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Wombat RadioWombat RadioJess Goodfellowhttps://www.instagram.com/p/CD-B2tDBj2i "it's hard to be a beginner when you already have skills in another dance style"Jess Goodfellow Jess Goodfellow started her training at Newtown High School of the Performing arts, she trained in RAD ballet and performed as a soloist in the 2014 NSW Schools Spectacular. In the same year she was awarded first in the state of NSW for HSC Dance. In 2015, Jess joined Sydney Dance Company’s Pre Professional year, in which she understudied for the company and trained under many local and international choreographers. In 2016, she joined the junior Contemporary da...2020-09-081h 44Wombat RadioWombat RadioJess Ong"to ask those big questions... And to be a little bit more empathetic, forgiving and curious!"Jess Ong Jess Ong is a story producer at SPUN Stories, a local storytelling night in Darwin, and the host of their podcast. She also works as a Communications Manager in the private sector and moonlights in the world of freelance. We speak about: Not being an "artist"Living in DarwinStories and peopleMaking work The importance of contextSpun - https://www.spunstories.net/Imposter syndrome mentioned: meat - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt8CCd2lNp-9C1vJ1Mu1u8tbyfpVHVy86enj700/?hl=enhttps...2020-08-2421 minWombat RadioWombat RadioKaty MoirView this post on Instagram A post shared by Katy Moir (@_katymoir_) on Jun 23, 2020 at 12:48am PDT "I keep suggesting that we should stop building things"Katy Moir Katy Moir is a Darwin based Artitect (architecture + art). We discuss her upcoming exhibition "A Hypothetical Darwin" amongst other things. We spoke at Untitled Gallery where the exhibition will take place. upcoming show - A Hypothetical Darwin https://www.darwinfestival.org.au/events/a-hypothetical-darwin/Problems and solutionsbeing just 1 member of a timeline of people buildling a body of workarchivesresidenciescritsarchitecture and it's approachpluralism within mapsthe agender and lens of map makers books mentioned: ...2020-07-3137 minWombat RadioWombat RadioCharmene Yap and Cass Mortimer EipperCharmene Yap is a multi-award winning dancer, rehearsal director and choreographer. Cass Mortimer Eipper is an award winning director/choreographer/dancer. Together they are creating a work called "Grey Rhino". Grey Rhino is an obvious danger that are often ignored anyway. we also cover: process self funding seed developments instinct collaboration intuition and critique abstraction, metaphor, hyper-objects2020-06-0559 minWombat RadioWombat RadioNithya NagarajanNithya Nagarajan is an interdisciplinary performance maker, creative producer and cultural researcher. Having a background in Indian neo-classical dance and allied movement traditions, her live art works embody a decolonised feminism and are characterised by a strong physical vocabulary.2020-05-251h 10Wombat RadioWombat RadioNikki Heywood"the physical, the somatic, the perceptual practise of moving switches something else on in the imagination."Nikki Heywood Nikki Heywood is a Sydney-based interdisciplinary artist working across dance, performance, writing and live art.  Nikki’s practice includes devising, direction and choreography as a solo performer, in collective creation and collaboratively generated projects, running skills based workshops for students and emerging practitioners, assisting the creative process of others as a mentor and dramaturg. Co-curator of regular platforms for improvised performance Rushing for the Sloth and Whip It in Sydney for over a decade. As 2005 Recipient of Rex Cramphorn Scholarship (NSW Ministry of...2020-05-2317 minWombat RadioWombat RadioMercedes Dassyfemale body global mass culture sound drawing dancing working hope and more. Mercedes Dassy is a dancer and choreographer, active in the fields of dance, theater, performance and video.2020-05-1446 minWombat RadioWombat RadioRomain HassininRomain Hassanin talks about his latest show Flea Brain, covering topics such as; clowning performing ones shadow self nihilism and the solace it offers being self obsessed decision making during improvisation training instinct and more.2020-05-0653 minWombat RadioWombat RadioHolly Duranthttps://vimeo.com/373845963 "the amount of time it (the work) sits in activated states in front of other humans"Holly Durant Holly Durant is an artist who crafts sites for performance with choreography to evoke senses of pleasure and empowerment. Her works consistently gather communities and provide platforms for interrogating how bodies occupy and negotiate space.  