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DancePod with Skånes Dansteater
A podcast brought to you by yours truly, Sweden’s largest independent dance institution. Your chance to hear from dance artists, engage with movement, and delve deeper into our creative process.
The pod is in English and is available wherever you listen to pods, Spotify, BuzzSprout etc.
Episode 25: Jessica Helbach
- Fluency in colour, shape and texture
Jessica Helbach is a Dutch designer and one of the co-creators behind ‘Out of the Blue’. In this episode Jessica talks about her role as a costume designer and about her process: starting broad then getting down to the details. She also speaks about co-creating the world of ‘Out of the Blue’ with all its historical references, colours and textures, and the language of her collaboration with choreographer, Anouk van Dijk.
‘Out of the Blue‘ is a collaboration between Skånes Dansteater, Malmö Opera Orchestra and Malmö Opera Children's Chorus. The work premiered at Malmö Opera 4 December 2021.
Listen to episode #25 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Jessica Helbach, costume designer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 24: Tina Tarpgaard
- Vår Dag
We chat to Tina Tarpgaard about her latest work for Skånes Dansteater, ‘Vår Dag’. Tina is a Danish choreographer and founder of Recoil performance group based in Copenhagen. In this episode, she talks about making the durational dance experience that is ‘Vår Dag’; how we need to value a broader spectrum of dance; and the energy she gets from meeting people and doing dance in different social contexts. Keywords for this conversation are: joy, locality, value, people, and of course dance!
‘Vår Dag’ premiered on 28 November 2021 and will be performed on tour spring 2022.
Listen to episode #24 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Tina Tarpgaard, choreographer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 23: Anouk van Dijk
- Out of the Blue
Anouk van Dijk is a Dutch choreographer, director and the creator of Countertechnique. In this episode, she talks about the underlying themes in the work ‘Out of the blue’. The performance is a carnival of colour that celebrates the power of the imagination and the resilience to adapt.
She explains some of the rationale behind her movement system Countertechnique and emphasises the power of distraction, the inherent creativity of technique, and she discusses the kind of tasks and tools she uses to feel in the moment. She also touches on longevity and her extraordinary love of dance and dedication to it.
‘Out of the Blue‘ is a collaboration between Skånes Dansteater, Malmö Opera Orchestra and Malmö Opera Children's Chorus. World premiere at Malmö Opera 4 December 2021.
Listen to episode #23 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Anouk van Dijk, choreographer.
Editors: Alex Blondeau, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 22: Roser López Espinosa
- Fine Lines
Roser López Espinosa creates a lively and playful physical universe of refined poetic imagery, intense teamwork, and, very often with a touch of humour. Roser introduces you to her duet 'Fine Lines'.
The work is a danced dialogue between two outstanding women who are constantly challenging and pushing each other. 'Fine Lines' was premiered in the Netherlands in 2020 as part of Mixed Doubles, a programme of duets produced with our partners in the project Europe Beyond Access. It will tour internationally and perform at Skånes Dansteater in November 2021.
Hear Roser talk to host Samuel Denton about creating work based in a strong physicality. About her great passion for precision, delicacy, acrobatic elements and detail.
Listen to episode #22 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Roser López Espinosa , choreographer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 21: Celine Orman
- The body as an archive
How do you preserve a movement? How do you archive a dance? What do we want to pass on to future generations?
Celine Orman works as a dance archivist at Skånes Dansteater and is the project manager for Bevara rörelse (Preserve Movement), a project that raises many intriguing questions about dance. About its past, present och future. About the inherent volatility.
Celine introduces you to her work with collecting experiences, perspectives and intentions around a particular dance performance. You’ll get to listen to short extracts from her in-depth interviews with audience members, dancers and the artistic team of Tero Saarinen’s Transit.
Bevara rörelse is funded by the Swedish Arts Council.
Listen to episode #21 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Celine Orman, archivist and project coordinator Bevara Rörelse.
Music: Tuomas Norvio, Lento.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 20: Marcos Morau
- The Carnival of the Animals
Marcos Morau is a choreographer and the artistic director of La Veronal in Barcelona. The hallmarks of his work are a strong visual design and distinctive and technically ambitious movement material.
