\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The incredible faculty members and guest artists she studied under at Connecticut College
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she co-founded the Propel-her dance collective with her former cohort and friends.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How grad school helped her uncover her love of teaching.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she became a tenured professor
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The multitude of factors that led Betsy to start the american / woman project.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she has used the american / woman project to interrogate the title subject matter and reorient the choreographer-dancer relationship.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Betsy shares the highs, lows, and biggest challenges of her career.
\\u201cIt\'s always about community and the places in which I find community in the dance world. Something about the way that we bring our bodies into the spaces and that we are allowing ourselves to be vulnerable because we are embodied, makes this community really special.\\u201d \\u2014 Betsy Miller
Based in Salem Massachusetts, Betsy Miller is a dance artist, educator and facilitator whose current mission is to collaborate with women-identifying dancers in every state of the country.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The changing dance scene of the 1960s.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The pivotal period of time for a dancer between 16 and 21.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience at North Carolina School of the Arts and Utah Repertory Dance Theatre.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Traveling to New York and starting a company with no capital.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Getting a huge break with Yuriko Kikuchi after auditioning with Getting to Know You.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Being chosen to be in the Martha Graham Dance Company and enjoying a ten-year career.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why Martha would sit in the second wing, stage right, in a director\\u2019s chair, during performances.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The eventual decision to leave the company due to pain.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The birth of the Performance Garage in Philadelphia. \\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The program Jeanne currently facilitates for dancers.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Martha Graham taught: dancers are acrobats of God.\\xa0
\\u201cI walked out of Deaths and Entrances, I was definitely a child of the 60s, and I didn\\u2019t like it. Seven years later, I was playing one of the sisters in that very piece in Lincoln Centre. I loved it.\\u201d \\u2014 Jeanne Ruddy\\xa0
Jeanne Ruddy\\xa0is a former Principal Dancer with the Martha Graham Company where she performed throughout the World, on Broadway, served on the faculties of The Juilliard School, Alvin Ailey School, colleges and universities in the US and abroad, founded Jeanne Ruddy Dance, and a center for dance \\u2013 the Performance Garage, in Philadelphia.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What she learned about the art form from kathak master, Pt. Chitresh Das.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The profoundly transformational experience that studying kathak afforded her.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she learned to follow her heart and commit to starting a professional dance company.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Steps Rukhmani took to build a life in dance, including teaching and the Leela Foundation.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Audience development and creating a future for kathak as an educator.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Unpacking Rukhmani\\u2019s belief in the power of collaboration.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where the name Leela comes from and how it speaks to spontaneous creativity.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Insight into Rukhmani\\u2019s love for creating communities of young women through dance.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The process of building Leela as a collective and how it was impacted by COVID.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Joys and challenges of a dance career and what you can look forward to from Leela!
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The heartwarming story of why Rukhmani changed her name from Rina.
\\u201cMy work is about being an artist and putting the art form out in the world but \\u2013 it has also become about creating the infrastructure that the artists who are carrying these traditions forward need.\\u201d \\u2014 Rukhmani Mehta
Rukhmani Mehta\\xa0brings a singular voice and vision to the art form of kathak, a classical dance genre from North India;\\xa0she is a dancer, choreographer, educator, and Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director of Leela Dance Collective.\\xa0
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What made her switch from ballet to modern dance and breaking the stigma about modern.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Samantha shares her experience at the Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab and who taught her.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Samantha\\u2019s early marriage and family life.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Joining the Sokolow company and the teaching jobs she had while she was a dancer.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Becoming a Sokolow artistic director and how it differed from being a Sokolow dancer.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The legacy that Anna Sokolow left and Samantha\\u2019s special Sokolow choreography.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Samantha shares the biggest struggles and challenges throughout her career.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The support system Samantha has to help her continue Anna\\u2019s legacy.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Some of the highlights of Samantha\\u2019s career and what she\\u2019s working on now.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where she sees the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble in the future.
