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(324) Mira Nadon, NYCB soloist, on Justin Peck’s new full length work, ‘Copland Dance Episodes’
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/MiraNadonCopelandDanceEpisodes.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS On today’s episode of ‘Conversations On Dance’, we are joined by New York City Ballet soloist Mira Nadon. Mira joins us for a special bonus episode discussing her role as the central ballerina in Justin Peck’s upcoming premiere ‘Copland Dance Episodes’. She gives us an inside view of NYCB’s first non-narrative full length premiere since George Balanchine’s ‘Jewels’, discussing the creative...
Read More(129) Herman Cornejo, Principal with American Ballet Theatre
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Herman-Cornejo-31119-4.08-PM.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS The Vail Dance Festival has announced their dates for their 2019 festival and to celebrate, we are diving into our archives from our time last year at the festival. Today we are joined by festival favorite, Herman Cornejo. Herman was born in Argentina and began his ballet studies at the age of eight. At the age of 14 he attended the School of American Ballet, and upon returning home he joined Ballet Argentino under the direction of Julio Bocca. In 1999 he...
Read More(51) Part III: Edward Villella, Founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet
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Read More(43) Rebecca & Michael: A Dancer Dies Twice
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Retirement.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week Rebecca and Michael wanted to take an opportunity to discuss retirement from the stage. On April 9th Michael performed for the last time on a Miami City Ballet stage, closing out a more than decade long career with the company. Today Rebecca catches up with Michael to talk about how he made his decision, what the final shows were like, and what comes next. Because as Martha Graham says, “A dancer dies twice. Once when they stop dancing, and the first dea
Read More(40) Patrick Corbin, Assistant Professor of Practice at USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/PatrickCorbin.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are happy to welcome, Patrick Corbin, Assistant Professor of Practice at USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. After starting his dance training with tap and jazz at a young age, he later enrolled in the School of American Ballet. He went on to have a career in ballet with The Washington Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, ABT II and the Joffrey. In 1989 Patrick joined the Paul Taylor Dance Company where he became one of their most celebrated artists,...
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