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Dancing Puppets & Emerging Technology

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - April 27, 2024 12:45 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Lisa Niedermeyer hosts this episode exploring the connections between puppetry in contemporary dance and emerging technologies such as augmented reality, artificial intelligence and spatial computing. The episode focuses on a  piece titled "Underground River" which was conceived and directed by ...

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LOCATION SCOUT: Black Boxes

Frameform - April 24, 2024 14:16 - 43 minutes
Most theater-goers are familiar with black boxes. We’re not talking about literal boxes that are black but in a way it’s not totally off the mark. Walking inside a black box theater, it’s pretty bare and minimal – empty space, a place for an audience to sit, and maybe a few studio lights for dra...

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Cinedans x Frameform: Audio Postcard from Amsterdam

Frameform - April 10, 2024 15:15 - 28 minutes
Frameform is thrilled to collaborate with Cinedans on several episodes to commemorate the 20th edition of the Amsterdam-based festival which took place in late March 2024. Through its adventurous film programming along with its substantial professional development program, Cinedans has establish...

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Susan Marshall and Ralph Lemon: A Compelling Conversation

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - March 30, 2024 12:45 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Jacob's Pillow Associate Archivist Patsy Gay hosts this episode featuring excerpts of a 1998 PillowTalk. In this conversation between choreographers Ralph Lemon and Susan Marshall, we hear insights about their own beginnings in dance along with their individual ways of creating work.

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Cinedans x Frameform: A Conversation with Tanin Torabi

Frameform - March 29, 2024 13:00 - 48 minutes
Frameform is thrilled to collaborate with Cinedans on several episodes to commemorate the 20th edition of the Amsterdam-based festival which took place in late March 2024. Through its adventurous film programming along with its substantial professional development program, Cinedans has establish...

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Superhero movies: "The Death of Cinema" or the new "Golden Age"?

Frameform - March 13, 2024 13:00 - 52 minutes
Audiences can be strongly divided when it comes to musicals, and the same goes for superhero flicks. Are these “theme park movies” the “death of cinema” or are they just a product of the times? In this roundtable with special guest Steven Butler, we cover many facets of movie musicals, superhero...

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We're Back! Season 5 Trailer

Frameform - March 06, 2024 14:00 - 24 seconds
We're back with another season of dance and film! Be sure to download and listen to a brand new episode, on Wednesday March 15th!

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Spoken Word in Dance

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - February 24, 2024 13:45 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Poet and dance writer Karen Hildebrand hosts this episode focusing on how text and spoken word are used in dance. Included are examples from works by Liz Lerman, Joe Goode, and Carmen de Lavallade. Hildebrand is the former editorial director for Dance Magazine, and a past editor in chief of Danc...

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The Dance Between Choreography & Technology

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - January 27, 2024 13:45 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Christy Bolingbroke, Executive / Artistic Director of the National Center for Choreography - Akron, hosts this episode focused on the the relationships of choreographic practice and various technologies. Referenced in this episode are works by David Parsons, David Rousseve, Compagnie Kafig, Renn...

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Remembering Gus Solomons jr

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - December 30, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Jennifer Edwards hosts this episode honoring Gus Solomons jr, the celebrated choreographer, writer, and teacher. As the first Black dancer in the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Solomons was both a trailblazer and a trendsetter, forming his own company and making more than 150 works before his d...

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Season 4 Wrap Up

Frameform - December 06, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes
That’s a wrap! We reflect, share some behind the scenes perspectives and celebrate all that is Season 4 of Frameform. Thank you to the festivals and organizations we partnered with: Dance Camera West, ADF’s Movies by Movers, Standard Vision, Dancinema’s Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival. We’ll be...

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Trisha Brown: Choreographer and Visual Artist

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - November 25, 2023 13:45 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Jennifer Edwards hosts this episode focused on Trisha Brown, one of the most celebrated choreographers to emerge from Judson Dance Theater and the postmodern era. Brown is in conversation with Deborah Jowitt, the influential choreographer, scholar, dance critic, and educator. We also hear from a...

