Podcasts about audacious hope

Do you ever feel like the undertow is taking you deeper and deeper into the oceans of life? Joining me is The Central Illinois Baton Pass Leader Whitney Mallory who shares about the binding, the sparing, and blessings of the seasons of our life. So thrilled to collaborate with one of my favorite organizations The Baton Pass, which empowers women to overcome. Over the next few months, you will get to hear so many beautiful stories and we hope you join us at an upcoming event.In this episode, we explore the story of Isaac and the binding of Isaac as a metaphor for holding onto hope amid trials. Whitney shares her experience of loss and how she found blessing and joy in the midst of it. The conversation highlights the importance of embracing both sorrow and joy and trusting in God's faithfulness. Whitney Mallory shares her journey of facing challenges, finding purpose in pain, and experiencing God's faithfulness. From dealing with ectopic pregnancy to moving to a new home, Whitney's story is a roller coaster of emotions. Through it all, she discovers the importance of community and the audacious hope that comes from trusting in God's plan.TakeawaysExperiencing loss can lead to unexpected blessings and joy.It is important to embrace both sorrow and joy and trust in God's faithfulness. Community is essential for support and encouragement.Trusting in God's plan can lead to audacious hope.Reflection Questions1. Spend some time journaling through what has been a bound, spared, and blessed moment in your life.2. What does Audacious Hope look like for you today?Audacious Hope - Central Illinois Join dozens of women from across Central IL as we collectively and individually explore this concept of Audacious Hope. We will have a full afternoon of connecting with other women, hearing the remarkable stories from our speakers, and having opportunities to share our hearts with like-minded women to empower and encourage one another. We would love to see you around one of our tables, as this is sure to be such a powerful and special afternoon! BUY TICKETS  HEREConnect with the Baton PassWebsite | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube Connect with WhitneyE-mail | InstagramHow to support The Parable Podcast: #1 Subscribe or Follow the show so you don't miss the next episode of The Parable Podcast through your favorite podcast app (i.e. iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher). #2 Share this show with a friend, this is a perfect opportunity to start your own Parable Conversation together. #3 Are you in need of a speaker for your Church, Women's Group, or event? Contact Danielle to learn more.

As the pillars of democracy crumble across the globe, big and small actions of resistance prop up hope and keep alive a way to rebuild. In the past few decades, ordinary folk in India have stood up to repressive state authority over and over again. Their vital acts of hope preserve the collective spirit of resistance and unwavering resilience necessary to continue the fight for democracy. Audacious Hope is an archive of these struggles, including the protests that united farmers across state borders in 2020 and the national outcry following the controversial CAA legislation. From the myriad ways people came to the aid of their fellow citizens during the pandemic to the testing of free-speech boundaries by cultural activists, this book undertakes the task of documenting resistance in its many forms. The author, Indrajit Roy challenges the reader with his account of how a proud people are battling to save their beloved democracy. The question is, how can we, through individual and collective action, resist authoritarianism, casteism and majoritarianism? The answer is, of course, through the audacity of hope. In this episode of BIC Talks, Indrajit is in conversation with journalist and editor Prem Panicker. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in February 2024. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favourite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible and Amazon Music.  

Takeaways Faith, hope, and love are interconnected and form the foundation of a meaningful and transformative spiritual journey.Gratitude and thanksgiving are important practices that help cultivate a deeper connection with God and others.Living a life worthy of the Lord involves actively seeking wisdom, understanding, and knowledge, and putting them into action.Enduring opposition and challenges is a natural part of a faith journey, but the hope and freedom found in Christ empower believers to persevere.Embracing audacious hope and being agents of change in the world are essential aspects of living out one's faith. Chapters 00:00 Introduction02:13 Growing up in a church tradition03:12 Conflicts with personal identity04:33 Asking questions and exploring faith05:41 Longing for more in faith06:23 Connecting with listeners08:01 Thanksgiving and gratitude10:14 Theological and political implications12:05 Faith, hope, and love16:38 Living lives worthy of the Lord18:00 Enduring opposition19:36 The promise of inheritance20:29 Freedom and forgiveness23:05 Audacious hope and invitation25:14 Closing and invitation To support this podcast and join the community go to: www.patreon.com/inthemarginspodcast 

