M.O.V.E. with Eileen + Amy

Send a text In the first of many Mini Series episodes, Eileen and Amy discuss the topic of injury in dance. They explore the definition of an injury and the different types of injuries, including acute and chronic, overuse and traumatic. They emphasize the importance of recovery and the need for dancers to train intentionally and balance their bodies. They also touch on the psychological and emoti...

Send a text Guest: Erin Kei Actor In Erin's words: " This changes daily. Today it's 'Actor'." In Season 2's Premiere Episode, Erin shares her journey and experiences in the dance world; discussing how she became aware of her body during puberty and the pressure she felt to conform to societal ideals. She opens up about her struggles with body dysmorphia and the c...

Send a text We're back...Season 2 is here! Check out our Teaser Episode where Eileen + Amy reveal how Season 2 will be focusing on expanding the concept of showing up fully embodied within the dance world. Find out what they both have been up to since Season 1 wrapped back in December 2023 and what changes you can expect this season. They discuss their excitement surrounding various guests an...

Send a text It is officially Episode 12, our Season 1 Finale. What an incredible journey it has been. In this episode, Eileen and Amy discuss some themes they weren’t able to cover in Episode 9 that came up in their conversation with Jonathan Kim (they even include a clip they weren’t able to include in that week’s episode because it would have been way too long). They also get to ask some questio...

Send a text Guest: Eileen Kielty   Creator & Founder of Kaia Evolutions Multi-disciplinary Artist, Teacher, Performer Movement Alchemist & Facilitator Co-Host of M.O.V.E. with Eileen + Amy In Episode 11, we get to learn more about Eileen, her and Amy's relationship, how she has been re-identifying herself in regards to the titles she's claiming and the importance of bridging the...

Send a text Guest: Amy Kubat   Artistic Director of TwoPoint4 Dance Theatre Pioneer of 3 Brains Theory & Methodology Movement Alchemist & Facilitator Co-Host of M.O.V.E. with Eileen + Amy In Episode 10, we get to learn more about Amy, her and Eileen's relationship, her personal artistic philosophy, how she honors the body and all of its intricately beautiful and important systems and...

Send a text Guest: Jonathan Kim Dance Artist In Episode 9, we have a beautifully affirming conversation with Jonathan about how first experiences in the dance world can be filled with a sense of power or a sense of fear, how he keeps coming back to his sense of community within the dance world, what he values in his own practice and how he finds those feelings of euphoria within his practice. He t...

Send a text In Episode 8, Eileen and Amy cover the themes from Episodes 5, 6 and 7, expanding on the guests’ insights and shares. We also take a moment to ask each other a question from our Interview Sheet that we provide our guests. This episode covers topics ranging from embodied limiting beliefs that lead to fear based decisions, limited opportunities that can often be caused by the perception...

Send a text Guest: Hannah Seiden Movement Artist & Pelvic Pain Advocate In Episode 7, we talk with Hannah about topics ranging from wild freelance dance experiences, to the confusion and frustration of chronic pain, to dancing from your perineum, to the difference between dancer and movement artist, to wanting our goddamn headshot back after an audition. *** We do need to include this Activati...

Send a text Guest: Courtney Ozovek Movement Artist, Choreographer, Collaborator, Educator In Episode 6, our talk with Courtney covers topics ranging from how higher education for dancers tends to focus on everything we do wrong, to the impact unspoken expectations can inflict on someone's decisions...to the difficulties of maintaining multiple roles within one body and how we handle major lif...

Send a text Guest: Alex Sheppard Dance Professor & Movement Facilitator In Episode 5, we talk with Alex about good and bad auditions, self love, viewing dancers as athletes, how dancers can ask more questions and make mistakes, how we are hard on other dancers and how dance is subjective (and how that can actually let us off the hook).  This episode is a FULL one. It's a little longer tha...

Send a text This week’s episode is a little different as it is just Eileen and Amy. Every 4th episode of this podcast will be with just us as we dive a little deeper into the themes from previous episodes, our own journeys (answering questions from our list we provide our guests) and an opportunity for us to widen the lens of the dancer and movement artist experience through our expertise in worki...

Send a text This week’s episode is a little different as it is just Eileen and Amy. Every 4th episode of this podcast will be with just us as we dive a little deeper into the themes from previous episodes, our own journeys (answering questions from our list we provide our guests) and an opportunity for us to widen the lens of the dancer and movement artist experience through our expertise in worki...

Send a text Guest: Tony Nguyen Executive Director & Founder of TwoPoint4 Dance Theatre In Episode 3, we talk with Tony about unconventional paths of training, how he sees other artists and what it means to be "successful". There is a moment that Tony shares his tears with us as he reflects on something his mentor shared with him recently and we discuss the presence of stereotypical m...

Send a text Guest: Kristen Brooks Sandler Director, Choreographer, Creatrix Founder & Artistic Director of Thistle Dance Today marks our first interview episode with an incredible guest who challenges what sustainable, collaborative, inclusive, consent-based work can look like. Not only does she share how she holds space for both the person and the artist but the collaborative framework she be...

Send a text Welcome to the first episode of M.O.V.E. with Eileen + Amy. In our debut episode we introduce ourselves, we laugh a lot and we get serious about where the idea for this podcast came from and where we’re headed. Eileen talks about her journey to this podcast and we briefly touch on the injuries and thresholds of her life that created a “not-so-talked about” path in her dance career. We...