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Welcome to The Dance Centre Podcast, a monthly podcast from The Dance Centre. Join our host Claire French as she talks to artists, choreographers and other members of the dance world here on the West Coast to find out more about their work as creative practitioners and what it means to be a dance professional today.
Episodes

Mar 16, 2022
Mar 16, 2022
52 min
Claire French talks to Naomi Brand and Harmanie Rose from All Bodies Dance Project about their careers in dance, the inspiration behind the all inclusive dance company, how they adapted during the pandemic and the world of inclusive dance.
See All Bodies Dance Project perform in Discover Dance! March 24 at 12 noon at Scotiabank Dance Centre.
https://thedancecentre.ca/event/all-bodies-dance-project/

Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022
46 min
In the fifth episode of The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire French talks to choreographer Daina Ashbee about her journey from a dance artist to a choreographer, her new piece J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction), and how she ended up premiering a new group work during the pandemic.
See J'ai pleuré avec les chiens (Time, Creation, Destruction) at Scotiabank Dance Centre March 9-12, 2022 | 8pm
Presented with Vancouver International Dance Festival
Learn more: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/daina-ashbee/

Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
36 min
In the fourth episode of The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire French talks to Olivia C. Davies about her dance career and journey, the history and inspiration behind the Matriarchs Uprising Festival, plus details about the 2022 edition, happening February 14-19, 2022.
Learn more: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/matriarchs-uprising/

Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
46 min
In the third episode of The Dance Centre Podcast, Claire French talks to Justine A Chambers about her work, the Vancouver dance community, the importance of spaces for dance, and the installation she and Natalie Purschwitz recently created for our lobby.
Learn more: https://thedancecentre.ca/20th-anniversary/

Nov 17, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
35 min
Claire French talks to Dance In Vancouver co-curators Angela Conquet (Melbourne) and Starr Muranko (Vancouver): listen to this wonderfully rich and thoughtful conversation about curating during the pandemic, opening spaces for conversation, and engaging with dance as a journey.
More about Dance In Vancouver 2021: https://thedancecentre.ca/event/dance-in-vancouver-2021/

Oct 20, 2021
Oct 20, 2021
47 min
In our inaugural episode, Claire French talks to bharatanatyam dance artist Arno Kamolika about her life in Bangladesh, her careers (both dance and architecture) and what the word contemporary means to her.
See Arno in our Discover Dance! series on Thursday October 28 at 12 noon

Sep 9, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
1 min
Welcome to the Dance Centre Podcast a new monthly podcast coming from The Dance Centre!
As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of our building Scotiabank Dance Centre we also launch this podcast, extending ways to explore the synergy between bodies, spaces, ideas and conversation.
Our first episode is October 20th, be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Music composed by James B. Maxwell.
