Latest Making dance Podcast Episodes
Lloyd Newson
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - February 03, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourLloyd Newson OBE is a director, dancer and choreographer. He formed DV8 Physical Theatre in 1986, and the company went on to tour across the world for decades, winning 55 national and international awards including the Prix Italia, Rose d'Or and an International Emmy Award. Shows include:, the ...
Silvia Gribaudi
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - January 20, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutesLou talked with Italian choreographer and performer Silvia Gibraudi, sometimes referred to as ‘the prophet of the free body’, in December 2022. Silvia talked about her journey of trying to find joy and grace, and bring them to people’s lives, to theatres and to people in the street. She expla...
Movement Direction with Ayse Tashkiran and Ingrid Mackinnon
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - January 06, 2023 09:00 - 1 hourLou talked with Movement Directors Ayse Tashkiran and Ingrid Mackinnon about how they approach the key relationships at the heart of their work - namely directors, individual and groups of actors and other collaborators; how they try to identify and develop the ‘feeling’ or ‘colour’ of a product...
Julia Cheng
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - December 02, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutesLou spoke to Julia in November 2022. They talked about how her journey and values underpin everything she does; how important it is for her to be part of a movement that advocates for the representation of people like her; how House of Absolute work as a collective, and how she approached the r...
Lou Cope and Sanjoy Roy
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - November 11, 2022 09:00 - 51 minutesHello and welcome to a rather unusual one-off episode of Downtime. Lou has absolutely loved talking to all her brilliant guests about how they approach their work. But a while ago it was suggested that maybe she make a mini- episode that focuses on her work, her personal approach to dramaturgy ...
Damien Jalet
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - November 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hourDamien and Lou spoke in mid October 2022. They talked about the interest in ritual that has informed all of his work; his collaborations with visual artists to make the pieces Thr(o)ugh, Vessel and Skid; the impact that being caught in the centre of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris has had on...
Caroline Bowditch
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - October 21, 2022 08:00 - 55 minutesCaroline spoke with Lou about the work she has done, as a ‘mosquito buzzing in the ears of the arts industry’, striving for cultural equity both in the UK and Australia, and how far there is yet to go on that journey. She described the work of Arts Access Victoria, including the brilliant new ...
Tarek Iskander
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - October 07, 2022 08:00 - 46 minutesTarek Iskander is the Artistic Director of Battersea Arts Centre, in London. Born in Sunderland to parents born in Egypt, Tarek moved to the Middle East when he was five, and returned to the UK at 17, escaping from the Gulf War in Kuwait. He studied engineering before beginning a management car...
Participatory Practice
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - September 23, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutesLou talked with Ned, Alan and Naomi about what motivates them, what models they use, their different approaches and what’s difficult about the work they do. They talked about how trust and time are key to letting co-created ideas emerge, and they shared top tips for anyone embarking on a partici...
Sasha Waltz
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - September 09, 2022 08:00 - 1 hourMulti- award winning Sasha Waltz was born in Karlsruhe, Germany and studied dance and choreography in Amsterdam and New York. In 1993 she founded her company Sasha Waltz & Guests, together with Jochen Sandig and In 1996 together they opened the Sophiensæle, a theatre in Berlin. In the years si...
NOEL JORDAN
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 15, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutesIn this episode of Downtime, Lou talks with Noel Jordan – Festival Director of Imaginate and Edinburgh International Children’s Festival. They talked about Noel’s approach to programming, Imaginate’s year round support for artists, the risks Noel can take in terms of programming difficult or s...
ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 01, 2022 08:00 - 49 minutesLou spoke to Annabelle while she was at Jacob’s Pillow, in June 2022. They spoke about where Annabelle’s passion for working across genres comes from, the detail of how she prepares and what she asks of her dancers in the studio, and how she and her dramaturg and long time collaborator Nancy Mec...
JONZI D
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - June 17, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutesJonzi D is the founder and Artistic Director of Jonzi D Projects and Breakin’ Convention the international Hip Hop festival he founded in 2004 with Sadlers Wells. A dancer, spoken word artist and director, he is the foremost advocate for hiphop theatre who has changed the profile and influenced ...
KATY PYLE - USA
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - May 24, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourNew York based Katy Pyle is a genderqueer lesbian dancer and choreographer who founded their dance company Ballez in 2011 to explore their complicated relationship to the cis-hetero patriarchal form of ballet, and to make space for their own, and their communities’, presence within it. The missi...
JOSEPH TOONGA - UK
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - May 17, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutesJoseph Toonga is from East London. He makes and performs dance productions that tell stories of the under-represented, relevant to the here and now which are embedded in the languages of contemporary dance and Hip Hop. Joseph is Artistic Director of Just Us Dance Theatre, has created work for E...
SEASON TWO INTRO
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - May 17, 2022 10:00 - 1 minuteDOWNTIME features a series of interviews with dance artists and arts leaders about how they work, what it is that drives them, and whether their purpose has changed in response to the challenges of the past couple of years. It is hosted by internationally respected dramaturg Lou Cope, who spearhe...