It isn't easy to be born into a famous family with big expectations. And there's few families more famous or with bigger expectations than the Kennedys. Tim Shriver's immediate family includes not only a former US president, a US Attorney General, and a US Senator, but his parents, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver, founded global humanitarian organizations like the Special Olympics, The Peace Corp, and more. But Tim has risen to the challenge in every respect and is adding a new aspect to the legacy.In this week's conversation with Zach Davis, Tim shares what it was like to grow up in his remarkable family, the motivation behind the important initiatives he is currently leading, and how his deeply-held Christian faith shapes all aspects of his life.Tim serves today as the CEO of  Special Olympics and is also the founder of Unite, a national grass-roots organization dedicated to transcending seemingly intractable difference. He is also a leading researcher focusing on the social and emotional factors in learning and has also produced six films, including Amistad and The Loretta Claiborne Story. He is the author of Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most, and co-editor of The Call to Unite: Voices of Hope and Awakening. Tim and his wife, Linda Potter, reside in the Washington, D.C area and have five adult children.

Hey, y'all! Welcome to episode seventeen of the Roots and Refuge Podcast.  This week is a throwback to a YouTube video I recorded back in March of 2022 on the urgency to grow food. I thought it was an important topic, enough so that I wanted it to be published in my podcasts. If you caught this video, perhaps this is a great reminder of the why behind what we do. For more information and any links mentioned, visit the blog post here. Or to join our Patreon to get early access to all our podcast episodes, monthly live Q&As with Miah and me (including past lives), and to be entered into a drawing to win a trip to Roots and Refuge farm, visit our Patreon Page. As always, stay up to date with everything new by signing up for the Roots and Refuge newsletter and the Carolina Homestead Exchange newsletter. For past episodes of the podcast, visit the podcast page on our website Roots and Refuge.

One can never start too early to get ready for something really big.

Thank you for being men of God, to all the fathers in the Path congregation! This week we explore risk and resistance, and hope in our walk with God through the narrative of The Pursuit of Happiness. Scripture: Genesis 12:1 Presented by: Jaz Vick   --- About The Path --- At The Path, based out of Atlanta, Georgia, our mission is simple:  “seek, save, and send." Our goal is to save as many people as possible and teach them to do the same. Please consider sharing this messages; this helps us realize our vision of creating churches that mobilize the next generation.   --- Media --- YouTube: @ThePathChurchAtlanta Website: thepath.church Instagram: @jointhepath   --- Music --- Intro/Outro Music: "Action" Artist: JC Muzik

A Critical Faith Sermon by Rev. Dr. Sue Coller

Brenda Dixon Gottschild is the author of Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts; Waltzing in the Dark: African American Vaudeville and Race Politics in the Swing Era (winner of the 2001 Congress on Research in Dance Award for Outstanding Scholarly Dance Publication); The Black Dancing Body–A Geography from Coon to Cool (winner, 2004 de la Torre Bueno prize for scholarly excellence in dance publication); and Joan Myers Brown and The Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina-A Biohistory of American Performance. Additional honors include the Congress on Research in Dance Award for Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research (2008); a Leeway Foundation Transformation Grant (2009); the International Association for Blacks in Dance Outstanding Scholar Award (2013); the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus Civil Rights Award (2016); and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts (2017). A self-described anti-racist cultural worker utilizing dance as her medium, she is a freelance writer, consultant, performer, and lecturer; a former consultant and writer for Dance Magazine; and Professor Emerita of dance studies, Temple University. As an artist-scholar she coined the phrase, “choreography for the page,” to describe her embodied, subjunctive approach to research writing. Nationwide and abroad she curates post-performance reflexive dialogues, writes critical performance essays, performs self-created solos, and collaborates with her husband, choreographer/dancer Hellmut Gottschild, in a genre they developed and titled “movement theater discourse. Our guest's decades of experience are shared with Adenike and Natasha in an intimate conversation about the creative process, and the way racism pulls at the time and energy of Black people, particularly women/femmes. We also discuss embodiment, self-concept and more! Our collaboration culminates in a visceral vocal improvisation that we can't wait for y'all to hear! Check the BCH Study Room link in our bio for more on Brenda, with easy access to additional links from previous episodes! Link to transcript: https://share.descript.com/view/nAYy4p0MJOk Links to content discussed in this episode: Brenda's website (where you can find information to purchase her books, and more!): https://bdixongottschild.com Yvonne Daniels: Embodied Knowledge (Book): https://books.google.com/books/about/Dancing_Wisdom.html?id=nhCRJ4u_CYIC Frank Wilderson - Afropessimism (Book and Theoretical framework): https://wwnorton.com/books/9781631496141 Afro-futurism (Theoretical framework): https://newsroom.ucla.edu/magazine/afrofuturism Somatic Self-Portrait Exercise: TikTok created by Natasha to demonstrate: https://www.tiktok.com/@blackcreativehealing/video/6937759473989717253 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/black-creative-healing/support