Macros introduces you to Djurens karneval, The Carnival of the Animals, a performance for all adventurous souls from school age and up set to Camille Saint- Saëns’s classic masterpiece. Hear him talk about creating for children for the first time, where he finds inspiration and how he works with references. You also get to hear an audio described extract of the piece.
Djurens karneval is a co-production by Danssamverkan Sydsverige consisting of Regionteatern Blekinge/Kronoberg, Byteatern Kalmar, Rum för Dans Halland, Smålands Musik & Teater, Skånes Dansteater. Djurens karneval world premiered in Falkenberg, Sweden, spring 2021 and plays in Malmö and on tour during fall 2021.
Listen to episode #20 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Marcos Morau, choreographer.
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals; The Swan performed by Lucas & Arthur Jussen, Royal Concertgebouw orchestra.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 19: Fabio Liberti
- NOOK
Fabio Liberti, choreographer and dancer, introduces you to his new piece NOOK. An outdoor production for 7 dancers that will perform in parks around Malmö and Lund.
In NOOK dancing bodies become a building collective. A few weeks before premiering Fabio and host Samuel Denton talk about our ability to adapt to change and our need to create small tribes. Fabio also share his thoughts on the physicality of NOOK and on being transparent as a leader in the dance studio.
NOOK world premieres in collaboration with Sommarscen Malmö 12 June 2021.
Listen to episode #19 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Fabio Liberti, choreographer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 18: Madeleine Månsson
- A portrait in motion
Madeleine Månsson took a different route than many on her journey towards a professional career as a dancer. A former social worker who found dance as an adult. Madeleine has toured around the world with the highly acclaimed duet Dare to Wreck. Today she is working on a new solo with choreographer Carl Knif called Vinterresa.
Madeleine shares how she uses translation in her creative work and teaching – and the importance of having a community of disabled artists for support, inspiration and everything else that keeps her dancing.
Madeleine and host Kit Brown also chat about Fine Lines, by Roser López Espinosa for Skånes Dansteater. A duet of power and precision that world premiered at Holland Dance Festival in 2020. You also get to hear an audio described extract of the piece.
Listen to episode #18 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Madeleine Månsson, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Fine Lines, Mark Drillich.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 17, part 2:
Tanja Mangalanayagam
- Quiet activism
In part 1 Tanja Mangalanayagam, project manager, Kit Brown, dancer, and host Samuel Denton talked about general ideas about community, participation, engagement and access. In part 2 you get to hear more about dance and disability specifically.
Join us for a conversation about key projects like Europe Beyond Acccess and iDance. The trio explores in greater detail the practice, politics and ideals of advocacy and change, and go deeper into questions of identity, quality, fear of change and much more.
Listen to episode #17, part 2 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Tanja Mangalanayagam, project manager, Skånes Dansteater & Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 17, part 1:
Tanja Mangalanayagam
- Community, participation and engagement
Tanja Mangalanayagam is a quiet force behind the scenes: committed, hardworking and a real advocate for change. As project manager at Skånes Dansteater she designs and leads projects that want to use our art form to bring communities together and give ownership of dance to people who traditionally have been excluded from it.
Tanja and dancer Kit Brown join host Samuel Denton to talk about general ideas about community, participation, engagement and access. You also get to hear an audio described extract of the piece “To find a way with one another”, choreographed by Ben Wright (2018).
The episode is divided in two parts. In part 2 you get to hear more about dance and disability specifically.
Listen to episode #17, part 1 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Tanja Mangalanayagam, project manager, Skånes Dansteater & Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Maurice Ravel - recording by Malmo Opera Orchestra.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 16: Tilman O'Donnell
- The View From Here
Tilman O’Donnell, choreographer and dancer, introduces you and host Kit Brown to his new work The View From Here. The piece presents us with a community of eight dancers entangled with and defining procedures of change – corporeal, spatial, and temporal.
The episode is an in-depth conversation about the inseparable nature of what dancers do in the dance studio and what they eventually perform on stage. About trying to find a sweet spot between structure and freedom, and the basic aim to pay attention and resist one’s assumptions.
The View From Here world premieres with a live-streamed performance 5 March 2021.
Listen to episode #16 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Tilman O'Donnell, choreographer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 15: Mari Carrasco
- Remind Me I'm Not Dead
Mari Carrasco, choreographer and creator of the new work Remind Me I’m Not Dead, and choreographic assistant Stacey Aung join host Kit Brown. The intensely physical work for ten dancers premieres with a live-streamed performance in just a few weeks, in a gallery-like setting with a vast LED screen hanging above the dancers.
