In the second episode of this six-part Trinity Laban Crosscurrent series, host Will Howarth is in conversation with women in the arts, talking to members of the Trinity Laban community about the Conservatoire's Venus Blazing initiative and what it means to be female creators in 2019.
Pianist and Fulbright Scholar Garrett Snedeker performs Clara Schumann's Pièces Fugitives (4), for piano, Op. 15.
Wilhelmina Ojanen
Born in Tampere, Finland, and raised in Santiago, Chile, dance maker Wilhelmina studied on Trinity Laban's BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course from 2014 – 2017, and completed her MA dance Performance Programme in 2018 as a member of Transitions Dance Company.
Alongside her training she has worked with Hagit Yakira for the ‘’On falling and recovering’’ community project. Wilhelmina has also worked with the makers of Reykjavik Dance Festival in 2015.
Wilhelmina is passionate about choreography and is excited to be able to develop her artistic voice as a Young Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells.
Miia Makila
Born in Finland, performer and freelance dance artist Miia studied on Trinity Laban's BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance course from 2014 – 2017. After graduating, she has worked with an emerging physical theatre company Meta4dance, Lydia Touliatou and composer Andrew Marriott.
Currently Miia is working with Wilhelmina Ojanen for the Sadler’s Wells Young Associates commission. She is a company dance for The Natashas Project and is also a founding member for a female collective LIPS which provides integrative, diverse and multi-disciplinary arts event to promote positive social changes.
The main interests of Miia’s creative practice include humanitarian issues and bringing dance to a wider audience and communities.
Musical Theatre writing partners Caroline Wigmore and Jen Green
Caroline and Jen have been writing musicals together since meeting at Goldsmiths University, where they were both awarded MAs in writing for musical theatre in 2011. Their shows include The Gingerbread Man (Singapore Repertory Theatre 2019), Michael Morpurgo's Mimi and the Mountain Dragon (ongoing national tour 2016-current), Children of the New Forest (YMT 2017), The Legend of White Bear Lake (YMT UK 2016), The Bachelor Girls (YMT UK 2015, Weston College 2016), and Van Winkle - a Folk Musical (S&S Award finalist 2014).
Caroline is an American/British composer, book-writer and lyricist. She is particularly drawn to stories that feature unusual musical idioms, folk stories and historical fiction.
Jen is a London-based composer and orchestrator. She has a particular interest in theatre and musical theatre, and has worked across a variety of projects for stage, screen and radio. You can find out more about her independent work on her website.
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Trinity Laban Crosscurrent is produced by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the podcast contributors and do not necessarily represent those of the institution as a whole.
Image: Miia Makila (credit Helen Murray for LAND)
