Still Spinning

Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from Melissa M. Young, Artistic Director of Dallas Black Dance Theatre, the oldest professional dance company in Dallas. Young discusses her decades-long history with the company and the newly curated program to be performed at The Joyce.  Check out the remaining episodes in our series for a behind-the-scenes look with Soles of Duende and the specially curated program, "Jazz at The Joyce!"  See Dallas Black Dance Theatre at The Joyce on January 12-13, 2024! Visit www.joyce.org/performances/dallas-black-dance-theatre for more information. 

Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from educator, choreographer, and performer of African American Vernacular Jazz Dance, Josette Wiggan, and the consummate storyteller of lived experiences through diasporic dance traditions, Michelle N. Gibson. The two artists will also be joined by the Dormeshia Tap Collective during their ADP showcase, "Jazz at The Joyce." Check out the remaining episodes in our series for a behind-the-scenes look with Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Soles of Duende! See "Jazz at The Joyce" on January 9-10, 2024! Visit www.joyce.org/performances/jazz-joyce for more information. 

Tune in to our three-part podcast series exploring The Joyce's 2024 American Dance Platform! Listen in as dramaturg, scholar, and ADP guest curator Melanie George sits down with the artists who will take the stage during our annual festival. In this episode, hear from the artists of Soles of Duende, a multicultural, all-female percussive trio based in the rhythms of Tap, Flamenco, and Kathak dance. Amanda Castro (Tap), Arielle Rosales (Flamenco), and Brinda Guha (Kathak) make their Joyce debut with Can We Dance Here?, a riveting performance of rhythmic exchange. Check out the remaining episodes in our series for a behind-the-scenes look with Dallas Black Dance Theatre and the specially curated program, "Jazz at The Joyce!"  See Soles of Duende at The Joyce on January 11 & 14, 2024! Visit www.joyce.org/performances/soles-duende for more information. 

In this bonus episode in our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with computer scientist, composer, and author Jaron Lanier about the possibilities of the internet for creatives, and its pitfalls. He reminisces about performing at The Joyce in the 90s, discusses why you may want to consider deleting your social media accounts, and more.   Be sure to subscribe to hear our bonus episode with philosopher Jaron Lanier and scholar Andre Lepecki are still to come.  You can find The Joyce @thejoycetheater on FB, IG and Twitter, and you can connect with Laura at @graceandsteelstudio on Instagram. Netflix Documentary The Social Dilemma  https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224 Jenna Wortham's NY Times piece  https://tinyurl.com/45tc7y9e  

