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Terpsichore: Voices in DanceEpisode 36: Choreographer Léa Tirabasso on why questions are more important than answersLéa Tirabasso is a choreographer and performer whose work is rooted in physicality, instinct, and a deep curiosity about what it means to be human. She was born in eastern France, and before training at London Contemporary Dance School, studied Modern Literature and History of Art in Lyon. It was here that she first became interested in the Fluxus movement and the idea of dissolving boundaries between art and life — something that continues to resonate through her work today.
As a performer, Léa danced with companies and choreographers across the UK, Luxembourg, Germany, and Chile — includ...
2025-08-1141 min
Are you an artist?Léa Tirabasso : making dance works, instinct, and critiquesToday’s episode is with Léa Tirabasso, and it’s about making dance works, instinct, and critiques.Was mentioned : The Place, Ina May Gaskin, The Accidental Species by Henry Gee, Alain Patel (Les Ballets C. de la B.) and the piece En avant, marche!, the quote from Pablo Picasso « Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness. », Antonine de Saint-Pierre, and William Cardoso.Léa is on Instagram : @leatirabasso Instagram : @are_you_an_artist_podcastTiktok : @are.you.an.artistMusic : Le...
2025-05-2341 min
The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #15 - Johannes WielandToday we're chatting with Johannes Weiland. I am extremely happy to share this conversation with you and it is complicated to present Johannes in a couple of lines, his experience is so varied and dense.He grew up in Berlin and worked as a dancer for Béjart, before deepening his approach to choreography in NY. He then became the in-house choreographer at the Staatstheater Kassel for 15 years. While creating for that company, he also kept making work independently as a free-lance choreographer. With Evangelos Poulinas he co-founded B12 the festival for contemporary dance and performance art in B...
2024-12-1241 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #14 - Joachim MaudetToday we’re chatting with Joachim Maudet. This chat was a delicious mix of sincerity, vulnerability, love and laughters. Joachim and I met about 12 years ago.. and I loved him straight from the beginning, he is a radiant, sunny, funny, deep and generous person and artist. As a dancer he trained at the National Conservatoire in Paris. He made his way to that training with the best creativity inventing company names and wearing jazz pants. He then worked with Arthur Perole (Cie F), Akram Khan Dance Company (UK), the Noord Nederlandse Dans (The Netherlands), Christian Ubl...
2024-10-0240 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #13 - Ramona NagabczyńskaToday we are chatting with Ramona Nagabczyńska. Ramona is a Canadian and Polish dance artist from Toronto, based in Warsaw. She trained at the Warsaw State Ballet School, at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt and at The Place in London.She then performed with (only to name a few!) Polish Dance Theatre, Saju Hari, Fleur Darkin, Tom Dale, Emma Martin, Junk Ensemble, David Wampach, and Clod Ensemble. In 2008 Ramona co-founded the Universal Law of Impermanence (U/LOI) collective, and in 2013 she co-founded Centrum w Ruchu (Centre in Motion), a coop...
2024-08-281h 06The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #12 - Jill CrovisierToday we are chatting with Jill Crovisier. Jill is a Luxembourgish dancer, choreographer, videographer and sound creator. She is very often on the road, travelling the world to perform with her own company, or/and to create for other existing companies. She has participated in many European Choreographic competitions and amongst other commissions, has created the piece Tanzabend for the Folkwang Universität der Künste in Essen (DE). She places 'a strong emphasis on creating work that is inclusive and emotionally engaging, even for those who may not be familiar with contemporary dance’. Toge...
2024-07-3141 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #11 - Bernard BaumgartenBernard Baumgarten is a Luxembourgish dance artist, choreographer, director, mentor (you name it!!) notoriously known for being the artistic director of the TROIS C-L Maison pour la Danse of Luxembourg since 2007. He is an ear and a support to many emerging and established artists, from Luxembourg and internationally. I have rarely met someone so patient and kind to the young generation of makers. He started his dance career as a dancer in Germany, France, Austria and Luxembourg before transitioning into the realm of choreography, his works have been showcased on an international stages.TROIS C-L h...
2024-06-2842 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #10 - René Alejandro Huari MateusToday we are chatting with René Alejandro Huari Mateus. René is a dance artist from Colombia, she studied chemistry before discovering dance and the power of movement rolling down her spine one day. Encounters brought her to Germany where she trained At the Folkwang School in Essen - before dancing as a guest dancer for Pina Bausch. She then worked as a full time dancer of the the Staatsatheater Kassel, for 3 seasons, she also worked amongst others, with Tino Sehgal during Documenta13. René has always been interested in creating, she (and I quote) 'choreographs dances that celeb...
