The Dance Centre Podcast

Marissa Wong: Episode 30

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and Artistic Director of The Falling Company, Marissa Wong. Join them as they discuss Marissa's career journey and how it led her to The Falling Company, the importance of facilitating inclusive and sustainable art spaces, time management and the personal inspiration behind her new piece, Family Room.

 

See the world premiere of Family Room April 19-20 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/the-falling-company/

 

The Falling Company's website: https://www.thefallingcompany.com/

 

Alina Sotskova: Episode 29

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Dr. Alina Sotskova, Founder and Artistic Co-Director of Voirelia Dance Hub. Join them as they discuss Alina's dance career as well as her work in clinical psychology and how she balances the two. Alina also shares her journey to contemporary dance, why she started Voireila Dance Hub and how literature inspires her work including the piece De/Formed Revival which you can see on February 29 as part of our Discover Dance! series at Scotiabank Dance Centre. 

 

https://thedancecentre.ca/event/voirelia-dance-hub/

https://voirelia.com/

 

Sarah Hin Ching U: Episode 28

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to dance artist Sarah Hin Ching U about her dance career, moving from ballroom dance to contemporary, breaking and street dance, working as neurodivergent artist and her upcoming residency in Montreal as part of the Quebec BC Residency Exchange with Circuit-Est Centre Chorégraphique. 

 

sarah-u.com

Nellie Gossen: Episode 27

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. Today Claire talks to interdisciplinary artist Nellie Gossen about Nellie's work with fashion, including the previous iterations of their piece Returns, as well as their experience with dance both in Vancouver and Germany.

 

See Returns from January 7 - February 3 at Scotiabank Dance Centre, details and full viewing scheduled here: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/nellie-gossen/

 

Returns is presented in partnerships with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.

Alvin Tolentino: Episode 26

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. Today Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer, and founder of Co.ERASGA, Alvin Tolentino.

Join them as they discuss Alvin's beginnings as an independent dance artist, the creation process and how that has changed over his long career, his collaboration with dance and interdisciplinary artists and the cultural shift happening in the dance world today.

 

Learn more about Co.ERASGA's and their new show Accumulation here: https://www.companyerasgadance.ca/

 

Meagan O’Shea: Episode 25

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. In today's episode Claire talks to dance artist, choreographer and founder of Stand Up Dance, Meagan O'Shea, about why and how she does a "slow tour" model, the importance of community and creative engagement, the improvisation and ensemble work that led to their show Anatomalia and the generosity of saying no. 

 

See Anatomalia from Stand Up Dance November 16-18 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/stand-up-dance/

 

https://www.standupdance.com/

Fiana Kawane and Shilpa Shankar: Episode 24

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Kathak artist Fiana Kawane and Bharata Natyam dancer Shilpa Shankar about their histories and careers with their dance genres, how they came to Canada and found The Dance Centre, and how they view their dance forms in a contemporary time. 

 

More about Discover Dance! Classical Indian Dances in Focus: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/classical-indian-dances-in-focus/

Isaac Gasangwa: Episode 23

Welcome back to The Dance Centre Podcast. In the first episode of the 2023-2024 season, Claire talks to Isaac Gasangwa, founder and director of Afrobeats Van, about his relationship with dance, the differences between African and Western dance, and the inspiration behind his upcoming show, The African Dream. 

 

See the African Dream September 16 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/izo-dreamchaser/

More about Afrobeats Van: https://sites.google.com/view/afrobeatsdancevan/home

 

Chimerik 似不像: Episode 22

Welcome back to another episode of The Dance Centre Podcast. This month Claire talks to Sammy Chien and Caroline MacCaull, Co-Artistic Directors of Chimerik, an award-winning interdisciplinary collective, about finding a happy balance with technology in their work, mentorship, mediumship and creating a healthy community within their collective.

 

You can see a studio showing of their piece We Were One on July 31 at Scotiabank Dance Centre: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/chimerik-2023/

Chimerik's Website

Lee Su-Feh: Episode 21

This month on the Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to dance artist and choreographer Lee Su-Feh about her long career in dance, her work in voicework and her "long, slow dance" Touch Me, Hold Me, Let Me Go.

 

https://www.leesufeh.space/