In the third episode of our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with dance studies scholar Andre Lepecki about freedom, stillness, and the meter of this moment.   Be sure to subscribe to hear our bonus episode with philosopher Jaron Lanier and scholar Andre Lepecki are still to come.  You can find The Joyce @thejoycetheater on FB, IG and Twitter, and you can connect with Laura at @graceandsteelstudio on Instagram. Danspace Talk on Slowness:  https://danspaceproject.org/2020/05/07/slowness/   Movement in the Pause::  https://contactos.tome.press/movement-in-the-pause/   The Bengson's Website:  https://www.bengsons.com/   The Keep Going Song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-ju_L9pEQ   *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In the second episode of our series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with Fran Lebowitz about technology, loneliness, and her beloved city. Be sure to subscribe to hear the next episode in this series. Interviews with philosopher Jaron Lanier and scholar Andre Lepecki are still to come.  You can find The Joyce @thejoycetheater on FB, IG and Twitter, and you can connect with Laura at @graceandsteelstudio on Instagram. *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this first episode in a three part series exploring the impact of the pandemic on our field, we speak with artist-activist Sydnie L. Mosley about the radical act of rest.  Be sure to subscribe to hear the next two episodes in this series. We'll be speaking to philosopher Jaron Lanier and social commentator and quintessential New Yorker Fran Lebowitz, and more.  Connect with Sydnie L. Mosley at slmdances.com, and on twitter & IG @sydmosley and @slmdances.  You can read her Dance Magazine article here.  You can learn more about the Nap Ministry, which we mention in the episode.  Here is the Black Dance Stories Youtube, which Syndie mentions. You can connect with Laura at @graceandsteelstudio.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this special episode of Still Spinning, choreographers and Joyce staff read their favorite passages of text to you. Stay healthy, we will dance again.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Sound effects: Zapsplat.com. Music: On the Sunny Side of the Street performed by Earl Hines. Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Today we are talking with New York City Ballet dancer Sara Mearns about her path to dance, overcoming injuries, and the new production she is currently creating, scheduled to be performed at The Joyce Jul 28-Aug 2.   *** *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Listen in as Ballet Hispanico's leader Eduardo Vilaro discusses his path to dance, his journey to find his voice, and his desire to amplify the voices of other Latinx artists. See Ballet Hispanico's 50th anniversary season at The Joyce April 9-17.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode of Still Spinning, choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams discusses her path to dance, her transition from dancer to choreographer, and her new work for Malpaso Dance company, coming to The Joyce  Mar 24-29.   *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode of Still Spinning, choreographer Ronald K. Brown discusses the ways that art can be a salve for grief, and recalls an early encounter with Judith Jamison—a moment in time that would later inspire his beloved work Grace. See this dance and more when the company returns to The Joyce Feb 25-Mar 1.   *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode of Still Spinning, dancer Melissa Toogood talks about what Merce Cunningham taught her, how she learned to move through physical pain, and her experience performing in Pam Tanowitz's "New Work for Goldberg Variations," which you can see at The Joyce Dec 10-15.  Melissa Toogood's 2016 Dance Magazine article, mentioned in the episode, can be read here.   *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode of Still Spinning, choreographer Camille A. Brown discusses her struggles with body image, how she learned to owns who she is, and her celebrated work Mr. TOL E. RAncE, which you can see at The Joyce Nov 9 & 10.   *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, dancer Shantala Shivalingappa discusses what it was like to work with Pina Bausch, the South Indian dance form of Kuchipudi, and her celebrated work Akasha, which you can see at The Joyce Oct 8-12.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, Royal Ballet principal Lauren Cuthbertson discusses her path to dance, the illness that stopped her in her tracks, and the fire she returned with once she was well. See her dance in The Joyce Ballet Festival, running Aug 6-18.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa discusses her path to dance; how she transitioned from dancer to dance maker; and her new works for BalletX, Ballet Hispanico, and Dance Theatre of Harlem.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, tap dancer Ayodele Casel discusses the roots of tap dance, the female tappers who inspire her, and how she became of of today's top tap dancers.  Find out more about Ayodele here.  Learn more about some of the female tappers Ayodele mentions in our interview, here.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, choreographer Claudia Schreier discusses her path to ballet, how she thinks we can begin to address the lack of diversity in the artform, the importance of mentorship, and her new work for American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, which can be seen at The Joyce April 25 & 27. Get tickets at Joyce.org. *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this episode, choreographer Pam Tanowitz discusses her first dance class, her choreographic influences, and her new works for New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more.  You can see Pam's work for the Martha Graham Dance Company during its Joyce season, which runs now thru April 14. Check Joyce.org for details as there are several different programs. *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Welcome to the second season of Still Spinning! In this episode, choreographer Bennyroyce Royon discusses how he came to dance, his experience performing in the 2015 Broadway production of The King and I, and his new work for Ballet Hispanico, which explores his Filipino-American identity. Bennyroyce's new work, Homebound/Alaala, will be performed as part of a program designed by Ballet Hispanico's Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro. The engagement includes a focus on the intersections between Asian and Latinx cultures. You can see this program during Ballet Hispanico's Joyce season, running Mar 26-31.  Learn more about Bennyroyce by visiting his website. *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Laura sits down with Sean Dorsey, one of the first acclaimed trans choreographers, to discuss how he made his way to choreography, the work he's about to present at The Joyce, and where the dance field needs to go to be more inclusive of the trans experience.  If you are interested in Trans advocacy, Sean recommends:  Transgender Law Center: transgenderlawcenter.org Sylvia Rivera Law Project: srlp.org National Center for Transgender Equality: transequality.org  Learn more about Sean Dorsey and his company here: seandorseydance.com *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Laura sits down with radical visionary Elizabeth Streb to find out how Streb found her way to dance, why she wanted to fly, and how she learned to fall...in this week's episode of Still Spinning. To see some of Streb's work, check out these videos. You can find the documentary about Streb's work, Born to Fly, on iTunes and Amazon.  You can get her book, Streb: How to Become an Extreme Action Hero, which I highly recommend, on Amazon.  Visit Streb's website and follow the company on Facebook.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

Trey McIntyre talks to us about how he got into choreography, what inspires him to create, and how to know when to leave.  See Parson's Dance perform Trey McIntyre's Ma Maison at The Joyce. See BalletX perform a Trey McIntyre work at The Joyce.  Read more about Trey McIntyre's Big Ones, set to the music of Amy Winehouse, mentioned in the podcast.  *** More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home. 

In this week's episode of Still Spinning, we sat down with choreographer Kyle Abraham to talk about his first major solo in nearly a decade, and more. You can Kyle's solo, INDY, and more live in his Joyce season, running May 1-6, 2018. For tix: Joyce.org

Wendy Whelan, whom The New York Times has called "America’s greatest contemporary ballerina," sits down to discuss her life and work with us in this week's episode of Still Spinning, The Joyce Theater's podcast about dance and the creative process. Read more about the duet First Fall that Brian Brooks created for Whelan, discussed in the episode.  Watch a mini-documentary we made on Whelan's and Brooks' evening-length show Some of a Thousand Words here.  Watch the documentary Restless Creature on Netflix.  More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home.  

The South African choreographer Dada Masilo sits down with us to discuss her life and work in our very first episode of Still Spinning, The Joyce Theater's podcast on dance and the creative process. Dada Masilo has taken the world by storm with her reimagined versions of classic ballets, which she imbues with a characteristic blend of ballet, contemporary dance and traditional African styles. She made a version of Romeo and Juliet in 2008, then came Carmen, and then her breakout success, Swan Lake, which hit the stage in South Africa in 2010, and then toured around the world. Recently, she’s taken on Giselle, which is making its NY premiere at The Joyce Theater. More Info About The Joyce.  Tickets Facebook Instagram Thanks to Simon Kafka, the composer of our theme music, and the East West Quintet, who performed it. If you like it, you can purchase the song here.  Thank you to photographer Carrie Schneider and choreographer Kyle Abraham for providing the photograph for our show image. The photo features dancer Tamisha Guy in Abraham's Dearest Home.