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Inside the Dancer's Studio

63 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings

Inside the Dancer’s Studio is a podcast from NCCAkron that brings listeners into the process of creating dance. Through interviews with choreographers from across the United States, Inside the Dancer’s Studio dissolves the mystique of dance-making into engaging fun and deeply human conversation.

Inside the Dancer’s Studio is hosted by NCCAkron’s Executive/Artistic Director Christy Bolingbroke, who poses a set series of questions about craft, process, and perseverance. This program is perfect for budding dancers, dance-makers, creatives, and anyone who has ever built something from scratch.

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Episodes

Against All Odds: Moving In Museums – Brendan Fernandes and Jeff Katzin, PhD

September 08, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB

This special edition of Inside The Dancer’s Studio podcast features content from the Creative Administration Research (CAR) Summit Convening and was recorded at the Akron Art Museum. CAR is made possible through a multi-year grant from the Mellon Foundation. We join Christy Bolingbroke, our Executive / Artistic Director, in dialogue with Chicago, IL-based multidisciplinary, Kenyan-Indian, Canadian-American artist Brendan Fernandes and Akron Art Museum Curator Dr. Jeff Katzin. The trio foregr...

Afrofuturism, Technology, And Dance – André M. Zachery

September 01, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn, New York-based interdisciplinary artist and the artistic director of Renegade Performance Group, André M. Zachery. Zachery is a 2016 New York Foundation for the Arts Gregory Millard Fellow in Choreography and a 2019 Jerome Hill Foundation Fellow in Choreography. As a scholar, he speaks and writes on many topics including Afrofuturism, African Diaspora practices and philosophies, Bl...

Surprise Yourself – Lisa Berman and Joseph Tran of BRKFST Dance Company

August 25, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with two members of the Saint Paul Minnesota-based company BRKFST Dance Company. Lisa “MonaLisa” Berman is the founder and Artistic Director of BRKFST and Joseph "MN Joe" Tran is a founding member of BRKFST and a member of Knuckleheads Cali breaking crew. BRKFST’s egalitarian and virtuosic choreographic collaboration is deeply rooted in the Hip Hop adage, "Each One Teach One": regardless of class...

In The Spirit Of Community And Generosity – Errin Weaver

August 18, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Cleveland, OH-based artist Errin Weaver. Weaver is a choreographer and the Executive Artistic Director of Mojuba! Dance Collective and has created the Emerging Black Choreographers Incubator. Mojuba! Dance Collective (MDC) is an African contemporary dance company and platform dedicated to exploring spiritual and cultural dance traditions of the African Diaspora to restore community wellness,...

In the Spirit of Community and Generosity: Mojuba! Dance Collective

August 18, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Cleveland, OH-based artist Errin Weaver. Weaver is a choreographer and the Executive Artistic Director of Mojuba! Dance Collective and has created the Emerging Black Choreographers Incubator. Mojuba! Dance Collective (MDC) is an African contemporary dance company and platform dedicated to exploring spiritual and cultural dance traditions of the African Diaspora to restore community wellness,...

Embodied Practice as an Invitation: slowdanger

August 11, 2023 14:14 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Pittsburgh, PA-based artists, taylor knight & anna thompson who are co-founding artistic directors of slowdanger. Through the process of making each piece, they work with a heightened understanding of energy, synergy, action, gender, time, and storytelling. slowdanger’s work has been presented in the US and Canada by venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Springboard Danse...

Embodied Practice As An Invitation – slowdanger

August 11, 2023 14:14 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Pittsburgh, PA-based artists, taylor knight & anna thompson who are co-founding artistic directors of slowdanger. Through the process of making each piece, they work with a heightened understanding of energy, synergy, action, gender, time, and storytelling. slowdanger’s work has been presented in the US and Canada by venues including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, Springboard Danse...

Equity in Motion: Raphael Xavier

August 04, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with with Philadelphia-based dancer, choreographer, musician, photographer, and writer, Raphael Xavier. Xavier’s extensive research in Hip Hop forms and culture, specifically Breaking, has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Xavier is a 2013 Pew Fellowship Grantee and 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and Princeton University professor. http...

Equity In Motion – Raphael Xavier

August 04, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with with Philadelphia-based dancer, choreographer, musician, photographer, and writer, Raphael Xavier. Xavier’s extensive research in Hip Hop forms and culture, specifically Breaking, has led to the creation of Ground-Core, a Somatic dance technique. Originally from Wilmington, Delaware, Xavier is a 2013 Pew Fellowship Grantee and 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, and Princeton University professor. http...