All About You 365 Day Challenge, Day 52. Audacious Hope! Do One Thing Every Day That Centers You! Join in every day in 2021 for a quick challenge that is ALL ABOUT YOU. https://www.facebook.com/ThrivingSharon Ask your questions, share your wisdom! #365daychallenge #allaboutyou #audacioushope

Adam continues our series through Nehemiah explaining 5 practical lessons from chapter 2 for living with hearts full of audacious hope. Support this podcast

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Episode 10: Prayer of Protection This is a special episode addressing the current Coronavirus crisis. I felt God leading me to pray a prayer of protection over my listeners, their families and our nation. We are called to impact others with our Audacious Hope at such a time as this. 

The legendary, Joan Myers Brown, founder of The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and The Philadelphia School of Dance Arts joins PHL Diversity Podcast to discuss the 50-year celebration of PHILADANCO, the International Blacks in Dance Conference coming to Philadelphia from January 14-19, and her legacy being documented in the book “Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina” by written by Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Throughout her lifetime, Myers Brown has received a host of accolades from local awards to the National Medal of Arts presented by President Barack Obama.

Listen to the stories that inspire hope! Join me, April Chapman, as I interview some amazing people who share the miraculous God encounters they've experienced. 

Join us as Captain Allison brings up the message for Advent week 1.Thank you for listening to our Podcast, Join us:Up Coming Event:Jingle JamSong's Game's, Fun for the whole family.Join us for our Christmas Play The Salvation Army Red Shield Corps & Community Center      1515 W. North St, Anaheim CA 92801info@AnaheimRedShield.orgSunday Fellowshiphttp://www.anaheimredshield.org/worship.html9:15 am Sunday School Small Groups(all ages)     - Nursery (2 years to 6 years)    - 252 Kids Group (7 years to 14 years)    - Sunday School Discussion    - Roadmap to Reconciliation Book Group10:00 am Prayer10:30 am Worship Service.  Tuesday: Family Fellowship3:30pm Ukulele4:30pm Guitar5:30pm Fellowship & Dinner6:30pm Women's Fellowship, Men's Fellowship, Troops(Character Building, 6y to 12y) Nursery (2 years to 6 years)AA and NA FellowshipWednesdays @ 7:30pmThursday @7pmFriday @ 7pmThe Salvation Army Red Shield Corps & Community Center 1515 W. North St, Anaheim CA 92801For more info on this sermon or on any of our weekly programs email us at:info@AnaheimRedShield.org

Advent Sermon Series

In this episode, we hear from Justice Castañeda, a man of influence in Madison, Wisconsin. Plucked from a painful environment at age 17, Castañeda has returned to his hometown two decades later to use his personal experiences to make his community a place for falling in love.    

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We continue to explore the greater gifts of Christianity (1 Corinthians 13:13). Today we talk about the audacity and actions of hope.

“We’re swimming in thick waters right now. There’s just no way around that." In this episode of That'll Preach Jim Kast-Keat talks with Jacqui Lewis about the sermon she’s preaching at Middle Church on Sunday, January 15 for our annual MLK Sunday worship celebration and the upcoming Woman’s March on Washington. Join us in the East Village or online at www.MiddleChurch.org every Sunday at 11:15 AM. // “40” as performed by U2: https://youtu.be/FRvvvJ6mdLQ “Lift Every Voice and Sing” as performed by Committed: https://youtu.be/ngFDy52eCZY 1968 King Assassination Report from CBS News: https://youtu.be/cmOBbxgxKvo “Surly God is Able” as performed by Aretha Franklin: https://youtu.be/xtENZEhHe4g

Audacious Hope Speaker:  Jeannette Cochran

It is with great humility and gratitude that I returned to you wholly initiated into a new realm of Beingness and Essence. It has been quite a journey these last two weeks deep in the underworld of pain, ego-death, surrender, letting go, coming home, and ultimately arriving.I am still fragile and new like the first bud of spring and I am also stronger and more resilient than I’ve ever been.As always… I am very much in the midst of the unfolding of it All and I came to you this week to share what wanted to emerge in the tenderness of the moment.I had no plan and no clear point. I didn’t know where we would go on the show and I don't know where I will be going one minute from now.I am just Here.And I wanted to share some of this powerful medicine with you on the show this week.We explored nothing and everything.Here are a few highlights that emerged from the Blank Page: 10:10 What's REALLY Real 14:44 The Infinite Battle Finds Release 18:05 Peace... at last 23:25 The Death of an Ego 35:14 "The Audacious Hope of Rooted Things" 37:01 The Blank Page 40:20 Grace brings me to my kneesThank you for standing with me on this journey and for witnessing my Undoing.I did it for you. I did it for me. It is for All of Us.

