.instagram.com/kalamandirdance/ https://www.instagram.com/solesofduende/ https://www.instagram.com/wisefruitnyc/
Diversifying Ballet Faculties, the “SYTYCD” Legacy, and Gabe Stone Shayer
25 Feb 2021
00:57:16
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-52
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 52:
-South China Morning Post story on the Hong Kong dancers who quit a performance over national security law fears: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3122466/cold-feet-eight-hong-kong-dance-company-quit-performance -InStyle feature on Atlanta's Black creative talent: https://www.instyle.com/news/atlanta-creative-class -Theresa Ruth Howard's Dance Magazine piece on diversifying ballet faculties: https://www.dancemagazine.com/what-makes-it-so-difficult-to-diversify-ballet-faculties-2650514881.html -Howard's previous article about tokenism vs. representation: https://www.dancemagazine.com/tokenism-vs-representation-2650025235.html -Suvi Honkanen's Pointe essay about ballet's emotional toll: https://www.pointemagazine.com/ballet-and-emotional-demands-2650701933.html -TVLine's "So You Think You Can Dance" reporting: https://tvline.com/2021/02/16/so-you-think-you-can-dance-2021-season-17-sytycd/ -Gabe Stone Shayer's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/gabestoneshayer/ -Shayer's "Runnin'" video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2j_sFgC2k/
Funding Black Dance, #QueertheBallet, and Martha Nichols
18 Feb 2021
01:01:23
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-51
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 51:
-NYT piece on SAG-AFTRA allowing influencers to join: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/style/influencer-union-hollywood-SAG-AFTRA.html -Dallas Black Dance Theatre digital programming information: https://dbdt.com/season-calendar/cultural-awareness/ -San Diego Union Tribune piece on the error in "The Nutcracker" score: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/story/2021-02-13/nutcracker-score-engraving-error -Washington Post story on why Black dance is struggling to come back from COVID: https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2021/02/14/ballet-black-dance/ -Guardian article on #QueertheBallet: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb/10/ballet-queer-dancers-redefining-an-art-form-adriana-pierce -Rolling Stone's look at "Framing Britney Spears" and Spears' love of dance: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/britney-spears-conservatorship-future-1124500/ -Martha Nichols' website: https://www.marthanichols.com/ -Nichols' YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrktqytqD_tGlybwEVhz9DQ -Nichols' Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/nichols14/
Holding Ourselves Accountable, Paris Opéra Diversity, and Tamisha Guy
11 Feb 2021
00:54:51
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-50
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 50:
-Bria Bacon's letters to/statements about Dance Magazine: https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7Eep_rfg_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDEPairtr7/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CLFbROsr4kC/ -Details on the "World of Dance" studio-franchise controversy: https://www.dance-teacher.com/world-of-dance-franchise-controversy-2650414835.html -Emily Johnson's letter to the NEA: https://emily-72967.medium.com/a-letter-i-hope-in-the-future-doesnt-need-to-be-written-52e1d6fd5350 -Politico's Emily Johnson/Montclair State University story: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2021/02/05/montclair-state-university-executive-accused-of-verbal-abusive-1362099 -A breakdown of the Paris Opéra diversity report: https://www.pointemagazine.com/paris-opera-ballet-diversity-report-2650419730.html -New York Times piece on ballet TikTok: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/arts/dance/ballet-on-tiktok.html -The Weeknd's Super Bowl halftime show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rhadTURsrw -Tamisha Guy's website: https://www.tamishaguy.com/ -Guy's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/tamishaguy/
Abuse in the Classroom, Gymnastics Choreography, and Tiffany Rea-Fisher
04 Feb 2021
01:05:51
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-49
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 49:
-Information about LSU dance team controversy: https://www.wafb.com/2021/01/29/lsu-tiger-girls-not-allowed-compete-nationals/ -LSU dance team petition: https://www.change.org/p/louisiana-state-university-let-the-lsu-tiger-girls-compete-at-uda-nationals-2021 -Chanel DaSilva's account and call to action: https://www.dancemagazine.com/sexual-abuse-dance-2650067784.html -Experts on what it will take to end abuse in dance education: https://www.dancemagazine.com/sexual-abuse-dance-education-2650145602.html -Article on reevaluating the use of touch in dance training: https://www.dance-teacher.com/touch-dance-studio-2649625246.html -An analysis of the Chloe Bailey controversy: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10288172/chloe-bailey-black-women-sexuality -Background on "The Bachelor" controversy: https://www.elitedaily.com/p/what-is-ryan-claytors-real-job-the-bachelor-star-stays-on-her-toes-59973934 -Interview with UCLA Gymnastics choreographer Bijoya Das: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/arts/dance/nia-dennis-ucla-gymnastics-bijoyas-das.html -Elisa Monte Dance website: http://www.elisamontedance.org/ -Elisa Monte Dance's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/elisamontedance/ -Tiffany Rea-Fisher's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treafisher/
Tokenism vs. Representation, Bernie Dance Memes, and Trey McIntyre
28 Jan 2021
00:55:57
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-48
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 48:
-Theresa Ruth Howard's Dance Magazine article on tokenism vs. representation in dance: https://www.dancemagazine.com/tokenism-vs-representation-2650025235.html -The New York Times' oral history of COVID at "Moulin Rouge!": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/theater/moulin-rouge-broadway-coronavirus.html -Bernie dance memes: https://twitter.com/ChloeAngyal/status/1352373909535023105 https://twitter.com/minnieap0lis/status/1352117978628816896 https://twitter.com/michaeladwy/status/1352061793401778182 -FLTPK website: http://fltpk.com/ -Trey McIntyre's dance Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treymcintyredance/ -McIntyre's photography Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/treymcintyrephoto/
Dance as a National Resource, Harry Styles' Moves, and Erin Pride
21 Jan 2021
00:58:50
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-47
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 47:
-Makeda Easter's story on Lula Washington Dance Theatre's Mellon grant: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-01-15/lula-washington-dance-mellon-foundation -Joshua Kosman's essay on why the government must support the arts: https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/today-as-during-the-depression-government-support-for-the-arts-is-a-must -Jason Farago's article laying out a federal arts rescue plan: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/arts/design/arts-stimulus-biden.html -Information about New York State's arts revival plan: https://deadline.com/2021/01/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-arts-revival-program-1234672402/ -Tiffany Rea-Fisher and Justin Krebs' response to the New York plan: https://deadline.com/2021/01/new-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-arts-revival-program-1234672402/ -Harry Styles' choreographer on the creation of "Treat People With Kindness": https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9509883/harry-styles-treat-people-with-kindness-video-choreographer-paul-roberts-interview/ -Erin Pride's website, with information about The Dance Boss Podcast and DancePreneur Academy: https://erinpride.com/ -Pride's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/erinpride/
Dance on Ice, Crediting Commercial Choreography, and Dana Wilson
14 Jan 2021
00:54:53
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-46
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 46:
-GoFundMe to replace San José Dance Theatre's stolen costumes: https://www.gofundme.com/f/san-jose-dance-theatre-costumes?utm_campaign=m_pd+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer -PopSugar piece on Elladj Baldé's dancing-on-ice videos: https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/elladj-balde-figure-skating-dance-tiktok-videos-48086606 -Baldé's TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@elladjbalde?lang=en -Dance Magazine essay about crediting commercial choreographers: https://www.dancemagazine.com/choreography-credits-2649630800.html -New York Times interview with Mads Mikkelsen: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/arts/dance/mads-mikkelsen-another-round.html -Mikkelsen's final dance scene from "Another Round": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZAomL6VhR4 -Dana Wilson's "Words That Move Me" podcast: https://www.thedanawilson.com/podcast -Wilson's "Words That Move Me" community membership info: https://www.thedanawilson.com/workwithme -Wilson's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/danadaners/
