Vulnerable Resilience

DIYdancer, in partnership with Okay Let's Unpack This, presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this final chapter, listen to a “messy talk," a format we collaborated on with dancer advocacy organization Whistle While You Work, featuring Duke University MFA student Alyah Baker, J. Bouey of The Dance Union podcast, Chanel DaSilva, founder of MOVE|NYC, Berlin-based performance artist Michael John Harper, and Gabrielle Salvatto, a dancer with Tanzcompany Innsbruck; followed by a short boundaries practice exercise led by Taylor Unwin and Lara Wilson; and a breath break with dancer and yoga instructor Marisa Martin.Some segments will be preceded by content warnings to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing by Stephanie Wolf, DIYdancer co-founder producer of the UnSequenced podcast, with audio support from Justin Epstein of RYBG. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let's Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company's Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel. 

DIYdancer, in partnership with Okay Let's Unpack This, presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this third chapter, listen to a conversation with the founders of “Erase the Stigma Through Dance," Nina Madsen Puckett, Debbie Smith-Berlin, and Tzipporah Gerson-Miller; a sound interlude by Morgan Bobrow-Williams, and Misa Lucyshyn in conversation with Isla Clarke and Maxi Hawkeye Canion on trans and nonbinary experiences within the dance field. Some segments will be preceded by content warnings to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing by Stephanie Wolf, DIYdancer co-founder producer of the UnSequenced podcast, with audio support from Justin Epstein of RYBG. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let's Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company's Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel. 

DIYdancer presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this second chapter, listen to choreographer Caitlin Burns' journal entries about her experience with COVID-19, a tantalizing dreamscape from longtime Dd contributor Alejandra Iannone, and a provocative discussion about trauma and healing in dance with Whistle While You Work, featuring writer and dramaturg Robyn Doty and international dance artists Frances Chiaverini, Julia Eichten, and Vânia Doutel Vaz.Some segments will be preceded by content warnings to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing by Stephanie Wolf, producer of DIYdancer's UnSequenced podcast, with audio support from Justin Epstein of RYBG. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let's Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company's Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel. 

DIYdancer presents Vulnerable Resilience, an audio zine focused on dancer mental health. In this first chapter, meet guest editors Leal Zielinska and Courtney Henry, hear a first-person essay from artist Janeill Cooper on her complicated relationship with dance, plus an interview about tools for self care with dancer and social worker Mario Espinoza, a free write prompt provided by Catherine Kirk, and a discussion about fear led by contributor Coco Alvarez-Mena, in conversation with Derek Agnoletti, Loreta Kriksciukaityte, Juliette Ochoa, Catherine Kirk, and Jakevis Thomason.Some segments will be preceded by content warnings, to ensure everyone can listen safely. Mental health resources will be listed at the end of each episode.Sound score by Morgan Bobrow-Williams and sound mixing was done by Stephanie Wolf, producer of DIYdancer's UnSequenced podcast. Cover art by Tess Jenkins, with creative direction and graphic design from Lara Wilson and Celine Kiner. Vulnerable Resilience is produced by DIYdancer, with editorial direction by Candice Thompson, in partnership with Okay, Let's Unpack This, a non profit dedicated to destigmatizing the conversation around dancer mental health, created in part through Gibney Company's Advocacy Fellowship Program. Special thanks to sponsor MSeam Apparel.