It is with great humility and gratitude that I returned to you wholly initiated into a new realm of Beingness and Essence. It has been quite a journey these last two weeks deep in the underworld of pain, ego-death, surrender, letting go, coming home, and ultimately arriving.I am still fragile and new like the first bud of spring and I am also stronger and more resilient than I’ve ever been.As always… I am very much in the midst of the unfolding of it All and I came to you this week to share what wanted to emerge in the tenderness of the moment.I had no plan and no clear point. I didn’t know where we would go on the show and I don't know where I will be going one minute from now.I am just Here.And I wanted to share some of this powerful medicine with you on the show this week.We explored nothing and everything.Here are a few highlights that emerged from the Blank Page: 10:10 What's REALLY Real 14:44 The Infinite Battle Finds Release 18:05 Peace... at last 23:25 The Death of an Ego 35:14 "The Audacious Hope of Rooted Things" 37:01 The Blank Page 40:20 Grace brings me to my kneesThank you for standing with me on this journey and for witnessing my Undoing.I did it for you. I did it for me. It is for All of Us.

It is with great humility and gratitude that I returned to you wholly initiated into a new realm of Beingness and Essence. It has been quite a journey these last two weeks deep in the underworld of pain, ego-death, surrender, letting go, coming home, and ultimately arriving.I am still fragile and new like the first bud of spring and I am also stronger and more resilient than I’ve ever been.As always… I am very much in the midst of the unfolding of it All and I came to you this week to share what wanted to emerge in the tenderness of the moment.I had no plan and no clear point. I didn’t know where we would go on the show and I don't know where I will be going one minute from now.I am just Here.And I wanted to share some of this powerful medicine with you on the show this week.We explored nothing and everything.Here are a few highlights that emerged from the Blank Page: 10:10 What's REALLY Real 14:44 The Infinite Battle Finds Release 18:05 Peace... at last 23:25 The Death of an Ego 35:14 "The Audacious Hope of Rooted Things" 37:01 The Blank Page 40:20 Grace brings me to my kneesThank you for standing with me on this journey and for witnessing my Undoing.I did it for you. I did it for me. It is for All of Us.

It is with great humility and gratitude that I returned to you wholly initiated into a new realm of Beingness and Essence. It has been quite a journey these last two weeks deep in the underworld of pain, ego-death, surrender, letting go, coming home, and ultimately arriving. I am still fragile and new like the first bud of spring and I am also stronger and more resilient than I’ve ever been. As always… I am very much in the midst of the unfolding of it All and I came to you this week to share what wanted to emerge in the tenderness of the moment. I had no plan and no clear point. I didn’t know where we would go on the show and I don't know where I will be going one minute from now. I am just Here. And I wanted to share some of this powerful medicine with you on the show this week. We explored nothing and everything. Here are a few highlights that emerged from the Blank Page: 10:10 What's REALLY Real 14:44 The Infinite Battle Finds Release 18:05 Peace... at last 23:25 The Death of an Ego 35:14 "The Audacious Hope of Rooted Things" 37:01 The Blank Page 40:20 Grace brings me to my knees Thank you for standing with me on this journey and for witnessing my Undoing. I did it for you. I did it for me. It is for All of Us.