How TV Sees Ballet, the "Great Cultural Depression," and Jared Grimes
07 Jan 2021
00:59:57
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-45
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 45:
-Dance Magazine's 2021 "25 to Watch" list: https://www.dancemagazine.com/25-to-watch-2021-2649251522.html -Boston Dynamics' uncanny dancing robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn3KWM1kuAw -Dance Spirit's story on the making of "Tiny Pretty Things": https://www.dancespirit.com/netflix-tiny-pretty-things-2649107997.html -Dance educator Jessica Zeller's "Neither Tiny nor Pretty" essay: https://www.jessicazeller.net/blog/neither-tiny-nor-pretty -Artist and educator Gregory King's "Tiny Pretty Things in Black and White" essay: https://thinkingdance.net/articles/2020/12/27/3/It-Is-What-It-Is-Tiny-Pretty-Things-in-Black-and-White/ -Pointe's interview with the director of "On Pointe": https://www.pointemagazine.com/sab-on-pointe-disney-plus-2649418414.html -New York Times' "On Pointe" feature: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/arts/dance/on-pointe-disney-american-ballet.html -Dance Teacher's story on Point Park's new mental health program for dancers: https://www.dance-teacher.com/point-park-university-minding-the-gap-2649730022.html -Point Park Globe story on the dance department's belated prohibition of weight requirements: https://ppuglobe.com/2020/10/dance-chair-forbids-aesthetic-requirements-in-dance-classes/ -New York Times' "great cultural depression" story: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/arts/unemployed-performer-theatre-arts.html
The Best of 2020, Part 2
31 Dec 2020
00:28:27
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-44
Sidra Bell on Dance as a Model for Human Connection
16 Feb 2023
00:36:28
The prolific choreographer and educator Sidra Bell is about to premiere a new work at Nevada Ballet Theatre. She joins to discuss her intuitive and collaborative creative process, the power of mentorship, and how thoughtful dance practice can model the world we aspire to.
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The Best of 2020, Part 1
24 Dec 2020
00:24:34
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-43
Remembering Ann Reinking, Ballet Must Do Better, and Kim Bears-Bailey
17 Dec 2020
00:52:47
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-42
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 42:
-Ann Reinking in "There'll Be Some Changes Made" from "All That Jazz": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL36kbuI6tE -Reinking in "We Got Annie" from "Annie": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmSUcq3D_t0 -Reinking in "Big Noise from Winnetka" on "Dancin' Man": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aOjeiqL4TY -Chloé Lopes Gomes' account in Pointe of racism at Staatsballett Berlin: https://www.pointemagazine.com/chloe-lopes-gomes-ballet-2649095670.html -The New York Times story on Lopes Gomes' allegations: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/arts/dance/Chloe-Lopes-Gomes-Ballet.html -Theresa Ruth Howard's Dance Magazine op-ed on what Lopes Gomes' case reveals: https://www.dancemagazine.com/chloe-lopes-gomes-racism-2649520212.html -Playbill announcement of "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical": https://www.playbill.com/article/ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-streaming-concert-to-benefit-the-actors-fund -Philadanco website: https://philadanco.org/ -Philadanco Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/philadanco/ -Philadanco Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Philadanco -International Association of Blacks in Dance website: https://www.iabdassociation.org/ -IABD 2021 conference information: https://www.iabdassociation.org/mpage/conference
Olympic Dance, "Black Swan" at 10, and Christy Bolingbroke
10 Dec 2020
01:03:21
A transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-41