An episode about dealing with doubts during creating, about being a lonely cowboy looking at things from a distance. To exist between two worlds. But also about just finding the groove and really embody the music. You’ll get to listen to a brief extract of the piece and of Mikael Karlsson’s composition.
Listen to episode #15 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Mari Carrasco, choreographer. Stacey Aung, choreographic assistant.
Music: Mikael Karlsson.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 14: Heidi Vierthaler
- Stream-Flow movement method
Heidi Vierthaler, freelance choreographer and teacher of the Stream-Flow movement method, is joining Skånes Dansteater and host Samuel Denton. Heidi talks about reaching a point in her career where she both gets to develop her own work, work with other artists in multidisciplinary projects and teach.
Heidi shares her thoughts on getting in tune with your body, section by section, and take yourself beyond the moments of frustration. You’ll also get to join her in a guided Stream-Flow movement exploration that uses visual imagery and tactile exercises. Get your body moving!
Listen to episode #14 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Heidi Vierthaler, choreographer, teacher of the Stream-Flow movement method.
Guided activity: Heidi Vierthaler.
Music: Stream of Flow, Tom van Wee.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 13: Snapshots of a Crowd
- The body eccentric
Lidia Wos’ choreography is full of fantasy, highlighting obscure perspectives on the body. Lidia and host Samuel Denton think back and discuss the work 'Snapshots of a Crowd's original creation in 2019. You’ll also get to hear a brief excerpt of the piece and join a short rhythmic movement exercise with one of our dancers, Matthew Branham.
Lidia Wos’ work 'Snapshots of a Crowd' was supposed to be performed as a part of Skånes Dansteater’s Lunch dance programme this December, but due to current covid-19 restrictions it was filmed instead. The full performance is available here until 31 March 2021.
Listen to episode #13 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Lidia Wos, choreographer.
Guided activity: Matthew Branham, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Anders Ortman.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 12: Amy Raymond
- Leaning into the uncertain
Amy Raymond, freelance choreographer and teacher of classical ballet and improvisation, is joining Skånes Dansteater’s dancers for a week of workshops. Amy and host Samuel Denton talk about observing dancers, decision making and how critical analysis can be a good thing.
Amy shares her experiences of iconic choreographer William Forsythe’s improvisation technologies. She has also been studying Japanese Budo master Akira Hino for the past ten years and has integrated his unique knowledge of the body into all aspects of her work.
Listen to episode #12 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Amy Raymond, choreographer, teacher on classical ballet and improvisation.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 11, part 2: Sindri Runudde
- A sensoral lecture
In part 1 Sindri Runudde, dancer and choreographer, and host Kit Brown talks about the new work A sensoral lecture. Part 2 gives you a taste of what the audience get to experience in Sindri’s interactive world. You get to hear an audio described extract of “A sensoral lecture” and a series of short guided somatic practices from the piece. Get ready to get involved and try something new with us!
The guest performance A sensoral lecture at Skånes Dansteater sadly had to be cancelled due to the Swedish government's limiting directives regarding public event. Sindri is one of the participants in our digital DansFunk festival 20 Nov 2020.
Listen to episode #11, part 2 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Sindri Runudde, dancer, choreographer.
Guided activity: Sindri Runudde.
Music: Marta Forsberg.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 11, part 1: Sindri Runudde
- A sensoral lecture
Kit Brown talks to Swedish choreographer and dancer Sindri Runudde about the new work A sensoral lecture. A solo performance that deals with dating scenarios, auditory romance and love at first frequency. The episode is divided in two parts. In part 1 you’ll hear Sindri and Kit discuss the new work, its themes and the process of making it. Part 2 invites you to experience Sindri’s world.
The guest performance A sensoral lecture at Skånes Dansteater sadly had to be cancelled due to the Swedish government's limiting directives regarding public event. Sindri is one of the participants in our digital DansFunk festival 20 Nov 2020.
Listen to episode #11, part 1 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Sindri Runudde, dancer, choreographer.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 10: Transit
- Dance and Sustainability
Kit Brown and guest Toby Fitzgibbons dive deeper into the theme of choreographer Tero Saarinen’s new work Transit and talk about dance in relation to sustainability. Toby is a dance artist who alongside his artistic work a master’s student in environmental studies.