The Impact Of Moving Together: Big Dance Theater – Annie-B Parson, Donna Uchizono, And Tendayi Kuumba

July 28, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with three award-winning New York City based choreographers: Tendayi Kuumba, Annie-B Parson, and Donna Uchizono who were in Akron collaborating on a new work. Tendayi Kuumba: whostendayi.com Donna Uchizono: donnauchizono.org Annie-B Parson: bigdancetheater.org

The Impact of Moving Together: Big Dance Theater

July 28, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with three award-winning New York City based choreographers: Tendayi Kuumba, Annie-B Parson, and Donna Uchizono who were in Akron collaborating on a new work. Tendayi Kuumba: whostendayi.com Donna Uchizono: donnauchizono.org Annie-B Parson: bigdancetheater.org

Money, Mindset, And Motivation: Where Artist Meets Enterprise – Elena Muslar

September 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

Today we are excited to share an excerpt of the closing plenary of the 2022 CAR convening facilitated by Ontario, California based arts administrator and professor, Elena Marie Muslar. Elena is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Confide Creative, a coaching and consulting practice dedicated to the collective cultural and economic progress of pre-professionals and working professionals. She is also Associate Director of Programs at Fractured Atlas, a national nonprofit arts service ...

Money, Mindset, and Motivation: Where Artist Meets Enterprise; Elena Muslar

September 09, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MB

Today we are excited to share an excerpt of the closing plenary of the 2022 CAR convening facilitated by Ontario, California based arts administrator and professor, Elena Marie Muslar. Elena is the Founder and Chief Empowerment Officer of Confide Creative, a coaching and consulting practice dedicated to the collective cultural and economic progress of pre-professionals and working professionals. She is also Associate Director of Programs at Fractured Atlas, a national nonprofit arts service ...

Artist As Model For The New Socioeconomic Normal – Marc Bamuthi Joseph

September 02, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Today we are excited to share an excerpt of the opening plenary of the 2022 CAR convening titled, “Artist as Model for the New Socioeconomic Normal.” In this portion of session, Christy Bolingbroke, our Executive / Artistic Director is in conversation with Washington DC-based performer, poet, director, and arts administrator, Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Bamuthi is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artis...

Artist as Model for the New Socioeconomic Normal, Marc Bamuthi Joseph

September 02, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

Today we are excited to share an excerpt of the opening plenary of the 2022 CAR convening titled, “Artist as Model for the New Socioeconomic Normal.” In this portion of session, Christy Bolingbroke, our Executive / Artistic Director is in conversation with Washington DC-based performer, poet, director, and arts administrator, Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Bamuthi is a 2017 TED Global Fellow, an inaugural recipient of the Guggenheim Social Practice initiative, and an honoree of the United States Artis...

The All-encompassing nature of being a choreographer, Christopher K Morgan

August 26, 2022 14:17 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with  Maui Hawaii-based choreographer Christopher K. Morgan. Christopher is the Executive Artistic Director of Christopher K Morgan & Artists as well as the Director of the Dance Residency Program at Art Omi. His choreography has been presented in 18 countries on 5 continents and has addressed issues including sexuality, gender identity, race, climate change, immigration and water conservation. C...

The All-encompassing Nature Of Being A Choreographer – Christopher K Morgan

August 26, 2022 14:17 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with  Maui Hawaii-based choreographer Christopher K. Morgan. Christopher is the Executive Artistic Director of Christopher K Morgan & Artists as well as the Director of the Dance Residency Program at Art Omi. His choreography has been presented in 18 countries on 5 continents and has addressed issues including sexuality, gender identity, race, climate change, immigration and water conservation. C...

Listening as a Tool For Choreography, Helanius J. Wilkins

August 19, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Boulder, CO-based choreographer, performance artist and innovator, Helanius J. Wilkins, whose creative research and projects are rooted in the interconnections of American contemporary performance, cultural history, and identities of Black men. Wilkins founded and artistically directed EDGEWORKS Dance Theater, Washington, DC’s first all-male contemporary dance company of predominately Africa...

Listening As A Tool For Choreography – Helanius J. Wilkins

August 19, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Boulder, CO-based choreographer, performance artist and innovator, Helanius J. Wilkins, whose creative research and projects are rooted in the interconnections of American contemporary performance, cultural history, and identities of Black men. Wilkins founded and artistically directed EDGEWORKS Dance Theater, Washington, DC’s first all-male contemporary dance company of predominately Africa...