Links referenced in/relevant to episode 41:
-Dance Magazine Awards on demand: https://store.dancemedia.com/product/on-demand-video-of-dance-magazine-awards-2020 -Dancers and Dogs/St. Louis Ballet shelter adoption campaign: https://people.com/pets/st-louis-ballet-dancers-poses-adoptable-pets -CBS Sports story on breaking in the Olympics: https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/breaking-competitive-breakdancing-will-be-a-sport-at-the-2024-paris-olympics/ -Thrillist piece on "Black Swan" anniversary: https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/black-swan-review -Sydney Morning Herald profile of David Hallberg: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/dance/i-was-broken-the-crisis-that-led-one-of-the-world-s-best-ballet-dancers-to-call-australia-home-20201022-p567ny.html -NCCAkron site: https://www.nccakron.org/ -NCCAkron Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/nccakron/ -Christy Bolingbroke Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/christybolingbroke/
"Nutcracker" During COVID, Decentralizing Dance, and Alice Sheppard
03 Dec 2020
00:55:57
A transcript of this episode is available here: http://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-40/
Links referenced in/relevant to Episode 40:
-GoFundMe campaigns for the family of Gregg Russell: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-family-of-gregg-russell https://www.gofundme.com/f/gregg-russell-family-support-fund -New York Times' report on the Metropolitan Opera's proposed pay-for-pay-cuts deal: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/arts/music/met-opera-coronavirus-paycuts.html -Dance Magazine's story on "Nutcracker" in the time of COVID: https://www.dancemagazine.com/2020-nutcracker-2648997270.html -Phil Chan's advice on addressing racist "Nutcracker" footage: https://www.dancemagazine.com/nutcracker-racist-2649015937.html -Dance Data Project's "Nutcracker" status updates page: https://www.dancedataproject.com/resources/2020-2021-season-updates/#2020-nutcracker -Dance Magazine's look at the decentralizing effects of COVID: https://www.dancemagazine.com/will-covid-19-lead-to-long-term-decentralization-of-the-dance-industry-2648605995.html -Info/tickets for the online presentation of Kinetic Light's "DESCENT": http://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/kinetic-light-2020 -Info/tickets for Kinetic Light's ALLways workshop: https://web.cvent.com/event/545e5a01-e4cd-4eb3-865b-21595e37e003/register -Alice Sheppard's website: https://alicesheppard.com/ -Kinetic Light's website: https://kineticlight.org/ -Kinetic Light's social pages: https://www.instagram.com/kineticlightdance/ https://www.facebook.com/KineticLight
The Dance Things We're Thankful For
25 Nov 2020
00:10:28
Yes, we're a day early this week. We'll be back next week in our regular Thursday slot, joined by disabled dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard.
Exclusion Is Oppression, #Ratatousical, and Lloyd Knight
19 Nov 2020
00:46:24
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Jacob's Pillow donation page: https://www.jacobspillow.org/support/ -New York Times piece on the reimagined Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/theater/macys-thanksgiving-parade-broadway.html -Misty Copeland's essay "Technique Has No Color" for The Players' Tribune: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/misty-copeland-ballet-racism -Gregory King's story "Exclusion Is Oppression: From Pedagogy to Performance" for Dance Magazine: https://www.dancemagazine.com/gregory-king-exclusion-black-dancers-2648848438.html -A Guardian piece breaking down #Ratatousical: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/30/ratatouille-the-musical-is-that-even-possible -Lloyd Knight's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lloydknight/ -InterMission's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/intermission.dance/ -InterMission's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/intermission.dance -InterMission's Save the Children donation page: https://support.savethechildren.org/site/TR?px=4544953&fr_id=1441&pg=personal
Election Dance Parties, a Copyright Crusade, and Kyle Abraham
12 Nov 2020
00:53:56