By exploring ideas of embodiment, co-presence and ‘worlding,’ her inhabited installations blur the boundaries between subject and environment, between private and public experience. Layered sensorial environments and disobedient gestures transform the body, questioning the concept of the ‘blank’ body onto which narratives and meaning are proje...2020-04-301h 19Wombat RadioWombat RadioNatasha SturgisNatasha Sturgis creates feminist work that examines the ways in which patriarchal structures contribute to how girls and women define themselves. Themes explored in her work include taking up space, the researching terms feminine vs unfeminine as polar opposites and redefining strength in women and reclaiming our narrative. Natasha is interested in interdisciplinary work, collaborating with animation artists, sound artists and physical theatre makers to create her work. In this conversation we cover: residencies across different western femininity writing and dancing process sci-fi embodiment a physical state choreography cultural differences2020-03-3137 minWombat RadioWombat RadioMatt Presthttps://vimeo.com/61072731#t=133s "The performers are so occupied by their task that they're not worried about the audience. But they know the audience is watching and invested in what they're doing."Matt Prest Matthew Prest makes performance and installation that exists in the space between theatre and performance art. His practice includes some solo work, but mostly involves collaborations with other artists working across disciplines in devised processes to create original works in which intimacy, danger, laughter, anarchy, endurance, dancing, music and space are all key elements in shaping a visceral experience for the audience. We cover: how to behavi...2019-11-263h 56Wombat RadioWombat RadioDean Cross 2019"The boundaries and where they are, are just dependant on what point in history the history books were written." Dean Cross Dean Cross was born and raised on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country and is of Worimi descent. He is a trans-disciplinary artist primarily working across installation, sculpture and photography. We cover. Indigenous heritage and familial background Disconnections with familial lineage Belonging to and feeling a disconnection to an environment Being returned to and welcomed by a landscapeDissolving the body in art practises Performance and consuming a category of artCreating cultural boundaries and building valueMoving away from danceDance illiterate audienceChurning cheap tricks t...2019-11-1200 minWombat RadioWombat RadioMatt Cornell and Wendy Yu"Look back and see the gallery that the body is"Wendy Yu Wendy Yu is a dance or movement artist based in Sydney. Her work has generally been centred around exploring dance outside of it’s theatrical context and placing it on a medium in which viewers may witness the intricacies of movement that bodies, in the space, may achieve. We cover. Matt's lineage and backgroundDesigning interactive Jitter matrix patchworksApathetic movement Binocular vision: sensing the phenomena and seeing the semiotics Choreographing coding / Aleatoric choreography Phenomenology of seeing dance Charlie, CharlieHaving a sense of what could be Working with choreographers that ha...2019-10-091h 54Wombat RadioWombat RadioCandy Bowers"A really hard (glass) ceiling gives you cuts and bruises" (breaking through it leaves scars)Candy Bowers Candy Bowers is an award-winning writer, actor, director, theatre maker, social-activist, comedian and producer. The artistic director of Black Honey Company, Candy has pioneered a fierce sub-genre of lyrical theatre that delves into the heart of radical feminist dreaming. We cover. Background: South African | AustralianMaking people feel tension in performance Explaining the Apartheid Not just whats going on outside of us but also intra-community conversations Using the term Colonial Supremacy instead of white supremacy challenging the conservatism Female roles in theatre performance Perpetuating...2019-10-0157 minWombat RadioWombat RadioAnna May KirkCurator: Anna Kirk "Do less. Do it better."Anna May Kirk Anna May Kirk is an emerging curator, artist and project maker based in Sydney, Australia. She currently holds positions as the Executive Producer of Arts and Culture at FBi Radio and the Coordinator of AD Space.  