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danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 16: danceCONNECT with Gabriella SibekoCheck out www.DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Gabriella Sibeko (she/her) is a freelance dance and teaching artist raised in Montreal, Canada, having also resided in Durban + Cape Town, South Africa. She is currently based in New York City. In 2013 she was granted a Scholarship to The Ailey School where she trained for the next 3 years, graduating from the Certificate Program in 2016.
Her artistry has been shaped profoundly by the choreographers she has worked with including Mike Esperanza, Jon Rua, Yoshito Sakaruba, Katherine Maxwell...2021-02-171h 28danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 15: danceCONNECT with Mary Grace McNallyCheck out www.DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
Instagram: @danceconnectseries
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Mary Grace McNally (she/her) is a dance performer, choreographer and teacher, originally from Massachusetts. In June 2018, she self-produced, directed and choreographed her first evening-length work, Not For Picking, which premiered at Theaterlab NYC. Mary Grace is honored to be the winner of the 2018 Capezio A.C.E. Award. She was also announced as ADA's National Choreographer of the Year in 2016.
Mary Grace’s work has been presented at The Joyce Theater, The Dance Gallery Festival, Dixon Pl...2021-02-021h 48danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 14: danceCONNECT with Catie LeascaCheck out www.DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Catie Leasca is a dance artist who has been based in Brooklyn, NY for the last three years. With roots in Massachusetts, she has traveled and danced abroad in Israel, France, Belgium, and Germany. Catie has been awarded residencies in NYC at Gibney Dance, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, New Dance Alliance, Chez Bushwick/UArts Creative Exchange, and has shown her work at Movement Research through Judson Church, Studio4, and more.
Her film work has been presented at...2021-01-191h 29danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 13: danceCONNECT with Maud ArnoldCheck out www.DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Known as one of “Tap’s Leading Ladies” and cover girl for Dance Spirit magazine’s Tap issue, Maud Arnold is a member of the female tap band, the Syncopated Ladies, widely known for viral videos that have accumulated over 70 million views, the most successful being their tribute to Prince and their cover of Beyoncé's Formation, which Beyoncé shared on all of her social media and then hired Syncopated Ladies to perform at her Ivy Park a...2021-01-121h 43danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 12: danceCONNECT with Antuan ByersCheck out DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Antuan Byers (Dallas, TX) is a graduate of the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance.
He holds a certificate from the Parsons School of Design and is an alumnus of Booker T.
Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He was a scholarship
student at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Dallas Ballet Center, and has attended
summer programs including Abraham.In.Motion, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet,
Jacob’s Pi...2020-12-151h 35danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 11: danceCONNECT with Al BlackstoneCheck out DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Al Blackstone is an Emmy Award-Winning director, choreographer, and educator. His passion for bringing people together to experience something meaningful drives him to make dances, tell stories, and encourage joyful connection. Born in New Jersey and raised in a dance studio, he has called New York City home for more than a decade. In that time he has created emotional work for the stage and screen, thrown dance parties for charity, and introduced hundreds of people to one another...2020-12-081h 13danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 10: danceCONNECT with Jazmine ColónCheck out DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Jazmine Colón is a Philadelphia based dance artist from West Palm Beach, Florida. In West Palm Beach, Jazmine graduated from Alexander W. Dreyfoos Highschool of the Arts. In 2019, Jazmine graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. At UArts, she had the pleasure of performing in works choreographed by Bobbi Jene Smith, Andrea Miller, Jesse Zaritt, Sidra Bell, Paul Matteson, Jennifer Nugent, Helen S...2020-12-0100 mindanceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 09: danceCONNECT with Teddy TedholmCheck out DanceConnectSeries.com for more information on each guest!
