The Dance Centre Podcast

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/

Julia Taffe: Episode 20

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to Julia Taffe, Artistic Director of Aeriosa Dance Society about how she came to vertical dance, the challenges and differences in choreographing and performing vertical dance and Aeriosa's collaborations with Butterflies in Spirit and Croatian choreographer Marija Šćekić.

 

https://aeriosa.com/

Ralph Escamillan: Episode 19

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to dance artist, teacher and choreographer Ralph Escamillan about his life in dance, how he balances all his various career paths and the inspiration behind his new work, PIÑA which premieres May 4-6 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.

 

More about PIÑA: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/fakeknot-2023/

More about Ralph: https://www.ralphescamillan.com/

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Davi Rodrigues: Episode 18

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast Claire talks to Davi Rodrigues, Artistic Director of Lamondance, about his life as a dance artist and choreographer, how he came to Vancouver, Lamondance’s role in the community and his relationship with students as a teacher and a mentor.

https://www.lamondance.com/

 

Margaret Grenier: Episode 17

This month on The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire talks to Margaret Grenier, Executive and Artistic Director for the Dancers of Damelahamid. Join them as they discuss the lifting of the potlach ban, Margaret's life in dance, the history of Dancers of Damelahmaid and their work with other Indigenous people across Canada and the world.

 

https://damelahamid.ca/

https://thedancecentre.ca/event/discover-dance-dancers-of-damelahamid/

Tomoyo Yamada: Episode 16

This month on the Dance Centre Podcast, Claire talks to DanceLab artist Tomoyo Yamada about her experiences (and the differences) dancing in Japan, Ohio and Vancouver, plus her MFA, her interdisciplinary work and how that led to working more in the theatre, and a preview of what she is working on during her DanceLab this year with The Dance Centre.

 

https://www.tomoyoyamada.com/

Arash Khakpour and Emmalena Fredriksson: Episode 15

This month on The Dance Centre podcast Claire is joined by dance artists and choreographers Arash Khakpour and Emmalena Fredriksson who talk about their careers in dance, language and the journey their piece, You Touch Me, has taken over the past six years, evolving from a duet to an ensemble piece that can be seen at Scotiabank Dance Centre December 8-10, 2022.

 

https://thedancecentre.ca/event/arash-khakpour-and-emmalena-fredriksson-2022/