Casula Powerhouse installation workFinding the creative process Running dancing workshopsBeing the performer and conducting the performanceQueer Nu werks performance work Imagining the future as an inquisitor and artist Making scentThe body as a home for manyMaking social comments in curating and presenting artworks "Art making is kinda impulsive... An itch to be scratched" A...2019-09-2351 minWombat RadioWombat RadioSophia Ndaba"We can easily fool ourselves to thinking we've created something new"Sophia Ndaba Sophia Ndaba is a dance theatre, site specific, community outreach, object and installation and collaborator with live musicians and other multidisciplinary artists. Sophia is a founding member of the Dance Makers Collective, a group of independent dance artists in Sydney who collaboratively choreograph and produce contemporary dance work. We cover. Searching through how we really feel, and how it manifests physically Acknowledging and communicating authentic emotion and frustration Being frustrated with Matt! Movement being a processing tool Keeping our ego in a safe place of questioning How d...2019-08-201h 38Wombat RadioWombat RadioAndrew Westle"Art is that space for difficult conversations"Andrew Westle Andrew Westle is passionate about gender equality, social justice and making art accessible to everyone. His work defies boundaries and includes research, performance, evaluation, writing, theatre making, public health and stage management. We cover. Providing art that is not socially engagingHow do we get rich people to come to artthe capacity for dance to agitate Circumnavigating the city Permission and getting it wrongHow to leave enough space for the dance Dance as a self referencing cannon Dance as reprieval to the literal and narrative Sharing similar politics Proving merit Madonna fansDavid M...2019-08-132h 45Wombat RadioWombat RadioKareth Schaffer and Cathy Walsh"I make dance pieces because I can think through everything that interests me" Kareth Schaffer and Cathy Walsh are performers and makers living in Berlin. We met just after their season of Merkel, a dual performance of Angela Merkel and life sized cutouts of other world leaders to talk about the show, their process, the power of coming together and the skill of thinking together. Dance in theatre art as operational or instrumental Music and dance as dangers to leftist discourse How is dance contributing to revolutionary change Practicalities of Theresa May's posture Merkel dancesUnderpromising and overdelivering as dancersDisagreements and...2019-08-0559 minWombat RadioWombat RadioAlice Gale-Feeny"Seeing what can happen when we observe very basic things"Alice Gale-Feeny Alice Gale-Feeny is an artist working with performance, video, writing and facilitation. Interested in dialogical ways of working, non-theatrical techniques, processes of improvisation and the voice, her work examines the relations between individual subjective experience and shared space. We cover. Commonalities between teaching and performing How to Arrange Ourselves A consideration of space Two Speakers, One Speaker (A Hall, A Room) Dialogue and discussion, David Bohm, On DialogueThe suspension of disbeliefFeeling illiterate Crafting performance and responsibility Want to value self subjectivity by valuing others Searching for conditions of conn...2019-07-301h 41Wombat RadioWombat RadioCui YinPhoto by Jai Rafferty "Making art happen better"Cui Yin Cui, pronounced as tsuèi is an independent producer and arts / project manager based in Singapore. Exploring the intersection(s) between anthropology, art, and social action. We cover. The business of making art and making art happen What do you do when you artistically and creatively disagree? Wombat toysPushing back arts as an industry Dance as a circular economy Questioning instincts and impulsesSuper-powers, the power of conviction! Being responsive and to considerately seeBeing meaningful for the people involved links: https://tsuei.co/https://www.facebook.com/cuiyin.mhttps://www.instagram.com...2019-07-151h 49Wombat RadioWombat RadioVenuri PereraVenuri