Carlos Acosta
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - May 17, 2021 19:00 - 59 minutesBorn in Havana in 1973, Carlos Acosta trained at the National Ballet School of Havana in Cuba. After winning a succession of awards, including the Prix de Lausanne in 1990, he went on to dance professionally with the world’s most prestigious ballet companies, including The Royal Ballet, English ...
Downtime with Michael Keegan-Dolan
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 30, 2020 08:00 - 1 hourMichael Keegan-Dolan founded Teaċ Daṁsa in 2016 as a means to forge stronger connections with the native traditions, language and music of Ireland, as exemplified by the company’s first two productions, Swan Lake / Loch na hEala (2016) and MÁM (2019). Previously Michael was AD of Fabulous Beast ...
Downtime with Shobana Jeyasingh
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 23, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourLou's guest on Downtime today is Shobana Jeyasingh, an internationally recognised choreographer who founded Shobana Jeyasingh Dance 30 years ago. She has created over 60 critically acclaimed works for stage, screen, and public spaces such as Palladian monasteries, fountain courtyards and city of...
Downtime with Pontus Lidberg - Danish Dance Theatre
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 23, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourLou's guest on Downtime today is Swedish choreographer, film maker and dancer Pontus Lidberg. Pontus became Artistic Director of Danish Dance Theatre in 2018 . He has also been commissioned by Paris Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, Aco...
Downtime with Kate Prince
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 16, 2020 07:00 - 1 hourMy guest on Downtime today is Kate Prince - the AD of Zoonation – and the choreographer behind the massive hits Some Like it Hip Hop, Into The Hoods and most recently Message in a Bottle – a show set to the music of Sting which premiered at Sadlers Wells in Feb 2020. She was also, as we’ll hear,...
Downtime with Jo Verrent
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 16, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutesThe extraordinary Jo Verrent is my guest on downtime today. Jo is the senior producer for Unlimited - the world’s largest commissions programme for disabled artists, ensuring that work gets seen, discussed and embedded within the cultural fabric of the UK, and further afield, with partners such ...
Downtime with Gary Clarke
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 09, 2020 19:00 - 47 minutesToday’s Downtime chat is with UK-based choreographer Gary Clarke. Gary is known for creating a place to tell socio-political stories and histories of the British working class, in a contemporary dance setting, which is no mean feat! He is loved and respected by audience and dance professionals ...
Downtime with Aditi Mangaldas
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 09, 2020 19:00 - 1 hourIn this episode Lou spent some Downtime with Aditi Mangaldas, a leading dancer and choreographer in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak, based in Delhi, India. Aditi runs her own rep company - Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company – The Drishtikon Dance Foundation. It is here that she experiments...
Downtime with Sharon Watson
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 01, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutesFor the past 11 years Sharon Watson has been AD of Phoenix Dance Theatre. She is now CEO & Principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance. This exciting and inspiring conversation took place as Lou joined Sharon in a personal moment that merged quiet reflection with exhilarating potential, ...
Downtime with Claire Cunningham
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - August 01, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourOne of the UK’s most acclaimed and internationally renowned disabled artists, Claire Cunningham is a performer and creator of multi-disciplinary performance based in Glasgow, Scotland. Claire and Lou talked about two key themes of Claire’s thinking and work – our relationship with time, (and the...
Downtime with Cathy Marston
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 25, 2020 16:00 - 1 hourCathy Marston is an award-winning choreographer, based in both Switzerland and the UK. Recent shows in the UK include The Cellist for The Royal Ballet, The Suit – initially created for Ballet Black, and Jane Eyre and Victoria for Northern Ballet. As we’ll hear she recently made Mrs Robinson for ...
Downtime withTheo Clinkard
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 25, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutesI had a great chat with choreographer, dancer and designer Theo Clinkard, in early June 2020. In addition to making pieces for his own company, pieces like Ordinary Courage (2012) Chalk (2014), Of Land & Tongue (2014), This Bright Field (2017), he has also made work for Tanztheater Wuppertal P...
Downtime with Lucy Guerin
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 14, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutesMelbourne-based choreographer Lucy Guerin presents her work regularly across Australia and Europe. In addition to touring such shows as Split, Attractor and Untrained with her own company Lucy Guerin Inc, she’s also made shows for Lyon Opera Ballet, Chunky Move, Dance Works Rotterdam and Ballet ...
Downtime with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
DOWNTIME - interviews with dance artists & arts leaders, talking about dance & the arts - July 13, 2020 21:00 - 1 hourBelgian/Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is one of the world’s most sought after choreographers. He’s made over 50 shows, works in contemporary dance, ballet, film and theatre and has picked up a frankly embarrassing haul of awards. Collaborators include Antony Gormley, Damien Jalet, Marina Abram...
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