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Philadelphia Inquirer's piece on the nonprofits that organized Philly's dance parties: https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/philadelphia-election-dance-party-philly-elmo-biden-trump-working-families-party-20201109.html -Dance Magazine's roundup of post-election dancing: https://www.dancemagazine.com/election-dancing-2648796064.html -New York Times critic Gia Kourlas on dancing in the streets as catharsis: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/arts/dance/biden-election-victory-dancing.html -Billboard's cover story on JaQuel Knight and his copyright quest: https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/9477613/jaquel-knight-beyonce-megan-thee-stallion-billboard-cover-story-interview-2020/ -New York Times story on the return of the movie musical: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/movies/broadway-movie-adaptations-prom.html -Kyle Abraham's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/kyle_abraham_original_recipe/ -A.I.M.'s Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/aimbykyleabraham/ -A.I.M.'s website: http://aimbykyleabraham.org/ -A.I.M. for Change information: http://aimbykyleabraham.org/aim-for-change1
Election Dance-straction, a Pandemic "Giselle," and Darrell Grand Moultrie
05 Nov 2020
00:22:51
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Gabe Stone Shayer's "Pas De Deux" series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6qlnI9dq17yYlLVFQmjLX5dXwDmKpl9L -New York City Ballet's New Works Festival digital premieres: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6nf62I-S4yL4BysV9Swbfxp1NTolHlM0 -Pointe's story about Staatsballett Berlin's pandemic-era "Giselle": https://www.pointemagazine.com/staatsballett-berlin-giselle-2648546619.html -Darrell Grand Moultrie's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/darrellmoultrie/ -American Ballet Theatre's YouTube page, where Moultrie's piece will premiere on November 18th: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABTBalletTheatre
#JoyToThePolls, Kamala’s Dancing, and Cat Cogliandro
29 Oct 2020
00:25:08
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Voting resources for dancers and dance organizations: https://www.danceusa.org/election-2020-toolkit-dance2vote -#JoyToThePolls Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/joytothepolls/ -Buzzfeed News piece on #JoyToThePolls: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/philly-voters-dancing-waiting-in-line-video -Excerpts from Peggy Noonan's column criticizing Kamala Harris' dancing: https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/1320387770867683328 -Sophia A. Nelson's response to Noonan: https://thegrio.com/2020/10/26/peggy-noonan-kamala-harris-black-women/ -Gia Kourlas' essay on how this difficult moment is actually empowering dance artists: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/22/arts/dance/dance-future-pandemic.html -Cat Cogliandro's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/cat_cogliandro/ -The Dance Safe's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/thedancesafe/ -The Dance Safe/Cat Cogliandro's direct email: thedancesafe@gmail.com
Tony Noms, the "Bubble Doctor," and Sidra Bell
22 Oct 2020
00:29:11
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Full list of Tony Award nominees: https://variety.com/2020/legit/news/2020-tony-nominations-list-1234804500/ -The Ensemblist post on the Tony Awards' missed opportunities: http://www.theensemblist.com/blog/2020/10/16/the-tony-awards-missed-their-chance-to-reinvent -New York Times story on "bubble doctor" Wendy Ziecheck: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/arts/dance/wendy-ziecheck-bubble-doctor-for-dance.html -KUOW piece on Pacific Northwest Ballet's digital season: https://www.kuow.org/stories/dancing-in-a-mask-and-with-a-shadow-this-is-how-seattle-s-pacific-northwest-ballet-is-making-it-work -Pointe piece on Richmond Ballet's in-person Studio Series: https://www.pointemagazine.com/richmond-ballet-2648195562.html -Sidra Bell Dance New York website: https://www.sidrabelldanceny.org/ -Sidra Bell Dance New York Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/sidrabelldancenewyork/ -More information on New York City Ballet's digital fall season: https://www.nycballet.com/season-and-tickets/fall-digital-season/
A "La La Land" Musical, Grammys Highlights, and the Audition Debate
09 Feb 2023
00:18:10
Our headline roundup includes the Broadway-bound "La La Land" musical, dance highlights of the Grammy Awards, and ballerina baby news. In-person auditions have returned, but the pandemic has permanently changed the audition landscape—for better and for worse.
