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The Ireland Podcast173. Chelsea Hoy & Mark Howard: Trinity Irish Dance CompanyEpisode 173 Chelsea Hoy and Mark Howard from Trinity Irish Dance Company chat with Fender Jackson from Chicago, USA on Monday 9th June 2025.Conversation includes: introductions; formation of Trinity Irish Dance Company; Trinity breaking all of the world championship records for Irish Dance beginning the World Irish Dance Championships in 1987; appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; Riverdance; appearing in New York City’s Joyce Theater, Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and Tokyo’s Orchard Hall; appearing in Jacob’s Pillow for the first time; being a repertoire company; Brenoshea; ‘The Sash’; Stephanie Martinez; composer Kevin Sharkey from Derry...
2025-06-181h 19
Conversations on Dance(447) Pamela Tatge, Jacob's Pillow Executive and Artistic DirectorSince 1933, Jacob's Pillow has been a beacon for dancemakers, movers, scholars, students, and audiences. Located in Becket, Massachusetts, and founded by modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn, "the Pillow" (as it has affectionately come to be called) was the first dance site to be designated as a National Historic Landmark, and the first presenting organization to receive the National Medal of the Arts.Opening June 25th and running through August 24th of this year, the Pillow's 93rd Festival season will feature nine weeks of performances, classes, workshops, events, exhibits and activations, spread across the indoor and outdoor ve...
2025-06-0456 min
PillowVoices: Dance Through TimeBeyond the First 50 Years of Hip Hop with Michele Byrd-McPheeWhat could representation and opportunity for Hip Hop dance look like in the near future? Guest host Michele Byrd-McPhee revisits the 2023 conversation during PillowTalk: Hip Hop at 50, to build upon and expand into what is possible for the next 50 years.Interstitial music for this episode is from the live performance Hip Hop Across the Pillow as well as the All Styles Dance Battle event in 2023. Music: Darrin Ross, d. Sabela grimes ("All Goodness In," performed and written by Usual Rucker).Additional film and video from Hip Hop Across the Pillow can be found at: https...
2025-01-251h 00PillowVoices: Dance Through TimeComedy and Drag in Ballet: 50 Years of The TrocksLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo's Artistic Director, Tory Dobrin, speaks with Jacob's Pillow Scholar-in-Residence, Maura Keefe, in this 2024 PillowTalk. Dobrin shares his own firsthand stories and reflects on the impact of 50 years of blending serious ballet technique with comedy and drag in this all-male company.Full PillowTalk including commentary on video excerpts of the company's repertoire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VzzAG70B3o Video playlist 'Gotta Laugh' featuring excerpt of Paquita by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo:https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/playlists/gotta-laugh/
2024-11-2328 min
Artistic Finance162: Saving Too Much with Carolyn Wong - Lighting DesignerLighting designer Carolyn Wong discusses the finances of her New York-based dance and theatre career. The most recent decade has been spent as the Worldwide Associate Lighting Designer for Disney’s The Lion King.
We discuss:
⭐️ Investing in yourself
⭐️ Keeping living expenses low
⭐️ The sustainable hustle of freelancing
Video version
https://youtu.be/bjqiT4rxJ1Q
Artistic Finance
https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance
Carolyn Wong
https://www.wongnumber.com/
The Lion King
2024-09-0956 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeA Conversation with Choreographer and Visual Artist, Yin MeiIn this episode of PillowVoices, we bring you an interview with choreographer Yin Mei. PillowScholar Suzanne Carbonneau sat down with Yin Mei to discuss her work titled Empty Traditions / City of Peonies in August, 1999. In a 1999 interview with Pillow Scholar Suzanne Carbonneau, Yin Mei talks about growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution, which stripped people of their history and traditions. She speaks of how her work combines her past with contemporary concerns, as she investigates and reclaims her heritage. Watch a clip of Empty Traditions / City of Peonies: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/yin-mei/emp...