Perera is a Colombo-based performer, performance artist and movement facilitator and is interested in the body as a "political provocateur".2019-07-021h 25Wombat RadioWombat RadioNasim PatelNasim Patel is an artist working with dance as well as many and varied millennial mediums. We catch up about: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrkrH6plzRo/ - his video choreographytime in swedenKrangspace since graduating dance collegebeing ethnically ambiguousbecoming "the kid"trendingcollaborations with Rachael Wisbyselfishness and not wanting to be watchedrunning around video game worldsartificiality across timeauthenticity "There's always something to be gained from an experience if you're willing to gain"Nasim Patel mentioned: Alice HeywardBoJack HorsemanVCAluke georgeabbotsford convent links: facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nasim.patel.invisibleArt, Not Apart: https://artnotapart.com/artist/2018/the-kids/youtube: https://www.youtube.com...2019-06-101h 26Wombat RadioWombat RadioSam Hertz“Embodiment is a tool (a really important one) but it isn’t the same as political agency and political action” - Sam Hertz Sam Hertz is a Berlin-based sound artist and researcher working at intersections of Earth-based sound, sonic sensualities, and climate change. http://wombatradio.com.au/sam-hertz/2019-06-041h 27Wombat RadioWombat RadioEdible Archives"If the (rice) grain is endangered then the knowledge around it is endangered."Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar https://www.instagram.com/p/BvlfP3zn_ye/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=17a923e0naf1v Edible Archives is a project at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018-19 headed by Anumitra Ghosh Dastidar. The project is focused on engaging people with indigenous varieties of rice that are not commercially available. The rest of the team include: Prima KurienKiranmayi (Kiran) BhushiPriya BalaShalini KrishanManoj Parameswaran https://www.instagram.com/p/BvoTR_tHDMU/ Details below: The Edible Archives Project aims to highlight the diversity of heirloom varieties...2019-05-2031 minWombat RadioWombat RadioArts Equator podcastArtsEquator held a live recording of its year-end dance podcast at Dance Nucleus SCOPE #4 on Sunday 2 December 2018, 7pm. Listen in as Chan Sze-Wei, Soultari Amin Farid and Bernice Lee share about the works they have seen this year in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and further questions and responses from the live audience at Dance Nucleus.2019-05-181h 06Wombat RadioWombat RadioBonnie and Alex – Artifice x Interface"Come here and touch this!"Bonnie Cowan Bonnie Cowan and Alex Stevenson debriefs about their recent co-curated event - Artifice and Interface - http://www.pact.net.au/whats-on/2018/10/13/pact-salon "to bring artists together and expose them to each other as well"Alex Stevenson we also talk about: ping pong ballsartificeinterfacerobotsVRTwisted Elements Dance group https://www.twisted-element.com/interactivityHamlet and funeral planshaving a crying corner at a partythe artifice of performanceart process and internal revelationseedless grapes as the height of artificialitythe flow of an event Artists from the evening: Flowerboy, Twisted Element, DarkCinema, Carla Zimbler, David Finnigan, Mikaela Atallah, Sam...2019-05-1344 minWombat RadioWombat RadioAlice HeywardAlice Heyward is an Australian dancer based in Berlin. We cover: making objects through composition the 'tingle' experiential mediums magic relationships capital assets building and undoing https://aliceheyward.com/2019-05-0531 minWombat RadioWombat RadioKevin ChinKevin Chin is an Australian painter amongst other things. We speak about his upcoming show Structural Equality as well as minority representation, immigrant realities, demand and supply in high art markets, writing a thesis on gay marriage, the personal being political and so much more. links: http://kevinchin.com.au https://www.instagram.com/kevin_chin_art/ http://thisisnofantasy.com http://martinbrownecontemporary.com2019-04-261h 05Wombat RadioWombat RadioClarissa LeeClarissa Ai Ling Lee is not doing science or art and in this discussion we work at trying to talk about, and how to work in, that third space between and around both. "In the belly of the monster is where so called new knowledge is supposed to