Letting Go Of Expectations – Courtney Lopes

August 12, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based performer and educator Courtney Lopes. Born and raised in Bermuda, Courtney trained at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts for high school and went on to receive her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase. She now dances with Dance Heginbotham, MeenMoves, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, Kathryn Alter & Dancers, and Megan Williams Dance Projects and is a professor at Rut...

Letting Go of Expectations, Courtney Lopes

August 12, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based performer and educator Courtney Lopes. Born and raised in Bermuda, Courtney trained at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts for high school and went on to receive her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase. She now dances with Dance Heginbotham, MeenMoves, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, Kathryn Alter & Dancers, and Megan Williams Dance Projects and is a professor at Rut...

Attention, Intention, and Connection, Ashwini Ramaswamy

August 05, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Minneapolis-St. Paul-based performer and choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy, who trained and performs in the lineage of Bharatanatyam. As a founding member of Ragamala Dance Company, she has toured extensively, throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, the U.K, and India, as well, she’s performed in  well-know US venues like Lincoln Center Out of Doors, and  the Kennedy Cente...

Attention, Intention, And Connection – Ashwini Ramaswamy

August 05, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Minneapolis-St. Paul-based performer and choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy, who trained and performs in the lineage of Bharatanatyam. As a founding member of Ragamala Dance Company, she has toured extensively, throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, the U.K, and India, as well, she’s performed in  well-know US venues like Lincoln Center Out of Doors, and  the Kennedy Cente...

Breaking Patterns, Building Relationships, Kate Wallich

July 29, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Seattle-based choreographer, director and educator Kate Wallich. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” her work has been presented nationally and internationally by venues including On the Boards, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Walker Art Center, MASS MoCa, and The Joyce Theater. In 2010 she founded an all-abilities, community-focused class called Dance Church® which, d...

Breaking Patterns, Building Relationships – Kate Wallich

July 29, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Seattle-based choreographer, director and educator Kate Wallich. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch,” her work has been presented nationally and internationally by venues including On the Boards, Seattle Art Museum, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Walker Art Center, MASS MoCa, and The Joyce Theater. In 2010 she founded an all-abilities, community-focused class called Dance Church® which, d...

Choreography As A Way To Organize Information – Rosie Herrera

July 22, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Miami-based, Cuban-American dancer and choreographer Rosie Herrera. In addition to being the artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, she is an independent director and creative consultant and a classically trained lyric coloratura soprano who performs with the Performers Music Institute Opera Ensemble. Rosie has been awarded choreographic fellowships by MANCC and Bates Dance Festiv...

Choreography As A Way To Organize Information, Rosie Herrera

July 22, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Miami-based, Cuban-American dancer and choreographer Rosie Herrera. In addition to being the artistic director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theater, she is an independent director and creative consultant and a classically trained lyric coloratura soprano who performs with the Performers Music Institute Opera Ensemble. Rosie has been awarded choreographic fellowships by MANCC and Bates Dance Festiv...

Processing Emotions Through Creative Practice – Paula Mann

November 05, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Twin Cities-based dancer, choreographer, and educator, Paula Mann. Mann moved to the Twin Cities in 1987, has created 50 new works, and is co-artistic director of TIME TRACK PRODUCTIONS with visual artist Steve Paul.  She has been a driving force in Contemporary Dance and Performance-based out of Minneapolis for the past 30 years; challenging, educating, and engaging artists, audiences, and ...

Processing Emotions Through Creative Practice, Paula Mann

November 05, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Twin Cities-based dancer, choreographer, and educator, Paula Mann. Mann moved to the Twin Cities in 1987, has created 50 new works, and is co-artistic director of TIME TRACK PRODUCTIONS with visual artist Steve Paul.  She has been a driving force in Contemporary Dance and Performance-based out of Minneapolis for the past 30 years; challenging, educating, and engaging artists, audiences, and ...