For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial.  It seemed to me that this channel could function as a space where the voices of those doing rigorous work with dance at the center, could be invited into conversations that focused on their most recent project, but exposed the challenges and issues they faced along the way in trying to do their work with integrity. To that end, I knew I needed someone whose voice in dance scholarship was strong and consistent and whose contributions were undeniable. When I thought of it that way, it became clear that I needed to have this first interview showcase the work of Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Brenda Dixon Gottschild‘s newest work, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) chronicles the growth and development of one of the country's most important dance companies through the life of its creator and her community. Here, the author treats readers to a backstage pass into the mind of one of the toughest ladies in dance, Joan Myers Brown, founder of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts and later of the Philadelphia Dance Company (known lovingly as Philadanco.) It's important to understand that this book is a “biohistory” – a work that blends not just Ms. Brown's biography, but contextualizes it in the history of Black Philadelphia and the development of American concert dance. The book is just the most recent in the line of works written by the author whose work has always focused on bringing invisibilized narratives to light and putting them into their proper historical context. The author, who I am glad to know as “Dr. Brenda,” doesn't shy away from the realities of race, class, power and gender that can often constrain one's mobility in the world and her work here makes clear that to that point, the dance world is no exception. Challenges and constraints aside, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance is an example of the some of the finest contemporary scholarship in dance studies. As the fifth book project for Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, fans of her work won't be left wanting for anything in this newest book and dance enthusiasts are sure to find a compelling narrative that will leave them satisfied and wanting more of what this author has to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial.  It seemed to me that this channel could function as a space where the voices of those doing rigorous work with dance at the center, could be invited into conversations that focused on their most recent project, but exposed the challenges and issues they faced along the way in trying to do their work with integrity. To that end, I knew I needed someone whose voice in dance scholarship was strong and consistent and whose contributions were undeniable. When I thought of it that way, it became clear that I needed to have this first interview showcase the work of Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Brenda Dixon Gottschild‘s newest work, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) chronicles the growth and development of one of the country’s most important dance companies through the life of its creator and her community. Here, the author treats readers to a backstage pass into the mind of one of the toughest ladies in dance, Joan Myers Brown, founder of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts and later of the Philadelphia Dance Company (known lovingly as Philadanco.) It’s important to understand that this book is a “biohistory” – a work that blends not just Ms. Brown’s biography, but contextualizes it in the history of Black Philadelphia and the development of American concert dance. The book is just the most recent in the line of works written by the author whose work has always focused on bringing invisibilized narratives to light and putting them into their proper historical context. The author, who I am glad to know as “Dr. Brenda,” doesn’t shy away from the realities of race, class, power and gender that can often constrain one’s mobility in the world and her work here makes clear that to that point, the dance world is no exception. Challenges and constraints aside, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance is an example of the some of the finest contemporary scholarship in dance studies. As the fifth book project for Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, fans of her work won’t be left wanting for anything in this newest book and dance enthusiasts are sure to find a compelling narrative that will leave them satisfied and wanting more of what this author has to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial.  It seemed to me that this channel could function as a space where the voices of those doing rigorous work with dance at the center, could be invited into conversations that focused on their most recent project, but exposed the challenges and issues they faced along the way in trying to do their work with integrity. To that end, I knew I needed someone whose voice in dance scholarship was strong and consistent and whose contributions were undeniable. When I thought of it that way, it became clear that I needed to have this first interview showcase the work of Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Brenda Dixon Gottschild‘s newest work, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) chronicles the growth and development of one of the country’s most important dance companies through the life of its creator and her community. Here, the author treats readers to a backstage pass into the mind of one of the toughest ladies in dance, Joan Myers Brown, founder of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts and later of the Philadelphia Dance Company (known lovingly as Philadanco.) It’s important to understand that this book is a “biohistory” – a work that blends not just Ms. Brown’s biography, but contextualizes it in the history of Black Philadelphia and the development of American concert dance. The book is just the most recent in the line of works written by the author whose work has always focused on bringing invisibilized narratives to light and putting them into their proper historical context. The author, who I am glad to know as “Dr. Brenda,” doesn’t shy away from the realities of race, class, power and gender that can often constrain one’s mobility in the world and her work here makes clear that to that point, the dance world is no exception. Challenges and constraints aside, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance is an example of the some of the finest contemporary scholarship in dance studies. As the fifth book project for Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, fans of her work won’t be left wanting for anything in this newest book and dance enthusiasts are sure to find a compelling narrative that will leave them satisfied and wanting more of what this author has to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial.  