Latest Choreographers Podcast Episodes
Arts Funding in Crisis with Nicholas Hytner and Tarek Iskander
Talking Moves - July 25, 2023 13:06 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this special episode, we talk to two artistic directors about the current funding crisis ravaging our sector. Back in May, when the Greenwich Dance team was having funding applications repeatedly rejected, we were relieved to see renowned theatre director Nicholas Hytner's Guardian article ...
Making Positive Change
Talking Moves - July 08, 2022 07:05 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Valerie Ebuwa and Kwesi Johnson about making positive change. Valerie Ebuwa sets about to ‘make shit happen’. She has written articles about ‘how to grow wings’ and ‘knowing your aesthetic’ and has urged readers of her blog to ‘lead with your strongest foot to ensur...
Parenting in the Arts
Talking Moves - June 24, 2022 07:02 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Charlotte Vincent and Robert Clark about parenting in the arts. Becoming a parent changes the lives of all who do it, but artists often need to make huge decisions about how they will balance the responsibility of caring alongside a profession that requires tourin...
Making Accessible Work
Talking Moves - June 10, 2022 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Rosie Heafford and Neus Gil Cortés about making accessible work. Today, there probably isn’t a company or organisation that would say they didn’t want to make accessible work, and yet there are still people excluded from it: be they performers, collaborators or au...
Environment and Touring
Talking Moves - May 27, 2022 07:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Marla King and Adam Benjamin about environmental responsibility. Many of us have long recognised our role in protecting the planet but perhaps the last two years of the pandemic – when we lived in our parks and gardens, saw our skies fill with birdsong and our roads ...
Working Across Genres
Talking Moves - May 13, 2022 07:04 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Harriet Waghorn and Kamala Devam about their experience working across different genres of dance. As dancers we often train in streams of dance genres – often there are expected routes mapped out for us and aesthetics we are expected to achieve. It’s therefore refresh...
Building Audiences
Talking Moves - April 29, 2022 07:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Deborah Light and Tom Hobden about building audiences for your work. We make art for people – and if we have no audience, what is the reason for the work? How do we then bring audiences to the work? How do we introduce dance to people who haven’t had an opportunity ...
Let's Talk About Being A Creative & A Monastic, With Santikaro
Screw It Let's Talk About It - January 27, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis week we chat with Santikaro, aslo known as Travis Cooper, about one of his newest ventures in the dance realm. And we also get to hear about his journey in becoming an ordained Monastic, and how that has influened his everyday life and approach to his creative process.
The Role of Dramaturgy
Talking Moves - December 10, 2021 07:35 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Karthika Naïr and Eva Martinez about the role of dramaturgy. An artist’s creation space is a rather special place to inhabit. It’s vibrant, exciting, tense sometimes nail-biting. And it always feels to me to be an honour to be there. But by the same token, it comes ...
Breaking Through
Talking Moves - November 26, 2021 08:06 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Katie Serridge and Nafisah Baba about Breaking Through. This episode was put together at Katie’s request, who took the initiative and emailed us offering to talk about the challenges she has been presented with as a young artist trying to break into an industry that...
Co-creating with Communities
Talking Moves - November 12, 2021 07:42 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Nancy Hirst and Dan Canham about Co-creating with Communities. Building cultural communities is at the heart of Arts Council England’s Let’s Create strategy and for many organisations, this kind of work is at the very heart of what we try to do. But it’s not easy… i...
Celebrating Diversity with Dance
Talking Moves - October 29, 2021 06:44 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Vicki Igbokwe and Shane Shambu about Celebrating Diversity with Dance. The two artists we invited to take part in this episode each make extraordinary, distinct work using an original voice. We ask them about where their work takes its influence, how they have been ...
Feedback & Criticism
Talking Moves - October 15, 2021 06:46 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Isaac Ouro-Gnao and Donald Hutera about the role of Feedback & Criticism. Every artist making work and putting it out there into the world is inviting an opinion of some kind: be that from their immediate collaborators, their performers, the raised eyebrow of a pare...
Creating an Identity
Talking Moves - October 01, 2021 06:34 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Annie Hanauer and Erion Kruja about Creating an Identity. For many dancers it’s a dream to secure a long term contract within a prestigious dance company, but there comes a time when it just feels right to move on. So what happens when you fly that nest – leaving th...
Making Work with Young People
Talking Moves - July 09, 2021 06:38 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Alesandra Seutin and Temujin Gill about making work with young people. With this series we have been particularly interested in delving into choreographic approaches to different types of work – we have looked at work outdoors, for families, for digital technologies....