2024-05-241h 21The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #9 - Seeta PatelSeeta Patel is an award-winning choreographer and dancer based in London. She began her training under the guidance of Kiran Ratna in 1990. She has since worked with a range of Bharatanatyam and contemporary dance professionals including (and to name a few) Mavin Khoo or Darshan Singh Bhuller. She has also performed and toured with a number of companies such as DV8 Physical Theatre and Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company amongst others.Seeta is an Associate Artist at Sadlers Wells (London). More recently, her work ‘The Rite of Spring’ was nominated for an Olivier Award in the Be...
2024-04-2537 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #8 - Breanna O'MaraBreanna O’Mara is a Dance Artist from Detroit (US) and is now based in Vienna. She has worked with Liquid Loft, Staatstheater Kassel, Ballett Baselm, and has danced and toured the wolrd with Tanztheater Wuppertal and Dimitris Papaioannou. She is currently the Contemporary Dance Rehearsal Director at the Paris Opera. Breanna shines bright with passion, enthusiasm, humility and empathy. Distance too.. which I love! Together we talked about being stuck in a curtain for 10 minutes, empathy and other forms of intelligence, the world made of tiny pools, not being seen, and dance as a way...
2024-03-1349 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #7 - Sarah BlancSarah Blanc is an Irish artist based in London. She is simply magnificent: she shines with positivity, passion and enthusiasm. She s also funny as hell. I love that she describes herself as a loud mouth choreographer, performer and host. Sarah is the Artistic Director of Moxie Brawl - a spicy inclusive dance theatre company who makes work that your mum would love (isn’t that best line ever). As a freelance choreographer/movement director she has worked with companies, organisations and artists such as Complicite, Bryony Kimmings, the Royal Opera House, Perth Concert Hall and The Plac...
2024-02-121h 01The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #6 - Anne-Mareike HessAnne-Mareike Hess is a Luxembourgish dance artist and has been working in the field of contemporary dance for 17 years. Her work has toured extensively and counts amongst others, the piece Warrior which was part of Aerowaves 2020. I personally love Anne-Mareike’s take on life, work and her exquisite sense of humour! Together we talked about being tutu number 26, about the importance of being creative, living fully one impulse to not regret it, not letting the outer world or definition of success rule YOUR world and the wonderful feeling of herself being in a beautiful place abou...
2024-01-2957 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #5 - Seke ChimutengwendeSeke Chimutengwende is a choreographer, performer, movement director and teacher based in London. As a performer, he’s worked with DV8, Lost Dog and Forced Entertainment amongst others. Improvisation is at the centre of Seke’s work.He has been practicing completely improvised performance, using movement and text, since 2006 and has performed over 70 solo improvisations internationally. Together we talked about the need and the luxury of time, the feeling of constantly auditioning as an artist, and enjoyment… I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!
2024-01-1557 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #4 - Laura PatayLaura Patay is a French dancer. She’s worked for several years with Candoco Dance Company where she performed works by Trisha Brown and Yasmeen Godder and amongst others. Laura is phenomenal, fierce, fearless and quite frankly the incarnation of resilience.Together we talked about different bodies, pleasure, touring the world, accelerated solo, motherhood and postpartum bodies... … I hope you’ll enjoy it as much as I did!
2023-12-1346 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #3 - Orrow BellOrrow Bell is a London based dance artist. They make, perform, work as dramaturg, facilitator, and curator. Orrow’s solo works have toured widely. As a performer, they worked with Tino Sehgal, Hussein Chayalan & Damien Jalet, Lea Anderson, Maresa von Stockert, Alessandro Sciarroni and Chiara Frigo amongts others. To me, Orrow is a quiet strength. The kind of strength that radiates from people who are fully, rootedly, themselves. Together we talked about queerness, failure being a systemic bullshit, lycra and blank on stage, the cosmos, being a recovering perfectionist, putting care alongside actions…. It is a dens...
2023-11-271h 00The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #2 - Samir M'KirechSamir is a french dancer based in Marseille, he worked with DV8, Les Ballets C de la B, Peeping Tom, Blanca Li, and Philippe Lafeuille amongst others. Together we talked about training, fitting in, taking actions, self-sabotage, working hard, working with kids, and..dreams.He has such a powerful presence, he’s determined, hard-working and his journey is, I believe, one of the most inspiring ones. This chat will leave you with a strong sense of being able to achieve pretty much anything. I hope you’ll enjoy this chat as much as I did!
2023-11-131h 05The Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #1 - Sung-im HerSUNG-IM HER. Sung-im is a South-Korean dance artist based in London, she danced with Jan Fabre, Les Ballets C de la B and NeedCompany amongst others. Her work has been touring internationally and she was an Aerowaves artist in 2021. She’s radiant, her energy is joyfully contagious… I hope you’ll enjoy the chat as much as I did!!
2023-10-3052 minThe Art of Faux PasThe Art of Faux Pas #0 - PresentationA presentation of where this podcast comes from, and what I imagine it might become!Music: Martin Durov (from the piece 'The Ephemeral life of an octopus')
2023-09-2910 min