Join Kit and Toby for an hour about the big questions. How can dance be related to climate change? Can art provoke change? Is what we do good or bad for the planet? Dance might not be the answer, but how can it play a role in the creation of a sustainable future? This is the fourth and last part in our series of episodes based on our latest creation Transit.
Listen to episode #10 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Toby Fitzgibbons, dance artist, Master's student in Environmental studies.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 9: Transit
- Sound and the art of collaboration
Tuomas Norvio is a sound designer and electronic artist. He is the next DancePod guest from the artistic team that choreographer Tero Saarinen has brought together to create Transit. A work that highlights humanity’s impact on our vulnerable ecosystem and combines Tuomas Norvio’s electronic soundscapes with Sebastian Fagerlund’s live orchestral music.
Hear Tuomas’ thoughts on composing and designing sound for performing arts. You also get to hear a brief excerpt from Transit together with one of Tuomas’ original sound landscapes. Transit world premiered in Malmö on 3 October 2020.
Listen to episode #9 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Tuomas Norvio, sound designer, musician
Music: AAA, Tuomas Norvio.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 8: Transit
- Light and the art of collaboration
Award-winning lighting designer Minna Tiikkainen has made a significant international career in performing arts in Europe. Minna is one of the exciting artists that choreographer Tero Saarinen has brought together to create Transit and collectively address one of the most crucial issues of our time.
You get to hear a description of a duet, fresh from Transit rehearsals. You also meet choreographer’s assistant David Scarantino in a short guided activity based on Tero Saarinen’s movement principles for everyone to try at home. Transit world premieres in Malmö on 3 October 2020.
Listen to episode #8 here:
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Minna Tiikkainen, light designer.
Guided improvisation: David Scarantino, Choreographer’s Assistant, Tero Saarinen Company.
Music: Stonework, Sebastian Fagerlund. Window, Thule, On Your Way, The Album Leaf.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 7: Transit
- There is no planet B
Listen to Tero Saarinen, internationally acclaimed choreographer and creator of Transit, this fall’s big dance performance with Skånes Dansteater, played at Malmö Opera. Tero shares his thoughts on his new work and on the process in the dance studio.
Transit is an ambitious, multidisciplinary work with ninteen dancers exploring the contemporary crisis of mass extinction and the world’s alarming loss of biodiversity. The performance is set to Stonework, Drifts, and Water Atlas composed by Sebastian Fagerlund and played live by the Malmo Opera Orchestra. Transit world premieres in Malmö on 3 October 2020.
Listen to episode #7 here:
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Tero Saarinen, choreographer, Tero Saarinen Company.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Episode 6: Mozart's Requiem
- The agony and the ecstasy
A throwback to 2019's highly acclaimed performance Mozart’s Requiem, a collaboration between Skånes Dansteater and Malmö Opera 2019. A work that swept the audience through darkness, joy, sorrow and gratitude. Dancers Samuel Denton, Anette Jellne and Emma Välimäki talk about working with Örjan Andersson, one of Sweden’s most renowned choreographers, and share their experience of dancing side by side with Malmö Opera Chorus on one of Northern Europe's biggest stages.
You’ll get to hear a brief excerpt of Mozart's Requiem. Dancer Kristian Refslund guides you through a movement exploration with some of the tasks and imagery that were used in the creation.
Listen to episode #6 här:
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Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Anette Jellne and Emma Välimäki, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Guided improvisation: Kristian Refslund, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Requiem in D minor K626 III. Sequenz Lacrimosa och Requiem in D minor K626 VII. Angus Dei, W A Mozart with Musica Aeterna, New Siberian Singers, Teodor Currentzis.
Trembling with Tenderness, Abul Mogard.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Episode 5: Dance apprenticeships
- A hop, a skip and a lot of emailing
This episode explores some of the pathways that today’s young dance artists take into the profession. We focus on the transition that dance students make in becoming professional artists, and the role a dance company like Skånes Dansteater plays in supporting and nurturing young talent through the dance apprenticeship scheme. Line Branchereau and Ischa Statie reflect on their apprentice year in Malmö and their hopes for the future.
Hear a brief excerpt of one of Line Branchereau’s favourite moments from Second Landscape, choreographed by Marina Mascarell. And Jon Ipiña Aparicio takes you through a short creative task based on musicality for everyone to try at home.