Choreographic Approaches
Talking Moves - June 25, 2021 07:08 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Claire Cunningham and Jorge Crecis about choreographic approaches. The life of a choreographer is a complex one and on this podcast the reliance artists have on portfolio careers has come up in conversation a number of times. So we invited two inspirational and entre...
Creating Dance for Families
Talking Moves - June 11, 2021 07:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Liv Lorent and Arthur Pita about creating dance for families. Once upon a time, dance for children and families was perhaps seen as lightweight, if indeed it was seen at all. But pioneering leaders in the sector, such as Emma Gladstone and her children’s dance festiv...
Digital Dance and Technology
Talking Moves - May 28, 2021 07:31 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Roswitha Chesher and Alexander Whitley about digital dance and technology. Both started their careers with dance training – film maker and photographer Roswitha Chesher at Trinity Laban and choreographer Alexander Whitley at the Royal Ballet School – but they’ve both...
Making Work for the Outdoors
Talking Moves - May 14, 2021 07:38 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, we talk to Frauke Requardt and Luca Silvestrini about making work for the outdoors. Artists have long been making work to animate places and spaces and there is much for them to consider when they do. The work has to sit within the setting, engage with passersby who perhaps ar...
Women and Dance
Talking Moves - April 30, 2021 07:14 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Avatâra Ayuso and Anna Williams about women and dance. Within an overwhelmingly female profession, it still feels largely led by men particularly in creative and managerial roles. How has this come about and most importantly… what can we do about it? We discuss how...
On the Edge: Artistic Leadership
On The Edge: A Next Stage Podcast Series - April 06, 2021 16:32 - 51 minutesIn collaboration with SDCF’s virtual roundtable series about artistic leadership, Sheldon Epps moderated a conversation with newly appointed associate artistic and resident directors about what it means to hold these positions at theatres during this moment. He was joined by Saheem Ali (Associat...
Leading Off Stage
Talking Moves - March 26, 2021 07:39 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Cath James and Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE about their transition from stage to management. This particular topic was inspired by a listener, Laura, who got in touch to ask for some support as she sought to make a similar career change. She felt frustrated as she nav...
Money Matters
Talking Moves - March 12, 2021 07:34 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Jeanefer Jean-Charles and Lou Cope about money matters. Money is always an awkward thing to talk about and when what we do is what we love it can feel even harder. But as we navigate our way within a business where we are constantly having to put a price tag on eithe...
Connecting With Organisations
Talking Moves - February 26, 2021 08:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Seeta Patel and Wayne Parsons about the relationship between organisation - be they venues, companies, agencies - and artists. Living through a pandemic has highlighted the fragile ecology upon which the performing arts industry is built. The community Freelancers Ma...
Measuring Our Impact
Talking Moves - February 12, 2021 09:03 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Zoie Golding and Anthony Missen about the ways in which artists make a difference and the metrics we measure this by. Inspired by the book, The Art of Relevance, by museum director Nina Simon, Melanie asks her guests why their work matters and to whom. They discuss ‘...
Resilience of Body & Mind
Talking Moves - January 29, 2021 09:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Charlotte Edmonds and Andrew Gardiner about resilience. The government told us recently that dance was not a viable career, and whilst many would strongly dispute that - we probably all acknowledge it’s a difficult, sometimes even punishing choice. So it felt like a ...
On the Edge: Interviews with Directors and Choreographers About the Study
On The Edge: A Next Stage Podcast Series - January 27, 2021 23:13 - 26 minutesIn the second episode, moderator Mark Blankenship speaks with SDC Members Donald Byrd, Liz Diamond and Chay Yew about the impact of the study on the lives of directors and choreographers, particularly in light of addressing issues of social justice and equity in the field.
Building a Team
Talking Moves - January 15, 2021 08:58 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Tamsin Fitzgerald and Gary Clarke about the ‘business of dance’ and the way they have built a team of support around them. And of course a business is all about the people….. Gary and Tamsin discuss how it feels to call what they do a business, and what their underl...
Creating for a Digital Stage
Talking Moves - December 18, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we talk to Rhiannon Faith and Ben Duke about their experiences of conceiving and creating dance films and we ask them, with the benefit of some experience and hindsight, how they are now approaching the use of technology and the digital experience as they conceive their next work...
On the Edge: Study Purpose and Findings
On The Edge: A Next Stage Podcast Series - December 08, 2020 15:35 - 33 minutesIn today’s conversation, hosted by series moderator Mark Blankenship, SDC Executive Director Laura Penn joins Tony Cleasby & Jorge Gonzales from the Network for Culture & Arts Policy (NCAP) to discuss the origin of the study, its research, and what its reveals about directors’ and choreographers...