2024-07-2736 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeRepresentation, Identity, Diaspora, Through the Lens of Mimulus Dance CompanyIn this episode, professor and choreographer Silvana Cardell contextualizes the work of the Mimulus Dance Company through the lens of adjacent histories and influences: Cardell from Argentina and Mimulus from Brazil.Watch a clip of Por Um Fio:https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/mimulus-dance-company/por-um-fio/Insights and influences, Silvana Cardell:In Buenos Aires, Cardell learned under the mentorship of Chilean choreographer Ana Itelman and grew up attending Oscar Araiz’s performances. From them, she understood what it took to become an artist. Their work was influenced by German expressionism's emotional depth and American dance's phy...
2024-06-2929 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeDancing Puppets & Emerging TechnologyLisa Niedermeyer hosts this episode exploring the connections between puppetry in contemporary dance and emerging technologies such as augmented reality, artificial intelligence and spatial computing. The episode focuses on a piece titled "Underground River" which was conceived and directed by Jane Comfort and developed in residency at Jacob’s Pillow. We hear from puppet artist Basil Twist, the director and choreographer Jane Comfort, and one of the performers, Stephen Nunley.Watch an excerpt of Underground River: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/jane-comfort-and-company/underground-river/
2024-04-2726 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeTrisha Brown: Choreographer and Visual ArtistJennifer Edwards hosts this episode focused on Trisha Brown, one of the most celebrated choreographers to emerge from Judson Dance Theater and the postmodern era. Brown is in conversation with Deborah Jowitt, the influential choreographer, scholar, dance critic, and educator. We also hear from art historian and Brown specialist Susan Rosenberg.Essay on Trisha Brown: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/themes-essays/women-in-dance/trisha-brown/
2023-11-2536 min
InnovCréaMark DeGarmo : Dance as a Social InnovationSeason 1 - Episode 3On this episode, I meet with Dr. Mark DeGarmo, Founder, Executive & Creative Director at Mark DeGarmo Dance, in New York City. We discuss MDD's upcoming 35th anniversary and its foundation. We discover how Mark came to create "Partnerships in Literacy through Dance & Creativity”, a celebrated & innovative educational program that has changed the life of thousands of kids attending Title 1 primary schools in Manhattan's Lower East Side over the course of 20 years now. Happy 35th MDD! For more information on the show, visit https://www.ajvallee.ca/innovcrea and drop me a line! Thank yo...
2022-04-2726 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeLisa Niedermeyer Revisits Doug Elkins’ Fräulein MariaAs an artist, technologist, and former dancer with Doug Elkins and Friends, Lisa Niedermeyer reflects on her time with the company and her embodied memories of performing in Fräulein Maria, the uproarious and joyful dance based on The Sound of Music. We also hear from Elkins himself, recorded during two different Pillow engagements.https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/doug-elkins-and-friends/fraulein-maria/
2022-02-2624 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeRemembering Blondell Cummings, with Paloma McGregorPaloma McGregor remembers the life, work, and legacy of Blondell Cummings. McGregor frames this exploration through Cummings' dance work titled "Chicken Soup", designated as an American Masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts in 2006.https://www.dancemagazine.com/remembering-blondell-cummings-1944-2015/https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/blondell-cummings/chicken-soup/https://www.xartistsbooks.com/books/blondellcummings
2021-12-1818 minConversations on Dance(249) Nel Shelby, Dance VideographerOn today's episode of Conversations On Dance, we are joined by Nel Shelby, dance videographer and founder of Nel Shelby Productions. Nel tells us about her dance training and aspirations, falling in love with film and how she's blended these two passions together to become one of the industry's most in demand video producers. Nel also talks about the experience filming Lincoln Center's 9/11 tribute ‘The Table of Silence Project', which will be streaming on Saturday, September 11th beginning at 8AM, in partnership with Dance/NYC as part of their #RestartStages series. You can enjoy Nel's digital content fo...