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FF x ADF Part 2: ADF Filmmaker Panel

Frameform - November 22, 2023 14:00 - 26 minutes
Frameform was honored an invitation from Jennifer “Scully” Thurston (noted RogueDancer and current Artistic Director of ADF Movies by Movers)  to moderate Q&As following the shorts programs at a weekend of the summer-long dance film institution Movies by Movers at American Dance Festival in Durh...

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FF x ADF Movies by Movers Part 1: Sean Dorsey Dance

Frameform - November 08, 2023 16:07 - 22 minutes
Sean Dorsey is a San Francisco-based choreographer, dancer, writer, teaching artist and cultural activist. Recognized as the U.S.’ first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer, Dorsey has toured his work to more than 30 cities across the US and abroad – and taught with his explicitly t...

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Creating with the Cosmos

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - October 28, 2023 13:43 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Many choreographers draw inspiration from their ancestors, nature, and the spiritual world, and Teena Marie Custer explores some examples with help from Sandra Laronde, Christopher K. Morgan, Ananya Chatterjea, Michelle N. Gibson, and others.

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Seeing the light

Frameform - October 25, 2023 15:39 - 40 minutes
Lighting plays a large role in cinematography. In one scenario, light is a tool to just visually see images. While in other cases, light sculpts the features in a space – illuminating the curvatures of people’s bodies, faces, sharp edges on buildings and furniture. Lack of light creates deep und...

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Dancine Docs: Ghostly Labor with La Mezcla, Vanessa Sanchez, and John Jota Leaños with Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival

Frameform - October 11, 2023 18:34 - 38 minutes
WARNING: Some explicit language is used in this episode. We recommend using headphones if you have sensitive or young ears around. In this next installment of our partnership with Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival this season, we are featuring “Ghostly Labor”, a hybrid dancefilm/documentary that ...

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Umfundalai Technique with Dr. Kemal Nance, Part 2

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - September 30, 2023 12:45 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
In this second part of a 2-episode series, Dr. C. Kemal Nance examines the movements, meaning, and structure of the contemporary African dance technique known as Umfundalai. https://www.umfundalai.net

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Dancine-Docs: Miccolis + Magnifica with Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival

Frameform - September 27, 2023 16:36 - 24 minutes
Today’s episode is part one of our “Dancine-Docs” series in collaboration with Dancinema, specifically the 2022 Capitol Dance & Cinema Festival in Washington, DC. We’re connecting with Mimmo Miccolis and Carola Mamberto on their dance and documentary works that celebrate Italian arts and cultur...

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Alternative Approaches feat. Standard Vision and Nina McNeely in collaboration with Dancinema

Frameform - September 13, 2023 13:41 - 57 minutes
We are back from a great summer break! Check out our Frameform Patreon page for 6 awesome resources we released over the past few months ranging from Technical Tips for Video Editing by Hannah, a visual guide to all things Frameform by Jen Ray, a Zine by Clare, and more. Today’s episode feature...

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

Inside the Dancer's Studio - September 08, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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 Exec...

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Afrofuturism, Technology, And Dance – André M. Zachery

Inside the Dancer's Studio - September 01, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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 Fe...

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Kariamu Welsh, Founder of Umfundalai, with Dr. Kemal Nance, Part1

PillowVoices: Dance Through Time - August 26, 2023 12:45 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 22 ratings
Dr. C. Kemal Nance hosts this episode honoring Dr. Kariamu Welsh and celebrating the dance technique that she developed called Umfundalai. https://www.umfundalai.net

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

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 25, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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...

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In The Spirit Of Community And Generosity – Errin Weaver

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 18, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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. Mo...

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

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 18, 2023 13:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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. Mo...

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Embodied Practice As An Invitation – slowdanger

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 11, 2023 14:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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 understand...

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Embodied Practice as an Invitation: slowdanger

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 11, 2023 14:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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 understand...

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Equity In Motion – Raphael Xavier

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 04, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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...

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Equity in Motion: Raphael Xavier

Inside the Dancer's Studio - August 04, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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...

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