be happening"Clarissa Lee http://wombatradio.com.au/clarissa-lee/2019-04-231h 34Wombat RadioWombat RadioRhiannon Newton and Maria Nurmela – March DanceRhiannon Newton and Maria Nurmela met at the beach and got deep dredging through: embodiment studying music encouraging the audience to trust what they feel when watching dance scale of dancing age and being female ruthlessness of the matriarchy being empowered in your body dancing as sharing vs supernatural ability using the audience to make your work. http://wombatradio.com.au/rhiannon-newton-and-maria-nurmela---march-dance/2019-04-0735 minWombat RadioWombat RadioKate Harman and Gavin Webber from TheFarm.companyWhy dance? We say, hell why not? Before we could speak, dance was a common ground where we communicated and shared our experiences. As hosts of this year’s Participate Program with Supercell, The Farm invite you to join us in establishing a Common Ground for all of us, a place where dance aficionados and novices alike can take to the dance floor. - The Farm at SuperCell Festival http://wombatradio.com.au/kate-harman-and-gavin-webber-from-thefarm-company/2019-04-0315 minWombat RadioWombat RadioDaniele Constance 2019Daniele Constance speaks about her work and process and upcoming showing of #explainnormal as part of #INDEX at Supercell: Festival of Contemporary Dance Brisbane ahead of the premiere at Metro Arts later in 2019. http://wombatradio.com.au/daniele-constance-2019/2019-04-0258 minWombat RadioWombat RadioGilles Delmas"not as a white, going to film ceremony, but try to speak with the people, respect them and involve damien into the ceremony with the master which is more an exchange of ideas." - Gilles Delmas http://wombatradio.com.au/gilles-delmas/ Gilles Delmas is an artist, photographer, director of experimental films and documentaries. We met to chat about his film The Ferryman made in collaboration with Damien Jalet (and voiced by Marina Abramovic) We also cover embodied ways to relate with the world and time, animism and the borders of worlds.2019-03-311h 00Wombat RadioWombat RadioPatricia Wood, Pepa Ubera, Carla Zimbler – march dancePatricia Wood, Pepa Ubera, Carla Zimbler meet to speak about their respective projects as part of March Dance Festival 2019.2019-03-2527 minWombat RadioWombat RadioEmma Harrison and Eliza Cooper – march dance"stars and planets dripping from our fingers" - Eliza Cooper "I wanna get it out in solo work so then I can put it on other people/performers" - Emma Harrison2019-03-2045 minWombat RadioWombat RadioJK Anicoche"whether you be in a third world country or a first world country the struggles are real man, our convictions towards the struggle are real and relatable and somewhere there we connect in the language of empathy and the language of detesting apathy" - JK Anicoche2019-03-1108 minWombat RadioWombat RadioVicki van Hout: dancing on a cultural knife edge (UNSW reshare)"you can't glorify it too much or else then you're exoticising it" - Vicki van Hout2019-03-0451 minWombat RadioWombat RadioOmer Backley-Astrachan and Renae Shadler"connecting this human midlife crisis to the ecological crisis" - Renae Shadler "I'm trying to figure out what i'm doing, through this work." - Omer Backley-Astrachan2019-02-2832 minWombat RadioWombat RadioRichard Cilli and Melinda Tyquin on March Dance Festival"to encourage all bodies to move and to move together and to not be afraid of not being the same or feeling the same or looking the same, to experience movement in its true form" - Melinda Tyquin2019-02-2435 minWombat RadioWombat RadioHeta Keskinarkaus“not to be a critic but to be a participant” - Heta Keskinarkaus “art can help us to think” - Heta Keskinarkaus2019-02-151h 32Wombat RadioWombat RadioIce Hole – Janne Saarakkala"I'm not into what they call this sex positive culture, I think it sounds wonderful but i'm not sure if I'm liberated enough to really celebrate *laughs* " - Janne Saarakkala2019-02-0749 minWombat RadioWombat RadioSophie Barendse"I feel like there's definitely things I'm interested in, in art that's bigger than dance, that influences how I feel about it" - SB2019-02-0554 minWombat RadioWombat RadioJasmin Lee Sheppard"I've danced in roles where I've immersed myself so much that I've carried that trauma home with me... and it's affected my relationships" - Jasmin Lee Sheppard2019-01-291h 20Wombat