Posts Tagged "modern dancer"
(256) Marzia Memoli, Chorus dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
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Read More(174) Michael Montgomery, Alonzo King LINES Ballet
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Read More(165) Charlotte Landreau, Dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CharlotteLandreau.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are joined from the 2019 Vail Dance Festival last summer by Charlotte Landreau, dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company. A native of France, she trained first as a rhythmic gymnast, where she was the third in France. With her sights set on the Olympics, an injury forced her career trajectory to shift. She attended the Béjart School in Switzerland, studying acting and dance, before coming to NYC to study at the Martha Graham School. She joined...
Read More(163) Kenneth Parris III and Melissa Toogood, LIVE from Vail Dance Festival
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/KennethandMelissa.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are sharing with you a live podcast recording from the 2019 Vail Dance Festival. Here we speak with Visual Artist Kenneth Parris III and dancer Melissa Toogood on Tuesday July 30th, 2019. Kenneth had many of his Merce Cunningham paintings and drawings featured throughout the festival this year, and many of these pieces feature Cunningham dancer and his wife, Melissa Toogood. We sit down to chat with this duo about their artistic partnership and their r
Read More(34) José Mateo, Founder & Artistic Director of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/JoseMateo.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are happy to welcome José Mateo, Founder & Artistic Director of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre. José holds a BA in Art History from Princeton University where he began his formal training in ballet and modern techniques. After a New York-based career as a dancer, Mateo moved to Boston where he worked as an administrator at Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum and quickly gained a reputation as a teacher and choreographer. In 1985 he founded his own...
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