Connecting Cultures Through Dance, Guillaume Gabriel and Companie Hervé Koubi

October 29, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Guillaume Gabriel, cofounder of French company, Companie Hervé Koubi. The company’s work was born from a mixture of techniques and influences, at the crossroads of urban dances and ballet and with the coming together of Koubi’s French-Algerian and African family history.  https://www.cie-koubi.fr

Connecting Cultures Through Dance – Guillaume Gabriel and Companie Hervé Koubi

October 29, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Guillaume Gabriel, cofounder of French company, Companie Hervé Koubi. The company’s work was born from a mixture of techniques and influences, at the crossroads of urban dances and ballet and with the coming together of Koubi’s French-Algerian and African family history.  https://www.cie-koubi.fr

Questioning Power With Race And Gender – Kayla Farrish

October 22, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and photographer, Kayla Farrish. Kayla is the founder and director of Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts. Through which she shares her vision of intimate storytelling and makes work that delves into socio-political structures and the liberation of people. Her work has garnered residencies and film screenings across the country, as well a...

Questioning Power With Race And Gender, Kayla Farrish

October 22, 2021 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.2 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and photographer, Kayla Farrish. Kayla is the founder and director of Kayla Farrish/Decent Structure Arts. Through which she shares her vision of intimate storytelling and makes work that delves into socio-political structures and the liberation of people. Her work has garnered residencies and film screenings across the country, as well a...

Creating From A Place Of Fascination With Human Behavior – James Graham

October 15, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with San Francisco, CA-based performer, choreographer, and teacher, James Graham. James dances with Lisa Wymore & Sheldon Smith’s Disappearing Acts, the Joe Goode Performance Group, and is the founder of James Graham Dance Theatre. This conversation was his second engagement with the Center, as he participated in the 2019 NCCAkron Dancing Lab: Dance as Cultural Diplomat, a multi-day symposium exp...

Creating From A Place Of Fascination With Human Behavior, James Graham

October 15, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with San Francisco, CA-based performer, choreographer, and teacher, James Graham. James dances with Lisa Wymore & Sheldon Smith’s Disappearing Acts, the Joe Goode Performance Group, and is the founder of James Graham Dance Theatre. This conversation was his second engagement with the Center, as he participated in the 2019 NCCAkron Dancing Lab: Dance as Cultural Diplomat, a multi-day symposium exp...

Being Led By The Mystery Of The Creative Process, Nicole Klaymoon

October 08, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with San Francisco-based choreographer Nicole Klaymoon. Klaymoon is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Embodiment Project, whose recent work includes a piece titled “Ancient Children”, which explores the ways restorative justice can interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. This conversation was her second engagement at the Center, as she is an alumna of NCCAkron's Dancing Lab: Screendance t...

Being Led By The Mystery Of The Creative Process – Nicole Klaymoon

October 08, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with San Francisco-based choreographer Nicole Klaymoon. Klaymoon is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Embodiment Project, whose recent work includes a piece titled “Ancient Children”, which explores the ways restorative justice can interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. This conversation was her second engagement at the Center, as she is an alumna of NCCAkron's Dancing Lab: Screendance t...

Working From Inquiry And Discovery – Brian Brooks

October 01, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn New York based choreographer, Brian Brooks. Brian's work has toured internationally since 2002 with presentations by BAM, the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, the American Dance Festival, and Works and Process at the Guggenheim Museum, among others. He has developed and toured work with former New York City Ballet prima ballerina, Wendy Whelan, titled Restless Creature and appears in ...

Working From Inquiry And Discovery, Brian Brooks

October 01, 2021 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn New York based choreographer, Brian Brooks. Brian's work has toured internationally since 2002 with presentations by BAM, the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, the American Dance Festival, and Works and Process at the Guggenheim Museum, among others. He has developed and toured work with former New York City Ballet prima ballerina, Wendy Whelan, titled Restless Creature and appears in ...

Organizing Around Rhythms In The Body – Abby Zbikowski

September 24, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Champaign-Urbana, IL-based choreographer, Abby Zbikowski. Abby is the founder of the company Abby Z and the New Utility. She is a 2020 United States Artists Fellow and received the 2017 Juried Bessie Award for her work. She is also a professor of Dance at the University of Illinois and on faculty at American Dance Festival. Strange Tools by Alva Noe https://g.co/kgs/n9Fdyj Artist Website:  ...

Organizing Around Rhythms In The Body, Abby Zbikowski

September 24, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Champaign-Urbana, IL-based choreographer, Abby Zbikowski. Abby is the founder of the company Abby Z and the New Utility. She is a 2020 United States Artists Fellow and received the 2017 Juried Bessie Award for her work. She is also a professor of Dance at the University of Illinois and on faculty at American Dance Festival. Strange Tools by Alva Noe https://g.co/kgs/n9Fdyj Artist Website:  ...

