Dan

Rob and Dan's Podcast

Arts EN ↓ 115 episodes

Two lifelong creators of the performing arts, ballet dancer and choreographer Rob Royce and director/playwrite Dan Kehde, bring listeners into the ridiculous reality of making art in the real world. Sometimes humorous, sometimes frustrating, always honest, the duo deals with everything from personal hygiene to mental health to dealing with irate performers, absurd venues, perfect shows gone awry and sure flops that somehow make the grade.

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Laughter, Art and What's Important 24.05.2025 53:18

Rob and Dan stumble through to the end of their artistic seasons extolling the virtues of ending seasons and beginning new creations. A really good episode

2-37 Frustration, Glory, Only As Good As 15.05.2025 54:19

Rob and Dan discuss the frustrations of talent that refuse to find that next level; a celebration of skills and looking to the future without spectacles.

Morning Prayer Autopsy, Rob's Easy Week, Happy Anniversary 11.05.2025 54:56

It's Dan and Penny's 45th Anniversary, Rob critiques Dan's drama, Morning Prayer; the future pitfalls of young talents

Stripping, Scandal and Standards 02.05.2025 50:28

Rob and Dan strongly disagree about nudity at a youth dance festival. Fun times!

Pitfalls, Prep, Protests 26.04.2025 54:41

Rob and Dan talk of show prep in the last moments, mistakes and the protest at the NYC ballet

Recitals, New Works and Morning Prayer 17.04.2025 54:35

Rob's new pieces, Dan's description of Morning Prayer, the trials of being one person in a multitude of environments and expectations

Dan's Birthday, Rob's Mentor 04.04.2025 52:23

Rob remembers a mentor, Dan celebrates?

Panic in Morning Prayer, New Ballet Settings, Madness 28.03.2025 51:11

Dan's screwing up his new play and Rob prepares for new auditions and old recitals.

Media, Epiphany and Morning Prayer 21.03.2025 54:16

Rob talks about his epiphany in a traffic jam. Dan mumbles about his next show.

Sound Bites, Vacuums and the Hand Of God 14.03.2025 50:22

Rob's opening, Dan's first readings, and working in the darkness.

Episode 2-26 Darkness at ECP, The Rabbit Hole, Coffee For A Year! 06.03.2025 56:29

Dan's creative depression, Rob's lowlights, and a challenge to stage Scarpelli and Kehde's full scale musical comedy, StockCar, on the black box stage of the Elk City Playhouse!

Episode 2-25 Normalcy, Genius, New Projects 28.02.2025 53:21

Being normal humans in an obsessively creative environment, acting and non acting, dancing and non dancing. Curious, huh?

Season 2, Episode 14 Insults, Pressures and Arboreal threats 21.02.2025 53:35

In the midst of February blues, Rob and Dan work on new projects through old demons

2nd Weeks, New rewrites, Choreography Techniques 15.02.2025 53:24

Dan starts working on Morning Prayer, Rob is setting dances for local and out of state companies, they both prepared for the second week of performances for Shadows.

2-21 Opening Night, Lights and Time 09.02.2025 52:21

Dan opens "Prevailing Shadows", Rob sets 7 new pieces for the short ones, we discuss the value of human touch on a light board.

Special Edition: 6 Monologues from "The Prevailing Shadows" 01.02.2025 30:11

Six monologues on hatred and intolerance in America today, written and produced by Dan Kehde and performed by Kayla and Amanda Skidmore, Ariel Dobbins, Kaye Maerz, Kat Johnson and Desirae Rucker. These are selections from the monologue drama "The Prevailing Shadows" copyright 2025, all rights reserved. Enjoy. Let me know what you think.

2-20 Dan's Rage, Rob's Flu and Prevailing Shadows Continue 01.02.2025 51:37

Dan rails against the machine. Enjoy the anger!

Episode 2-19. Anxiety of New Reads, The Loss of a Friend 18.01.2025 54:24

The Anxiety of presenting new works to your performers, and mourning the loss of an old friend.

Season 2 Episode 18 New Ballets, Next steps in "Shadows", general foolishness 11.01.2025 55:12

Rob and Dan discuss the joys and heartbreaks of being free working artists in an increasingly unfree environment.

2-17 New Years, New Shows, New Laughs 04.01.2025 55:22

Rob and Dan work through the freedom of language and movement at the edge of comm standards and beyond--well always beyond if you want to know the truth.

Art and Madness 20.12.2024 53:06

Rob and Dan discuss the effects on their art of their battles with mental illness. A must listen for every artist and would be artist out there. You're not alone and you can do this.

2-15 Let Down, Gear Up, New Works 14.12.2024 52:27

Rob and Dan talk about the let down after the shows end and the new energy for creating more. Come on, we've all gone through this, right?

Space, Mary, adaptations and new works 06.12.2024 51:42

Rob and Dan create new adaptations and discuss new works for the new year. Flying Monkeys???

Diabetes, Artistic Frustration and Time 23.11.2024 49:44

Rob and Dan discuss the effects of Dan's diabetes and what happens when it's time to call it quits. Rob finds solace in the process while Dan just gets pissed off not being able to work more hours that he used to when he was half his age. Not nearly as depressing as it sounds, but a fair guidebook to how artists are forced to live with the growing limitations of growing older. A good one for all o...

Coyotes, creatives and theater inventions 16.11.2024 54:36

Rob and Dan discuss coyote encounters, creative inspiration from the ologies and theater being the mother of all weird inventions including pan flutes and magic bows and arrows.