\\u201cBeing a dancer and a modernist in an era that\\u2019s not that interested in modernism is it\\u2019s own struggle\\u2026..[I\\u2019m] giving myself a voice and figuring out what it is I want to do with Anna\\u2019s legacy and what that means.\\u201d \\u2014 Samantha G\\xe9racht
Samantha G\\xe9racht\\xa0performed with Anna\\xa0Sokolow\\u2019s Players\\u2019 Project for eleven years and is artistic director and a founding member of the\\xa0Sokolow\\xa0Theatre/Dance Ensemble. Catch\\xa0In the Eye of a Dream, November 9-19, 2023 @ Theaterlab
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She talks about what got her started in dance and what made her stay
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa\'s perspective on the Midwest and why she\\u2019d find it difficult to replicate her current life elsewhere.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hopping from one school program to another and figuring out the dance world.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa recounts the dream and plan she had had coming out of undergrad.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We hear about her time at Columbia and her academic path.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her sentiments about living and working in New York.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Where she went after the Limon Foundation (and having had enough of the Arts world!)
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She tells the tale of how she wound up at CUNY, managing the CUNY Dance Initiative.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her dance journey amidst working and what that looked like for Alyssa.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The strengths and skills she brings to her role as an Arts Administrator.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She elaborates on the inner functions (and systems) of the CUNY Dance Initiative.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She highlights some of the challenges she\\u2019s had to overcome throughout her career.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Alyssa shares some peak moments in her career journey.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Alyssa is energized for and currently looking forward to.\\xa0
\\u201cDance is a special thing. I think it grabs some people and others, of course, are like, \\u2018I don\\u2019t want to move I just want to sit and watch!\\u2019 But I think for those of us, as you know yourself, it touches something in you and it is just very compelling and it\\u2019s something unique.\\u201d \\u2014 Alyssa Alpine
Alyssa Alpine, the founding director of the CUNY Dance Initiative, has spent two decades in NYC\\u2019s performing arts world, with a career that\\u2019s spanned everything from rolling out marley to rolling down the steps of the NYC Public Library.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A wild ride in her 20s: riding the waves of figuring out what dance could be for her.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The impact of her mother\\u2019s life and death on her stubbornness to figure life out for herself.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How working intergenerationally moved and shifted her mindset.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The response she experienced when she started making work/performances.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Making rehearsals matter.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 More about the founding of The Dance Exchange.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She goes into detail about how her different works unfolded uniquely.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her thoughts on the nomadic life and being an ethical visitor.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she began to extract herself from The Dance Exchange: composting Liz.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Reflections on how she views herself as more of an interdisciplinary artist.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She talks about the Critical Response Process (CRP).
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Liz delves further into her current projects and pursuits.
\\u201cThere is so much pain and rudeness in the world of critique and what I have come to believe is that a lot of critique is just power. And if you actually want to \\u2013 change the way power is absorbed and reignited in a different way in a circle then you should use CRP\\u201d \\u2014 Liz Lerman
Liz Lerman uses dance to understand and change the world. Her relentless\\xa0curiosity has transformed the field of contemporary dance with subject\\xa0matter including aging, genetics, history, the ethics of justice, and\\xa0the origins of the universe.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She elaborates on her aspirations after high school and how getting into Harvard impacted her dance journey.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Fly and be free; the pull to see and experience everything the world had to offer.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Anna talks about the exciting journey of founding the Movement Exchange.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her biggest worry stepping down as Executive Director at Movement Exchange.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We hear from Blair about who she is, where she\\u2019s from, and what brought her to dance!
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She elaborates on the biggest shift that altered her life as an artist: dance education.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Meeting Anna and Movement Exchange; the second jump in her career.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We discuss the realization of the barrier to dance, even in the USA.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 They talk about any pushback experienced with Movement Exchange (and how they counter it).
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How you can get involved in the Movement Exchange programs.\\xa0
\\u201cThere will be nothing in my life that will be as important or have made me as happy as running Movement Exchange.\\u201d \\u2014 Anna Pasternak\\xa0
Anna Pasternak founded the dance non-profit Movement Exchange in 2010 when she was 25 years old and living in Panama. She is a Fulbright Scholar, Harvard graduate, and currently supports Movement Exchange as a member of the board of directors.