2021-09-0748 min
Dance Magazine PodcastQueering Flamenco, Making "In the Heights" Dance, and Adriana PierceA transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-67Links referenced in/relevant to episode 67:-Information about Jacob's Pillow's Global Pillow gala, honoring Dormeshia: https://www.jacobspillow.org/events/global-pillow/-New York Times piece on queer women in ballet: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/arts/dance/lesbians-in-ballet.html-Washington Post story on Ballez's "Giselle of Loneliness": https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/ballez-katy-pyle-giselle-of-loneliness/2021/06/01/23f9897c-bfd0-11eb-b26e-53663e6be6ff_story.html-New Yorker feature on queer flamenco artist Manuel Liñán: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/a...
2021-06-1052 minPillowVoices: Dance Through TimeThe Complexities of Indian Dance at The PillowProfessor of dance at UCLA and Pillow Scholar, Lionel Popkin explores the complicated history and relationship between Indian dance, American modern dance, and Jacob's Pillow. Posing pointed questions about the 'use' of Indian dance movement and esthetics in the work of The Denishawn Company, the curatorial lens applied to Indian dance over time, and ultimately the influence and legacy of those choices on the dance landscape of today.Introduction to BharatanatyamLakshmi Vishwanathan: https://danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org/lakshmi-vishwanathan/varnam/Ragamala: https://www.ragamaladance.orgShantala Shivalingappa: http://shantalashivalingappa.com/en/
2021-05-2236 minDance Magazine PodcastSupporting Asian Artists, Dance NFTs, and Pamela TatgeA transcript of this episode is available here: https://thedanceedit.com/transcript-episode-56Links referenced in/relevant to episode 56:-Arts ARE Education pledge: https://www.artsareeducation.org/sign-the-pledge-Alex Wong's post about being attacked: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMiAWyDHL9k/-Dance Magazine article on Final Bow for Yellowface's plans: https://www.dancemagazine.com/final-bow-for-yellowface-2651185791.html-Final Bow website: https://www.yellowface.org/-Final Bow Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/finalbowforyellowface/-CoinDesk story on dance NFTs: https://www.coindesk.com/enjin-nft-performing-arts-New York Times report on the postponement of...
2021-03-2556 minDance Magazine PodcastExclusion Is Oppression, #Ratatousical, and Lloyd KnightLinks referenced in/relevant to this episode:-Jacob's Pillow donation page: https://www.jacobspillow.org/support/-New York Times piece on the reimagined Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/theater/macys-thanksgiving-parade-broadway.html-Misty Copeland's essay "Technique Has No Color" for The Players' Tribune: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/misty-copeland-ballet-racism-Gregory King's story "Exclusion Is Oppression: From Pedagogy to Performance" for Dance Magazine: https://www.dancemagazine.com/gregory-king-exclusion-black-dancers-2648848438.html-A Guardian piece breaking down #Ratatousical: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/30/ratatouille-the-musical-is-that-even-possible-Lloyd Knight's Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/lloydknight/
2020-11-1946 minDance Magazine PodcastRemembering Nick Cordero, Streaming Broadway Shows, and Omari WilesLinks referenced in/relevant to today's episode:-A compilation of some of arts-world tributes to Nick Cordero: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-07-06/nick-cordero-dead-amanda-kloots-zach-braff-celebrity-reactions-A look at wife Amanda Kloots' compelling, heartfelt documentation of Cordero's illness: https://abc7.com/nick-cordero-amanda-kloots-death-dies-of-covid/6302479/-How Cordero's death reminds of us COVID-19's unknowns: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-nick-cordero-underlying-conditions.html-Why summer dance festivals were forced to cancel so early in the season: https://www.dancemagazine.com/american-dance-festival-2646247495.html-Virtual programming schedule for Jacob's Pillow: https://www.jacobspillow.org/virtual-pillow-Virtual programming schedule for Vail...
2020-07-0923 min
DancecastInterview with Margot GreenleeDance Applied to Real Life
In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Margot Greenlee, a choreographer, theater director and
artist educator based in Washington DC. Here, Margot discusses her involvement with Jacob’s Pillow’s
Curriculum in Motion® and her own project, BodyWise Dance, which provide dance classes and
workshops for individuals and groups in healthcare, education and corporate settings that offer
movement as a way of learning and processing information. She details one program of BodyWise
wherein dance and theater practitioners work with a group of people with intellectual disabilities to...
2019-04-0137 min