RadioWombat RadioOK Radio (recast)“I hate that there are things (politically that) we can’t touch” - Kelly Copper "I couldn’t call myself a good guy, I know myself too well” - Pavol Liska2019-01-152h 15Wombat RadioWombat RadioEugene Choi – (episode 199)"I think my work is about intimacy and connection" - Eugene Choi2019-01-011h 12Wombat RadioWombat RadioEmma Fishwick 2018"I was maximising platforms that require an outcome" Emma Fishwick2018-12-181h 20Wombat RadioWombat RadioRoslyn Helper – (Episode 197)“art generally is for everyone but not all art is for all people” - roslyn helper also "algorithms are not apolitical” Roslyn Helper also “art is an act of empathy” Roslyn Helper2018-12-071h 09Wombat RadioWombat Radioumwelt collectiveUmwelt Collective is Merinda Davies and Lowana-Skye Davies.   we talk about: their show: Re:membering collaborating dance and other things around it where the name umwelt came from working process costumes relationships installation what is useful feedback trying to find the flow creative writing/poetry suppression and consideration being sisters and much more!   links: facebook website instagram press press2018-11-2836 minWombat RadioWombat Radiolucky lartey“Are we dancing the way we want to dance?” Lucky Larty2018-09-091h 26Wombat RadioWombat RadioSammie Williams"i want them to have all the feels" - Sammie Williams2018-08-2742 minWombat RadioWombat RadioSerena Chalker"The Dancing body does wonders" Serena Chalker is an award-winning independent artist and co-director of Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre.   We speak specifically about process and drive behind their latest work, including. Producing the feelings instead of acting  Contribution of sound  Navigating the understanding of dementia  "Dust on the Shortbread" tickets here - https://www.stickytickets.com.au/aivdt   https://vimeo.com/260620555   Links https://serenachalker.com/https://moveme.org.au/2018/08/15/insight-into-dust-on-the-shortbread/https://australianculturalfund.org.au/artists/serena-chalker/http://www.aivdt.com/https://www.facebook.com/serenachalkerhttps://www.instagram.com/fromtheoutside_in/2018-08-2045 minWombat RadioWombat RadioTaree Sansbury 2018Taree Sansbury spoke to wombat radio a year ago about her upcoming work MI:WI  (can listen back to that here - http://wombatradio.com.au/taree-sansbury/) Now that Mi:Wi has premiered at NextWave Festival, Taree takes some time reflecting on how the process unfolded and her feelings around it. Info about the work from program: mi:wi is a new dance theatre work that will show a world where past and future are intertwined using contemporary indigenous dance technique and the cultural practice of weaving from the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia. As Mother Nature’s fate hangs by...2018-08-141h 06Wombat RadioWombat Radioashley mclellen"it feels magic" - Ash Mclellen2018-07-0953 minWombat RadioWombat RadioKassidy Waters(i'm excited by) "what can't we see that shapes everything" - Kassidy Waters2018-06-2642 minWombat RadioWombat RadioSami Jane Smith"I do all of the dance things" - Sami Jane Smith.2018-06-1242 minWombat RadioWombat RadioJazz Luna"Remind myself to be gentle, always"Jazz Luna Jasmin Luna is an Australian based, freelance, movement artist. Born and raised in Sydney, Jasmin has performed in The Royal Opera House of Muscat’s Lakme, Opera Australia's Aida at the Sydney Opera House. We Cover. Readymade residency, writing and conceptual processes What are you thinking about when you’re making Single use friends and single use plastics Showing this issue of plastic through artWhat led you to danceThe process of creating dance Finding representation in movement How to approach, “unwanted movement”Recycling plasticWhat are you trying to achieve in the residency What’s your...2018-06-0546 minWombat RadioWombat RadioKatina Olsen"to have the platform that my mother, grandmother, great grandmother, didn't have" - Katina Olsen2018-05-291h 38Wombat RadioWombat Radio@_WhyThe team of @_Why includes Surge Dance Collective: Brianna Law, Nadia Milford, Laura McNally as choreographers with all three artists also performing and being joined onstage by Reina Takeuchi.   We spoke about multiple waves of feminism and a driving force for this show being where the team find themselves in today's social norms.   