\\u201cDance is social. It\\u2019s all about community and how do we connect with that and make our communities stronger.\\u201d \\u2014 Blair Brown\\xa0
Blair Brown received her BA in Dance from Loyola Marymount University, her MFA in Dance from UC Irvine, and spent 10 years teaching dance in under-resourced schools and programs in California and New York before becoming the Executive Director for Movement Exchange.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She talks about the impact of The Stack-Up by Talley Beatty (Alvin Ailey) on her life\\u2019s journey.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Melissa remembers taking a class from Donald McKayle and the impression it left on her.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why Melissa never put a timeline on her career and allowed the journey to flow.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Navigating the shoulds, the coulds, and the woulds, and why she chooses to dance to the beat of her own drum.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How the culture shock of moving to New York City made her feel more alive.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she came upon the DBDT audition notice and took a chance.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What it was like to move to Dallas: another culture shift.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She shares information regarding the current dance and art scene in Dallas.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Looking back at her career, she reflects on some challenges she\\u2019s faced and overcame.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Things that are sparking excitement in Melissa for the future.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why she looks for great human beings first when looking at prospective dancers.\\xa0
\\u201cWhat I love about dance is I look at it like professional problem-solving. The choreography is the problem and the equation of how you get there working with everyone else, that\\u2019s how you get to the \\u201canswer\\u201d.\\u201d \\u2014 Melissa M. Young
Melissa M. Young is the Artistic Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, celebrating her 29th season with the company.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why she believes teaching through imitation to be ineffective.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her influences and how they shaped her journey.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The series of knee injuries that temporarily derailed her dancing career and her return to dance, post-injury.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Susan\\u2019s experience ultimately led to the development of the Klein Technique.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The importance of individuality in dance and Susan\\u2019s continued fascination with movement and teaching.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why she finds the widespread adoption of her work both gratifying and concerning.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Challenges she\\u2019s faced in her dancing career and the various career paths she\\u2019s explored.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Susan shares her plan to share her knowledge in book form.\\xa0
\\u201cWhen I work with people, that\'s always exciting because their potential and what\'s going on in their lives or in their body is infinitely interesting.\\u201d \\u2014 Susan Klein
Working and teaching in New York City, Susan Klein is the renowned creator of Klein
Technique\\u2122 and a practitioner of Worsley style 5-element acupuncture and Zero
Balancing.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Learn about The Bridge Project, a presenting platform Hope started in 2010.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How the project transitioned to a model of co-leadership and was renamed Bridge Live Arts.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her feminist awakening and how it led to her activism and work as a lawyer.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The focus of Hope\\u2019s work as a choreographer: motherhood and navigating the world as someone who identifies as female.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 An overview of the curation and collaborative work Hope has done for Bridge Live Arts.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What informed Hope\\u2019s decision to move away from Bridge Live Arts; tending to herself as an artist and making space for a more equitable distribution of power.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Hope\\u2019s return to being an independent artist and her latest new work.
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\\u201cI think I\'ve always had a very hungry mind and a real passion for social justice work. So that has been a throughline. But dancing has always been my first love. So yeah, it\'s been a real calling for me. It still is.\\u201d \\u2014 Hope Mohr
Hope Mohr (she/her) is an artist and advocate.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her mom\\u2019s hands-off approach to managing her relationship with dance.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why she declined an invitation to dance with Paul Taylor.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her memory of Alvin Ailey\\u2019s death and the first World AIDS Day in 1989.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience at Purchase College and the social change that occurred while she was there.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The duet she performed with Bill T. Jones which launched her career.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience of being in the work and touring with Still/Here.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Being invited to dance with Baryshnikov.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her transition into education and\\xa0sanctuary of the studio.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The piece she is working on at the moment; Tomboy.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The less talked about shadow of success.\\xa0
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\\u201cThe other 50% of being a dancer is your psychological state of being and that shapes your body as much as all the other technique classes. So you have to deal with that.\\u201d \\u2014 Rosalynde LeBlanc
Rosalynde LeBlanc is a Bessie-nominated dancer and the co-director of\\xa0Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters.\\xa0A former dancer with\\xa0the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company (1993 - 1999) and with Mikhail Baryshnikov\\u2019s White Oak Dance Project (1999 \\u2013 2002), LeBlanc is now a professor and Chair of Dance at Loyola Marymount University.
Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters\\xa0is streaming now\\xa0as part of season 15\\xa0AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange. Audiences can stream it for free at\\xa0worldchannel.org\\xa0and on the YouTube Channels of WORLD (@worldchannel) and Black Public Media (@blackpublicmedia).
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 More about Beth, her background, and how she became part of De Mille\\u2019s work.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Beth tells listeners about De Mille\\u2019s personality (both in the studio and on stage).\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Jenna talks about her background in dance and career at Ballet West.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Jenna tells us about learning her role in Rodeo and how it helped her grow as an artist.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The process of learning the Rodeo material (and hearing the narrative from Agnes herself).\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Jenna shares her experience learning work that was made decades ago (and translating it to her body and the company).
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We hear Beth\\u2019s experience doing De Mille\\u2019s work, both the physical experience and the learning process.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Jenna and Beth reminisce about their time performing The Cow Girl in the Rodeo ballet.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why Rodeo was set on ballet companies (as opposed to other genres of dance).
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Their thoughts on why De Mille\\u2019s work has become timeless and why it\\u2019s still being performed today.
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\\u201cShe was really ahead of her time, there\\u2019s still a real push to nurture and push female choreographers and women\\u2019s voices [today] \\u2014 and here she is in the 1940s choosing her own music, dancers, costumes, set designs, and was calling the shots.\\u201d \\u2014 Elizabeth Ferrell\\xa0
Former member of American Ballet Theatre, Elizabeth Ferrell emerged as a major interpreter of the works of Agnes de Mille, having performed leading roles in De Mille\\u2019s Rodeo, 3 Virgins and a Devil, The Informer, and Brigadoon.
Jenna Rae Herrera is a Principal Artist with Ballet West in Salt Lake City and made her debut last year as The Cowgirl in Agnes de Mille\\u2019s\\xa0Rodeo.
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Miguel came to love dancing.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What he wanted to be when he grew up.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What happened when he showed up for school at Brown.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He shares about his time doing Queer activism.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He tells us about his time dancing with Paula Hunter.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What compelled him to go back to Brown and finish his degree.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 He shares his Californian experience in the 90s.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What sparked the shift back to New York (and why Europe didn\\u2019t work out).
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What it was like working with John Jasperse.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Miguel tells us about his own choreography journey.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The kinds of day jobs Miguel has had to support himself over the years.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 His experience of when things started to take off, his work, and what life looked like.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why he hates when propriety supplants honesty and when professionalism is used to maintain the status quo.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Projects he is working on now and what life looks like.\\xa0
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\\u201cWhen you are younger, as a dancer, you think that if you aren\\u2019t dancing professionally by the age of nothing, you\\u2019re never going to make it. It\\u2019s like this BS idea of what dance is, and it\\u2019s fed to you from when you are little.\\u201d \\u2014 Miguel Gutierrez\\xa0
Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, music artist, writer, visual artist, educator, podcaster, and Feldenkrais Method practitioner based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY and Tovaangar/Los Angeles. His work creates empathetic and irreverent spaces outside of traditional discourse.\\xa0
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she knew her lifestyle was different and why she wanted to be free.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience of dancing in her front hall, moving to New York, and dancing in the streets.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She tells us her opinion of the definition of \\u2018talent\\u2019 and why she always stood out.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What Margaret wanted to do when she was in her 20s and her time doing cabarets and clubs.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Margaret tells us about how she got started with teaching.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 She shares the secret to moving and talking at the same time.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she navigated the challenge of feeling like she doesn\\u2019t belong.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Getting the rights to Sylvia Plath\\u2019s works and performing poetry in an original play.\\xa0\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Margaret shares her methodologies with dancers.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Margaret shares what she is working on in her field now.\\xa0
