Still Spinning: On Dance and the Creative Process

Listen in as choreographer Noé Soulier discusses his commission for Trisha Brown Dance Company with Joyce Programming Manager Noa Rui-Piin Weiss. Soulier recounts his time performing Trisha Brown's work and his admiration of her movement philosophy of weight, inertia, and gravity. The second-ever choreographer to be commissioned by Trisha Brown Dance Company, Soulier speaks to his creation process...

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...

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...

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 danc...

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 hea...

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...

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 w...

In this first episode in a short 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 slmda...

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 per...

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,...

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 pe...

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 i...

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,...

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 Joy...

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 y...

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 c...

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 perform...

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 purc...

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 musi...

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 Kafk...

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...

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 Hispani...

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...

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 Her...

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...