links: Surge Dance Collective https://supercelldancefestival.com/why youtube interview with Nadia Milford2018-05-2542 minWombat RadioWombat RadioAnna CatherineAnna Kallstrom is a professional dance artist, currently training with Lion Heart Dance Company as well as embarking on her own explorations and understanding of dance.   we talk about: books free studio space using a video camera in rehearsals labelling yourself and much more!   images of anna2018-05-221h 08Wombat RadioWombat Radiocarlos johns-davila"Thinking Sonically" - Carlos Johns-Dávila2018-05-141h 13Wombat RadioWombat RadioDel Lumanta"it is possible to be honest and kind" - Del Lumanta2018-05-101h 08Wombat RadioWombat RadioLaura BoynesLaura Boynes makes and dances in theatres and other environments.   we spoke about: PRAXIS wonder woman having mentors and peers "i'm making a dance because" process feminism   links: strut perth arts live ECU - choreography and cinematography co:3 interview performing lines - dark matter seesaw youtube   people mentioned: Adelina Larsson Julianne Long Nicola Gunn2018-05-0653 minWombat RadioWombat RadioLaurie YoungLaurie Young is a Canadian choreographer and dancer living in Berlin, Germany.   we speak about life in canada, berlin, gold coast being a woman of colour working in museums beyond dance choreography upsetting the oppression of public spaces   links: vimeo thefarm ottowacitizen2018-04-271h 42Wombat RadioWombat RadioPaschal Daantos Berry"to understand that you yourself is enough, to enter whatever space you want to enter" Paschal Daantos Berry2018-04-201h 29Wombat RadioWombat Radiokyle pageKyle Page is currently in position of Artistic Director at DanceNorth. We spoke very briefly about being a dad and legacy and growing relationships between communities and insitutitions that will last beyond his time at the helm.   links: SYN interview dance informer realtime youtube the clothes line omniFM danceaustralia2018-04-1215 minWombat RadioWombat Radiomichael smithMichael Smith is working on a dance piece entitled Cowboy which will present at Flowstate, SouthBank Brisbane 30th April until 11th May.  We cover this, the relationship between choreography and improvisation and other hopes and thoughts about process.   other links: Institute of Modern Art the angry mime metro arts2018-04-0349 minWombat RadioWombat Radiocast of [mis] conceive[mis] conceive is a show by Thomas E.S. Kelly working with Taree Sansbury, Caleena Sansbury and Natalie Pelarek.   we cover making of the work, cultural vs contemporary dancing, flags, protocols for sharing dancing and the new company Karul   links: vimeo of Thomas E.S. Kelly workshop by Caleena and Taree company Karul brisbane powerhouse NORPA NITV Thomas Kelly yirramboi2018-03-261h 22Wombat RadioWombat RadioAntony Hamilton"all our best intentions for where we want to arrive in ten years, really don't amount to anything unless we get out of bed tomorrow and do." - Antony Hamilton2018-03-191h 13Wombat RadioWombat Radiojenni large"i'm embarrassed by it" - Jenni Large2018-03-121h 01Wombat RadioWombat RadioLene Bang and Jon R. Skulberg"power to the poetry" - Jon R. Skulberg2018-03-0559 minWombat RadioWombat Radioben elyBen Ely makes music and art and loves jamming with people across forms.     other links: BandCamp Regurgitator Double J Big Day Out Legs On The Wall Brisbane PowerHouse Scenester Brisbane PowerHouse 2SER DJing Scenester solo album how land echos solo record interview2018-02-2738 minWombat RadioWombat RadioOK Radio“I hate that there are things (politically that) we can’t touch” - Kelly Copper "I couldn’t call myself a good guy, I know myself too well” - Pavol Liska2018-01-132h 15Wombat RadioWombat RadioGary Lang"I'll never stop telling stories"Gary Lang Gary Lang is a Larrakia man; he trained at the National Aboriginal and Islander Dance School (NAISDA) and has toured nationally & internationally with some of Australia's premier dance companies, the Aboriginal and Islander Dance Theatre, Bangarra, Dance North and Tracks Inc. We Cover Finding where you fit in the world of Australia as a dancerMaking “Aboriginal Ballet” How to know what to do in the studio WA BalletFinding and learning essence within gestures How do learnings filter into being a director Directing a festival and calling yourself a, “festival director”Teaching children how to be, “...2017-12-191h 32Wombat RadioWombat