Posts Tagged "conversations on dance podcast"
(325) LIVE from Works & Process at the Guggenheim: ‘The Night Falls’
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/TheNightFalls.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Today’s episode of ‘Conversations On Dance’ is a live podcast from the Guggenheim’s Works & Process series. We explore the creation of a new dance driven music theater production ‘The Night Falls’, which is set to run February 9th through 12th at Montclair State University. ‘The Night Falls’ is a new myth for our fractured era, depicting the metamorphosis of atomized individuals into a true community, with choreography...
Read More(291) Mikko Nissinen, on Boston Ballet’s Tour to Ballet Sun Valley
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MikkoNissinenBalletSunValley.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week, we are joined by Mikko Nissinen, Artistic Director of Boston Ballet. We first spoke with Mikko about his career and his 20 plus years at the helm of Boston Ballet in episode 183 from May 2020. Today we catch up with Mikko to hear about how Boston Ballet weathered the pandemic, how the company reacted to COVID and the Black Lives Matter movement, and their recent ChoreograpHER program. Boston Ballet will be on tour for the first time since the...
Read More(280) Cynthia Harvey, former Principal with American Ballet Theatre & the Royal Ballet
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/CynthiaHarvey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS On today’s episode of ‘Conversations On Dance’ we are joined by legendary ballerina Cynthia Harvey. Cynthia began her training in California before holding the rank of principal dancer with both American Ballet Theatre and the Royal Ballet, a first for an American dancer. We talk with Cynthia about her early years of training, how she dealt with being cast routinely in major roles with less than 24 hours, combating stage fright, and finding her path once...
Read More(270) Monica Stephenson, Miami City Ballet Director of Community Engagement
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Read More(269) Olympic Figure Skating with Kate Penner
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/KatePennerFigureSkating.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Today we are joined by our friend Kate Penner. Kate is figure skating super fan, so we decided to chat with her and have her to give us the run down on the sport to give us a better idea of what to be looking for during the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Throughout the discussion, we compare and contrast the sport with ballet. At the end, she answers questions that were submitted to us by listeners via Instagram. As a note, this episode was recorded on Tuesday,...
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