Talking Moves

In this episode we talk to Rhiannon Faith and Ben Duke about their experiences of conceiving and creating dance films and we ask them, with the benefit of some experience and hindsight, how they are now approaching the use of technology and the digital experience as they conceive their next work. We discuss the uncanny similarity between the themes at the core of Rhiannon’s ready-to-tour show Drow...

In this episode we talk to  Ingrid Molinos  and  Tory East about running a youth dance company during a global pandemic. They tell us about the work their companies, Young Amici and Hampshire Youth Dance respectively, would ordinarily do and how this has changed over the course of 2020. We discuss how young people reacted to their cancelled performances and auditions and the ways in which they hav...

In this episode we talk to  Katie Green  and  Ivan Blackstock about the ways in which they have been breaking from the conventional and working in exciting new ways… creating new partnerships, new audiences and new platforms for their work. Has their need to challenge the status quo been conscious and deliberate or simply accidental? Ivan talks about his love and admiration for the music, fashion...

In this episode we talk to  Sarah Blanc  and  Mathieu Geffré about the way they approached the task, back in April, of pivoting their touring plans online. They discuss their immediate feelings of desperation and the subsequent "battle to find a new way and new solutions" within new conditions. They talk about the nuts and bolts of involving a community cast during lockdown: building trust...

In this episode we talk to  Maria Ghoumrassi  and  Wendy Steatham about the ways in which they have adapted their teaching to accommodate the need to be online. They discuss their initial fears and approaches, the ways in which they have explored the functionality and played with the format, how they structure their classes: stripping back to fundamental technique or playing with open ended stimul...

In this episode we talk to  John Darvell  and  Emma Houston about the challenges of staying creative through Covid. Have they relished the opportunity to rethink their work amidst changing social behaviours? Or been weighed down by the pressures of diminished finances and cancelled contracts? Both John and Emma talk about their projects going ‘Pete Tong’ and how they then had to figure out, in the...

Greenwich Dance presents Talking Moves , the brand-new podcast where artists come together to share practice, experience and ideas. Designed for dance professionals, we put artists centre stage, upfront, in the spotlight, at the microphone so they can talk about the ideas and issues that move them. Talking Moves is a Greenwich Dance production Hosted and produced by Melanie Precious Produced and e...