Cultivating Spaces For Feeling Like One’s Self – Amy Miller

September 17, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based dancer, choreographer and educator Amy Miller. A former member of the Ohio Ballet, and founding member and artistic associate of Cleveland-based GroundWorks DanceTheater, she is now a Gibney Company Director and a performing member of the Gibney Company. An Ohio native, Amy earned a 2010 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and in 2009 was voted Outstanding Artis...

Cultivating Spaces For Feeling Like One’s Self, Amy Miller

September 17, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with New York City-based dancer, choreographer and educator Amy Miller. A former member of the Ohio Ballet, and founding member and artistic associate of Cleveland-based GroundWorks DanceTheater, she is now a Gibney Company Director and a performing member of the Gibney Company. An Ohio native, Amy earned a 2010 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award and in 2009 was voted Outstanding Artis...

Do We Make Popular Culture Or Does Popular Culture Make Us; Raja Feather Kelly

September 10, 2021 02:49 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn New York based choreographer, Raja Feather Kelly. Raja is the artistic director of New Brooklyn Theatre and founder of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory. He was born in Fort Hood, Texas and holds a B.A. in Dance and English from Connecticut College. He is a three-time Princess Grace Award winner (2017, 2018, 2019). Over the past decade he has created fifteen evening...

Do We Make Popular Culture Or Does Popular Culture Make Us – Raja Feather Kelly

September 10, 2021 02:49 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Brooklyn New York based choreographer, Raja Feather Kelly. Raja is the artistic director of New Brooklyn Theatre and founder of the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory. He was born in Fort Hood, Texas and holds a B.A. in Dance and English from Connecticut College. He is a three-time Princess Grace Award winner (2017, 2018, 2019). Over the past decade he has created fifteen evening...

Don't Dance In Your Head, Dance Out In The World, Dominic Moore-Dunson

July 02, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Akron Ohio based choreographer, Dominic Moore-Dunson. Moore-Dunson's  recognitions and fellowships include the 2019 Cleveland Arts Prize, MOCA Cleveland’s “New Agent” award, Jacob’s Pillow Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellowship, the Devil Strip Magazine’s 2018 Breakout Artist, National Arts Strategies (NAS) Creative Community Fellowship, and others. His large-scale community-based dance ...

Don't Dance In Your Head, Dance Out In The World – Dominic Moore-Dunson

July 02, 2021 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

Dominic Moore-Dunson hails from Akron, OH, where he attended the University of Akron and Firestone High School (Akron School for the Arts). Recently recognized as a “New Agent” by MOCA Cleveland, Dominic has received numerous fellowships and recognitions as an emerging artist and arts leader. He was a 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellow, a 2018 Breakout Artist by the Devil Strip Magazine (Akron), a 2016 National Arts Strategies (NAS) Creative Community Fellow (DC), and...

Mining The Personal, From Immigration To Movement – Mustapha Braimah

June 25, 2021 12:14 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

Mustapha Braimah (Asheville, NC) brings over two decades of international experience and high artistic acclaim to his roles as an artist-scholar from Ghana, West Africa. He is a choreographer, educator, curator, performer, musician, and administrator. He holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, an MA in African Studies from Ohio University, and a BFA in Dance from the University of Ghana. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of the Dance Program at UNC As...

Mining The Personal, From Immigration To Movement, Mustapha Braimah

June 25, 2021 12:14 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

In this episode, NCCAkron's Executive/Artistic Director, Christy Bolingbroke enters the 'studio' with Asheville, NC/Cleveland, OH based choreographer, educator, curator, performer, musician, and administrator, Mustapha Braimah. Braimah brings over two decades of international experience and high artistic acclaim to his roles as an artist-scholar from Ghana, West Africa. He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Dance Program at UNC Asheville. His art practice and creativ...

On The Edge Of Failure And Taking A Risk – Samantha Speis

June 18, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Samantha Speis (New York, NY) is an improviser and movement artist based in the Bronx, and is the Artistic Director of Urban Bush Women. She has worked with Gesel Mason, The Dance Exchange, Jumatatu Poe, Deborah Hay, Marjani Forte, and Liz Lerman. She is currently a member of The Skeleton Architecture collective of black womyn and gender non-conforming artists and was recently awarded a Bessie for Outstanding Performer. She has developed a teaching practice that explores pelvic mobility as t...