Posts Tagged "professional ballet dancers"
(112) LIVE from the Kennedy Center: Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director of San Francisco Ballet
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HelgiTomasson.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSThis week’s episode of ‘Conversations On Dance’ was recorded live at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Our guest is former New York City Ballet principal and Artistic Director of the San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson. The San Francisco Ballet is performing at the Kennedy Center this week, from October 23 – 28, 2018. They will be performing six works that premiered earlier this year at the ‘Unbound’ festival in San Francisco. You can purchase tickets...
Read More(109) Daniel Applebaum, dancer with the New York City Ballet
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DanielApplebaum.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSThis week on Conversations On Dance, we talk to Daniel Applebaum, dancer with the New York City Ballet. Daniel joined the company in 2005, and quickly became one of the most depended upon dancers, regularly dancing triple bills, morphing into varied choreographic styles, and keeping dozens of ballets ready to go in his mind and body. Noted for his intelligence, elegance, musicality, and full out movement quality, Daniel continues to be an onstage force and promises to be...
Read More(104) Margaret Tracey, Director of Boston Ballet School
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Read MoreVail Festival Forum Bonus Content: Merce Cunningham Centennial
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/CunninghamFinal.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSMerce Cunningham is one of the greatest and most influential choreographers of the 20th century. In honor of the Merce Cunningham centennial, we were pleased to host Melissa Toogood, a dancer of his works and Abi Sebaly, a Cunningham scholar. We discuss Merce’s work methods, collaborations with artists like John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg, broad influence in the avant-garde in dance and beyond, and his “Scenario,” excerpts of which were performed at the...
Read More(86) Misty Copeland’s Clap Back & Ballet’s Chance for a Turning Point
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/RMApril2-4218-9.49-AM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSSIt’s just Rebecca and Michael this week as they sit down to discuss some of the stories that have been making news recently. We talk about Misty Copeland’s epic and graceful response to a Twitter troll last week (7:55) and discuss Avichai Scher’s article for the Huffington Post, “The Me Too Moment Is Ballet’s Chance for a Turning Point” (16:15). We will be going to San Francisco April 20-25th to partner with San Francisco...
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