RadioMegan Clune (2017)"I question the ethics of making something that's deliberately very jarring." Megan Clune2017-12-1245 minWombat RadioWombat RadioIan Sinclair"i never learn from my mistakes, you can put that on my grave" Ian Sinclair2017-12-0458 minWombat RadioWombat RadioVictoria Chiu"Art rebalances the bullshit. I'm just one of thousands of artists trying to rebalance the bullshit." - Victoria Chiu2017-11-271h 12Wombat RadioWombat RadioViola Iida"the first step is to realise it's ok, that you're not dancing right now" - Viola Iida2017-11-2158 minWombat RadioWombat RadioRockie Stone"it feels like a buzzing of the cells" - Rockie Stone2017-11-1351 minWombat RadioWombat RadioEllen Davies"with dance... i hope i can go further into places i don't epect" - Ellen Davies2017-11-061h 30Wombat RadioWombat RadioBhenji Ra (recast)“I’m trying to get my body to speak first” Bhenji Ra “i’m offering a different narrative, that’s all” Bhenji Ra2017-10-3049 minWombat RadioWombat RadioBhenji Ra“sometimes the voices in your head are not yours, they’re just trauma” - Bhenji Ra2017-10-2349 minWombat RadioWombat RadioJames Mangohig"it's more like, who are you? (rather) than what do you do?" James Mangohig2017-10-171h 22Wombat RadioWombat RadioRiver Lin"spend some time to figure out what my body needs, and then the journey of searching the need of my body is leading me to make a performance."2017-10-091h 07Wombat RadioWombat RadioNaomi Rukavina"i'll tell you that for free" - Naomi Rukavina "i'm an actor, i act things for money" - Naomi Rukavina2017-10-021h 37Wombat RadioWombat RadioGavin Webber (part 2)"The universe is in those cracks" - Gavin Webber2017-09-271h 06Wombat RadioWombat RadioGavin Webber (part1)The most difficult thing is committing to choice. - GW2017-09-251h 09Wombat RadioWombat RadioAaron (Projekt) Lim"everyone wants to get back here (Darwin)"2017-09-1843 minWombat RadioWombat RadioHillary Goldsmith"things will happen" - HG2017-09-1147 minWombat RadioWombat RadioNasim Patel"i just don't think that movement is the way to depict the ideas that they're facing" - Nasim Patel2017-09-051h 39Wombat RadioWombat RadioKate Harman"is what we are doing in our 'improvised' practice really emitting and translating vibrations?"2017-08-291h 34Wombat RadioWombat RadioEilit Marom (part 2)"you have a body, it's there, it's smart, love it, you are being understood through it. And don't be afraid of it." - Eilit Marom2017-08-0940 minWombat RadioWombat RadioEilit Marom (part 1)"i will not be managed by the fear" EM2017-08-0751 minWombat RadioWombat RadioNerida Ross"I didn't know what I was doing so I called a lot of people who did" - Neridah Ross2017-07-311h 28Wombat RadioWombat RadioCobie Orger"i've spent hours with a yoga mat and a drumstick" - Cobie Orger2017-07-2442 minWombat RadioWombat Radiocallum mooneyCallum Mooney is dancing and making around Sydney and beyond. We talk about his current projects:   creating from a visual aesthetic being an asset to each other we are sound naturally recorded sounds structured improvisation from senses objects vs humans growth super powers   more links: DUTI starnow youtube instagram talent cast   mentioned: sony PCM M10 zoom H4N neil whittaker DDR2017-07-1740 minWombat RadioWombat RadioTaree Sansbury"i'm asking people to think beyond their lifetime" - Taree Sansbury2017-07-101h 22Wombat RadioWombat RadioEmma Harrisondoing and seeing and being is inspiring - EH2017-07-031h 08Wombat RadioWombat Radiomikaela carr"our bodies and muscles remember things and perform things that we don't request"2017-06-2647 minWombat RadioWombat Radio(my view) From Here – Artist Provocation and Conversation"Artists Nasim Khosravi, Kinly Grey, Susan Hawkins and Martyn Coutts each question something of vital importance to them as an artist, an individual, a member of our community, articulate their personal view and invite you to question and converse."2017-06-201h 45Wombat RadioWombat RadioFinn O’BranagáinFinn O'Branagáin is a playwright, storyteller and dramaturg. She is interested in how ancient and universal myths and legends can be modern, personal and urgent. we cover: her show selkie what the world needs systemic social issues training perth, sydney, darwin getting a dog writing a play vs making it real   links: we love perth twitter carbonmade centre stage linkedin arts on the au2017-06-121h 09