MANCC Podcast

Choreographer Deganit Shemy (NY) speaks with her dancers Robin Brown, Leah Nelson and Savina Theodorou about the working process for Shemy's work "Arena". Shemy was in residence for two weeks at MANCC as our Baryshnikov Arts Center Partnership.

Co-choreographers Shinichi Momo Iova-Koga (CA) and Ko Murobushi (Japan) discuss the concept and inspiration for their new work in development, Crazy Cloud, with assistance in translation from Kyoko Yoshida of San Francisco International Arts Festival.

Choreographer Reggie Wilson (NY) speaks with the "Good Dance" collaborators Andréya Ouamba (co-choreographer/Senegal), Fatou Cisse (dancer with 1er Temps/Senegal) and Rhetta Aleong (dancer with Fist and Heel Performance Group/NY).

Choreographer Koosil-ja (NY) converses with Melissa Guerrero [dancer/live processing coach], Robert Ramirez [OGRE 3D engine manager/programmer] & Jane Shaw [Lighting Designer/Production Manager] about "Blocks of Continuality/Body, Image and Algorithm".

Choreographer Yasuko Yokoshi (NY) speaks with project collaborators, Julie Alexander, Kayvon Pourazar [dancers] and Steven Reker [musician/composer] about their collaborative process during the development of Yokoshi's newest work "Tyler Tyler".

Dancer Joanna Kotze speaks with Cardona and FSU Philosophy Department professor, Dena Hurst, about the development of REALLY REAL and the contextual components of the work.

Performer and choreographer Karen Sherman speaks with MN based choreographer Morgan Thorson about the development of her work "Heaven" during her MANCC Choreographic Fellowship

Composers James Everest and Joel Pickard speak with MN based choreographer Emily Johnson about the development of her work "The Thank You Bar" during her MANCC Choreographic Fellowship.

Senegalese based choreographer, Andréya Ouamba, speaks with NY choreographer Reggie Wilson about their collaborative work "The Good Dance".

Elizabeth Ward, Amanda Pina and Heather Kravas, NY based dancers, sit with DD Dorvillier, NY based choreographer and Dance Theater Workshop / MANCC Partnership project recipient to discuss Dorvillier's work

Dancer Megan Wilkinson and dramaturge Jon Sherman speak with IL based choreographer Julia Rhoads about the development of her new work "Punk Yankees" during her MANCC Choreographic Fellowship.

Eiko & Koma, Japanese choreographers who reside in NY, speak with Shoko Letton, filmmaker for the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, about the development of their work "Hunger" during their MANCC Living Legacy residency.

Project composer Okkyung Lee (NY) interviews choreographer Dean Moss (NY) and choreographic collaborator Yoon Jin Kim (Seoul, Korea) about their work "Kisaeng Becomes You".

Dr. Heike Schmidt, History Professor at Florida State University, speaks with Nora Chipaumire (NY) about her choreographic collaboration with Zimbabwean musicians Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited.

Shoko Letton, MANCC Filmmaker, interviews Deborah Hay (NY) during her Living Legacy residency March 9 - 23, 2008, about her philosophy and process of choreographing in relation to "If I Sing To You".

Matthew Acheson, puppeteer, and Darla Villani, dancer, speak with Nami Yamamoto, NY based choreographer, about her newest work "a howling flower".

David Ryther, composer and violinist from San Francisco, speaks with Kate Weare, NY based choreographer about their collaborative process in Weare's newest work "Bridge of Sighs".

Hilary Clark, dancer with Luciana Achugar and Tere O'Connor speaks with NY choreographer, Luciana Achugar, about her choreographic process and upcoming work "Sublime Is Us".

John Perpener, dance historian and FSU Dep't of Dance professor, speaks with Margaret Jenkins, Director of MJDC, and Varshaa Ghosh, dancer with the Tansuree Shankar Dance Company from Calcutta, India about "A Slipping Glimpse".

Dan Wagoner, choreographer and FSU Dep't of Dance professor, speaks with Margaret Jenkins, director of the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company about her recent collaboration with the Tansuree Shankar Dance Company from Calcutta, India for "A Slipping Glimpse".

Germaine Acogny, Artistic Director of JANT-BI is interviewed by UBW dancer Catherine Denecy on collaboration with UBW titled “Scales of Memory” premiering in 2008.

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Artistic Director of UBW is interviewed by UBW dancer Nora Chipaumire on collaboration with JANT-BI “Scales of Memory” premiering in 2008.