It seemed to me that this channel could function as a space where the voices of those doing rigorous work with dance at the center, could be invited into conversations that focused on their most recent project, but exposed the challenges and issues they faced along the way in trying to do their work with integrity. To that end, I knew I needed someone whose voice in dance scholarship was strong and consistent and whose contributions were undeniable. When I thought of it that way, it became clear that I needed to have this first interview showcase the work of Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Brenda Dixon Gottschild‘s newest work, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) chronicles the growth and development of one of the country’s most important dance companies through the life of its creator and her community. Here, the author treats readers to a backstage pass into the mind of one of the toughest ladies in dance, Joan Myers Brown, founder of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts and later of the Philadelphia Dance Company (known lovingly as Philadanco.) It’s important to understand that this book is a “biohistory” – a work that blends not just Ms. Brown’s biography, but contextualizes it in the history of Black Philadelphia and the development of American concert dance. The book is just the most recent in the line of works written by the author whose work has always focused on bringing invisibilized narratives to light and putting them into their proper historical context. The author, who I am glad to know as “Dr. Brenda,” doesn’t shy away from the realities of race, class, power and gender that can often constrain one’s mobility in the world and her work here makes clear that to that point, the dance world is no exception. Challenges and constraints aside, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance is an example of the some of the finest contemporary scholarship in dance studies. As the fifth book project for Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, fans of her work won’t be left wanting for anything in this newest book and dance enthusiasts are sure to find a compelling narrative that will leave them satisfied and wanting more of what this author has to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial. It seemed to me that this channel could function as a space where the voices of those doing rigorous work with dance at the center, could be invited into conversations that focused on their most recent project, but exposed the challenges and issues they faced along the way in trying to do their work with integrity. To that end, I knew I needed someone whose voice in dance scholarship was strong and consistent and whose contributions were undeniable. When I thought of it that way, it became clear that I needed to have this first interview showcase the work of Dr. Brenda Dixon Gottschild. Brenda Dixon Gottschild‘s newest work, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) chronicles the growth and development of one of the country's most important dance companies through the life of its creator and her community. Here, the author treats readers to a backstage pass into the mind of one of the toughest ladies in dance, Joan Myers Brown, founder of the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts and later of the Philadelphia Dance Company (known lovingly as Philadanco.) It's important to understand that this book is a “biohistory” – a work that blends not just Ms. Brown's biography, but contextualizes it in the history of Black Philadelphia and the development of American concert dance. The book is just the most recent in the line of works written by the author whose work has always focused on bringing invisibilized narratives to light and putting them into their proper historical context. The author, who I am glad to know as “Dr. Brenda,” doesn't shy away from the realities of race, class, power and gender that can often constrain one's mobility in the world and her work here makes clear that to that point, the dance world is no exception. Challenges and constraints aside, Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance is an example of the some of the finest contemporary scholarship in dance studies. As the fifth book project for Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, fans of her work won't be left wanting for anything in this newest book and dance enthusiasts are sure to find a compelling narrative that will leave them satisfied and wanting more of what this author has to offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's new music! Inspired by current events! It's longer than 2 minutes!http://www.victorlams.com/audio/Victor_Lams_-_Shill.mp3Shill(Words and Music by Victor Lams)You say that you are hopeful because the winds of change are blowing,And you think is a good thing 'cause you don't like how things are going.But change taken by itself is both a blessing and a curse,Sometimes it makes things better, but more often makes them worse.It's appealing, so seductive, easy to get caught up in it,But before you do something stupid maybe you should wait a minute.Take a moment, take a breather, and when you do, think through it:Change doesn't happen by itself it takes some one to do it.Someone has to write the speeches,Then the politician preaches,To those whom make sure that it reaches,Seems like common sense it teaches:"Are we for change? Yes we can!Just don't ask us about our plan.It's all to nothing apropos,Just gotta upset that status quo!"Now there's no easy way to say this, it appears that you've been smitten,There are phone calls to be made and many emails to be written,Your family might not trust us and your friends, they are all haters,But don't worry because one day we'll be proud to call them traitors.Now deep inside your mind you might hear a tiny voice,This is only normal: your conscience is a choice.But your morals must be sacrificed so we can get elected,Media prophecies fulfilled, and history corrected.And if people are unwilling,To our Audacious Hope fulfilling,You'll find that some blood needs spilling,Truth be told we'll make a killing!Before you know it you've bought the line,Seems so obvious it must be a sign:Change we can believe in, still,Too bad you've just become our...Shill!You're our puppet now, you're our,Shill!Please shut-up it now, you're our,Shill!And we have to pity it, you're our,Shill!Just our useful idiot.Thank you for your help, as we said you've been quite useful,Now it's our turn to confess that we maybe haven't been quite truthful,There's no way we could provide all that stuff that you've been promised,Better luck, live and learn: you can't cheat someone who's honest.We're the ones we've been waiting for to,Bring about our new world order,Looks pretty much the same now though,Except it's us stealing the show.Turns out I wasn't the Messiah,Not Apollo, Zeus, or Gaia,Only one thing really was true,We all really needed you to...Shill! for usYou're our puppet now, you're our,Shill!Please shut-up it now, you're our,Shill!And we have to pity it, you're our,Shill!Just our useful idiot.Shill!You're our puppet now, you're our,Shill!Please shut-up it now, you're our,Shill!And we have to pity it, you're our,Shill!Just our useful idiot.