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How her movie, Dancing Without Steps, became a reality.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The importance of accepting your unapologetically unique self.\\xa0
\\u201cI don\\u2019t think I danced to please. I danced the way I danced and hoped everybody would see it.\\u201d \\u2014 Margaret Beals
During\\xa0her 50 year career, Margaret Beals\\xa0pioneered the use of improvisation in dance performance, often using her speaking voice.\\xa0\\xa0In\\xa0her new film,\\xa0Dancing Without Steps:\\xa0The Art of Improvisation with Margaret Beals,\\xa0audiences are offered glimpses of Ms. Beals\\u2019 work along with insights into her philosophies on improvisation across artistic genres.\\xa0
Learn more about Margaret Beals\\xa0HERE and the film Dancing Without Steps
Connect with Movers & Shapers: A Dance Podcast on\\xa0Instagram and Facebook
More info links from this episode: Movers & Shapers\\xa0
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The influence attending the University of the Arts had on her.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Why she chose to be a performer as opposed to continuing in academia.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Her experience transitioning from being a student to working for a company.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How she juggled pursuing a career with raising a family.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The motivation behind joining the Pilobolus team.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Find out why she has chosen to stay at Pilobolus for most of her career.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 We discuss Pilobolus\\u2019s reputation and the collaboration with the rock band OKGo.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What it takes to make collaborations work and complete projects.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The biggest challenges and highlights of her career.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Learn about her past, current, and exciting upcoming projects.
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\\u201cAs I am getting older I am realizing that the more we can have those role models in place who have [raised a family while working] and want to support people who want to [have a family] the more the art form is going to thrive.\\u201d \\u2014 Ren\\xe9e Jaworski
Renee Jaworski, Executive Director and Co-Artistic Director has had an extensive creative career with Pilobolus since 2000, and along with creative partner and Artistic Director Matt Kent, was chosen in 2011 by the founding Artistic Directors to lead the company.
Upcoming: Pilobolus at NJPAC (Newark, NJ) March 12, 2023, info HERE
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More info links from this episode: Movers & Shapers\\xa0
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\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The process of starting SYREN Modern Dance together.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The various jobs they\\u2019ve done along the way to support their dance careers.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SYREN\\u2019s development over the years.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How Kate and Lynn connected and how it transferred to their work.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 What caused them to make the intentional shift to stop auditioning and start SYREN.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Their intention to share the value of modern dance.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The story behind the name, SYREN.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Their growth strategies for the organization and the challenges they\\u2019ve encountered.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How they\\u2019ve merged dance and science.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 SYREN\\u2019s current projects and plans for the future.
\\xb7\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 The power of dance and the source of Lynn and Kate\\u2019s inspiration.
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\\u201cThe past five years have really started to feel like we have this organization that is being supported by many different prongs of programming, and the cycles of inspiration and work continue to feed each other and grow.\\u201d \\u2014 Kate Sutter
SYREN Modern Dance is a New York City based company co-founded by Lynn Peterson and Kate Sutter now celebrating its 20th year as a dance sharing organization.\\xa0SYREN\'s artists are United States Cultural Ambassadors who share dance where people gather in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, North Carolina, Washington D.C., Texas, Rhode Island, Ohio, France, and the United Arab Emirates.\\xa0
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More info links from this episode:\\xa0Lynn Peterson and Kate Sutter on Movers & Shapers\\xa0
Make your tax-deductable donation to Movers & Shapers! Donate\\xa0HERE today!
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An interview with NJ/NYC-based Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director of the contemporary dance company Carolyn Dorfman Dance. \\xa0She is a master teacher, mentor, and guest artist/choreographer/lecturer at major universities and pre-professional programs across the U.S. and internationally, while also\\xa0a leader in many community dance initiatives throughout the state of New Jersey.
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