Listen to episode #5 here:
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Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Line Branchereau och Ischa Statie, apprentice dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Guided improvisation: Jon Ipiña Aparicio, apprentice dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Second Landscape, Yamila Ríos. When the lights are low, The Paragons - Trojan Records 1967.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Episode #4: SWOP Dance Club
- dancing across borders
An episode about SWOP Dance Club. A club where young asylum seekers and young people living in Skåne, with all kinds of cultural backgrounds and cultural traditions, meet to create things together through dance.
Atoosa Farahmand, Dina Matskevich and Mostafa Jalali Farahani share their SWOP experiences and talks to Kit Brown about the power of dancing together.
You’ll also get to listen to a brief excerpt of 1000 Tapesh, a collaboration between Swop Dance Club and choreographer Kristine Illum in 2017.
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Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guests: Atoosa Farahmand, projektledare, Skånes Dansteater. Dina Matskevich, Mostafa Jalali Farahani, SWOP.
Music: Stars Of The Lid: Articulate Silences, Pt. 1. Farshad Bang: MusicShad Afghani 2016.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Episode 3: Dayglow
- the new art of non-assembly
An episode about Dayglow, a performance created in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, and our desire as a company to continue sharing dance with our audience in a safe and novel way.
Samuel Denton, Kit Brown, Marion Rastouil and Jing Yi Wang talk about the challenges and opportunities of creating pieces that can be performed and shared at a social distance.
You’ll also be hearing a brief excerpt of Uncharted, Skånes Dansteater’s production from last year’s collaboration with Malmö Sommarscen and Europe Beyond Access.
This episode’s movement exploration for everyone is led by Riccardo Zandoná.
Listen to episode #3 here.
Download a written version of episode 3's guided improvisation here
Host: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Marion Rastouil, Jing Yi Wang, Kit Brown, dancers, Skånes Dansteater.
Guided improvisation: Riccardo Zandoná, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Original music Uncharted, Gert Østergaard Pedersen. Celeste, Pete Kuzma.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Episode 2: Carnival of the Animals
- A parade for the imagination
Dancers Kit Brown and Sarah Bellugi-Klima explore the magical universe of Djurens karneval (Carnival of the Animals). Created by Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau to the tones of Camille Saint-Saëns’s classic masterpiece Le carnaval des animaux.
Sarah shares her experience with working with Marcos and his team’s spectacular visual design and distinctive and technically ambitious movement material.
Join dancer Tiemen Stemerding as he leads you through some of the movement tasks that were used to create the piece.
Djurens karneval is a co-production by Danssamverkan Sydsverige consisting of Regionteatern Blekinge/Kronoberg, Byteatern Kalmar, Rum för Dans Halland, Smålands Musik & Teater, Skånes Dansteater.
Listen to episode #2 here
Download a written version of episode 2's guided improvisation here
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Sarah Bellugi-Klima, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guided improvisation: Tiemen Stemerding, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns, The Carnival of the Animals; The Swan, The Cuckoo in the depths of the woods och Tortoises performed by Academy Of London, Richard Stamp. Hens and Roosters performed by Palemka Trajkovska and Vesna Tasevska Ananieva. Aquarium performed by Lucas & Arthur Jussen, Royal Concertgebouw orchestra.
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Episode 1: Second Landscape
- the body in a digital age
Dancers Kit Brown and Samuel Denton share their reflections on Second Landscape, a new work by choreographer Marina Mascarell.
You get insight into the production, learn some secrets from behind the scenes and even get to listen to a brief excerpt from the performance.
Also join dancer Laura Lohi in her ten minutes guided movement exploration.
Listen to episode #1 here:
Download a written version of episode 1's guided improvisation here
Host: Kit Brown, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guest: Samuel Denton, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Guided improvisation: Laura Lohi, dancer, Skånes Dansteater.
Music: Yamila Ríos
Editors: Kit Brown, Samuel Denton.
Photo: Carl Thorborg
DancePod jingle: Anders Ortman
Amy Raymond, freelance choreographer and teacher of classical ballet and improvisation, is joining Skånes Dansteater’s dancers for a week of workshops. Amy and host Samuel Denton talk about observing dancers, decision making and how critical analysis can be a good thing.