Broadway Heartbreak, Sizeism in Ballet, and Dormeshia
15 Oct 2020
00:25:57
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Brian Spitulnik's essay on the potential end of his Broadway career: https://www.dancemagazine.com/broadway-reopening-2648141693.html -New York Times story on larger performance venues hoping to reopen: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/theater/theater-reopenings-new-york.html -Sydnie L. Mosley's conversation with Dr. Erlanger A. Turner about how Black dancers can protect their mental health: https://www.dancemagazine.com/racism-and-mental-health-2648108358.html -Melanin & Mental Health site: https://www.melaninandmentalhealth.com/ -Therapy for Black Girls site: https://therapyforblackgirls.com/ -Kathryn Morgan's video on why she left Miami City Ballet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjdYTvsPpG4 -Garnet Henderson's piece about ballet's obsession with thinness: https://www.dancemagazine.com/ballet-body-2646451850.html -New York City Center's Fall For Dance page: https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/FallforDance/ -Dormeshia's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/dormeshia/
Progress at the Ballet, Savage X Fenty, and Ingrid Silva
08 Oct 2020
00:27:17
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Dance/USA's #Dance2Vote toolkit: https://www.danceusa.org/election-2020-toolkit-dance2vote -The basics of the Paris Opéra investigation (the most comprehensive story in English, but note that its language is problematically euphemistic): https://www.france24.com/en/20201005-paris-opera-ponders-blackface-as-it-tackles-ballet-s-race-problem -Ballet West's inclusive policy changes: https://balletwest.org/news/ballet-west-announces-substantive-policy-changes-to-allow-for-greater-equity-for-dancers-of-color -Abi Stafford's Dance Magazine essay about mental health: https://www.dancemagazine.com/abi-stafford-anxiety-2647826840.html -Some good context on the Savage X Fenty hadith controversy: https://time.com/5896500/rihanna-islamic-hadith-fenty-show/ -EmpowHer New York website: https://www.empowherny.org/ -Petition for mandatory unconscious bias training in hospitals: https://www.change.org/p/united-states-department-of-health-and-human-services-mandatory-unconscious-bias-trainings-for-hospitals -Ingrid Silva's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/ingridsilva/
America’s Cultural Treasures, Return of Reviews, and Heidi Duckler
01 Oct 2020
00:26:19
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-New York Times story on the Alexandra Waterbury case: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/arts/dance/new-york-city-ballet-lawsuit.html -BTS' performance of "IDOL" on "The Tonight Show": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXFkjMNXfpY -Dance Data Project's index of ballet programming: https://www.dancedataproject.com/resources/2020-2021-season-updates -The Washington Post article that broke the America's Cultural Treasures story: http://bway.ly/q331fg#https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/ford-foundation-160-million-grant-to-minority-arts-groups/2020/09/23/68093dfe-fd9f-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html -New York Times' comprehensive summary of ACT: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/arts/ford-foundation-grants-people-of-color.html -Siobhan Burke's review of Eiko Otake's "A Body in a Cemetery": https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/28/arts/dance/review-eiko-otake-a-body-in-a-cemetery.html -Humans of New York Instagram page, with Tanqueray's series: https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/ -The "Tanqueray Trust" GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-tanqueray-trust -More about Black burlesque from historian and performer Bebe Bardot: https://bebeblogger.tumblr.com/ -Heidi Duckler Dance website: https://heididuckler.org/ -Information about HDD's "The Quest": https://heididuckler.org/event/35th-anniversary-celebration-the-quest/
RBG at the Theater, Save Our Stages, and Melissa Blanco Borelli
24 Sep 2020
00:27:26
Links referenced in/relevant to this episode:
-Courtney Escoyne's Eddie Award-winning essay: https://www.dancemagazine.com/lara-spencer-ballet-2639983423.html -The Washington Post's tribute to RBG's love of the performing arts: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/ruth-bader-ginsburg-love-of-washington-thyeater/2020/09/19/161cf53e-fa85-11ea-89e3-4b9efa36dc64_story.html -TRG Arts' live-performance comeback study: https://trgarts.com/blog/arts-culture-planning-2020-comeback-sep.html -Save Our Stages Act information and template letter: https://www.saveourstages.com/ -Dance Magazine's story on mixed-repertory groups relying on ballet for company class: https://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-company-class-2647571920.html -Dance Studies Association website: https://dancestudiesassociation.org -DSA's call-to-anti-racist-action template letter: https://dancestudiesassociation.org/news/2020/departmental-call-to-anti-racist-action -DSA's anti-racist dance pedagogy resource: https://dancestudiesassociation.org/news/2020/anti-racist-dance-pedagogy-a-growing-resource -DSA's compilation of Black dance scholarship by Black dance scholars: https://dancestudiesassociation.org/news/2020/black-dance-scholarship-by-black-dance-scholars-list-of-citations -Digital DSA conference information: https://dancestudiesassociation.org/conferences/digital-dsa
“Cuties” Controversy, Ballet's Queer Women, and Aesha Ash
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No Rockettes or Nutcrackers, LADP's Canny Rebrand, and Alejandra Duque Cifuentes