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Teddy Tedholm is a choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor based out of NYC. He has worked with artists as varied as Netta Yerushalmy, Kate Sicchio, Erica Sobol, Sidra Bell, Douglas Becker, Billy Larson, Emily Shock, and many others. Since receiving a BFA in Ballet from University of the Arts, he has studied under Doug Varone and Deborah Hay and presented work throughout the country live and on film to great acclaim. In NY he directs his own company, tedted Performance...2020-11-2400 mindanceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 08: danceCONNECT with Sophie TibilettiSophie Tibiletti is a Brooklyn based dancer, maker, and teacher. She began her dance training in Longview,Texas. In 2013 she moved to Philadelphia to further pursue her dance education at the University of the Arts, under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. There, she performed works by Jesse Zaritt, Katie Swords-Thurman, Curt Haworth, Mark Haim, and Netta Yerushalmy, and created many works of her own. She was also given the opportunity to study and perform abroad in France, Belgium, and Israel. Sophie graduated with a BFA in Dance in May of 2017. She currently teaches at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, ...2020-11-1700 mindanceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 07: danceCONNECT with Jermaine SpiveyJermaine Maurice Spivey was born in Baltimore, Maryland USA and is a graduate of Baltimore School for the Arts and The Juilliard School. From 2002-present, Jermaine lived and worked predominately in Europe but recently returned to make his home base in Los Angeles, California. He has been a company member of Ballet Gulbenkian and Cullberg Ballet, worked as a freelance/guest artist for Hofesh Shechter Company, Robyn Live 2016, The LID, Arias Company and The Forsythe Company from 2013-2015 as well as a cast member of American Repertory Theater's original production The Shape She Makes conceived by Susan Misner and...2020-11-1000 mindanceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 06: danceCONNECT with Byron Tittle (PART 2)Check out PART 1 with Byron Tittle in Episode 01!
At a young age, Byron Tittle started tap dance with David Rider and the American Tap Dance Foundation in his hometown of New York. Wanting to study other disciplines, he also trained at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Byron recently toured the United States, Australia, and New Zealand with Hugh Jackman in The Man, The Music, The Show, and is humbled to have received a 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship Award.
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· Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/a...2020-09-151h 01danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 04: danceCONNECT with Rob BynesProfessional dancer/educator, Rob Bynes (he/him) was born and raised in New Jersey. Rob Bynes got his start praise dancing in church and learning to freestyle in the jersey & baltimore club culture. A year and a half after high school, his formal training began with a “R.D.T.” based out of Rutgers University before being discovered by Bloc NYC less than a year later in 2014. Over the years he has had the pleasure to make the Monsters of Hip Hop cast, teach over 50 international classes and work with artists such as Missy Elliot, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scot...2020-09-081h 13danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 03: danceCONNECT with Inger CooperInger Cooper is a freelance performer and choreographer in the NYC. After graduating from University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a BFA in Dance in 2015, Inger began her own project based group, ingercooper|dancers, and was commissioned by the Barnes Foundation to create work for Fall 2015. Inger and her company have since performed through various organizations and spaces in the NYC And Philadelphia area, including KYL/D's InHale, Koresh Dance Company, Philly Fringe Festival, REVERBdance, Triskelion Arts, WAXworks, Dixon Place, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Arts on Site. In 2019, she worked with members...2020-09-011h 00danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 02: danceCONNECT with Lauren Cox"I love people. With my art and in life I hope to journey deep into the conquering of fears in order to emerge as light. Most importantly, I wish to be of service to the African-American community and to the African Diaspora as a whole.”Lauren is a storyteller, teacher and traveler who is the newly appointed Lecturer in Jazz Dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her personal research and application of the lineage of Black Dance in America has brought about this new beginning. With a background in Poetry, a degree in Sociology and the accumulative study of Jazz, H...2020-08-251h 12danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesEp 01: danceCONNECT with Byron Tittle (PART 1)At a young age, Byron Tittle started tap dance with David Rider and the American Tap Dance Foundation in his hometown of New York. Wanting to study other disciplines, he also trained at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Byron recently toured the United States, Australia, and New Zealand with Hugh Jackman in The Man, The Music, The Show, and is humbled to have received a 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship Award.2020-08-091h 00danceCONNECT: a series of stages + storiesIntroducing: danceCONNECTA new podcast led by Catie Leasca, Gabriella Sibeko + Mary Grace McNally,
where we listen and chat with dance artists of all different backgrounds. Our mission is to share the infinite ways of being part of the dance community - spoiler: none of them look the same!
Grab your coffee, get comfortable, and let’s talk DANCE!2020-08-0929 min