Body and Soul

Body and Soul

By Eva Yaa AsantewaaArtsPerforming Arts
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Body and Soul episodes

  • Listen.: Cristiane Bouger
    Cristiane Bouger muses on time.
    Cristiane Bouger is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer. She explores the intersection of performance, theater, philosophy, literature, do-­it-­yourself practices and post-­punk influences. Her work reveals existential examinations reflecting upon the female body, desire, cultural conducts, behavior and symbols, biography and fiction. She is a 2012 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a 2012-2013 Performa Magazine Writer-in-Residence.
    Learn more on InfiniteBody blog (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    (c)2013, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody
    16 min
  • Listen.: Cristiane Bouger
    Cristiane Bouger muses on time.
    Cristiane Bouger is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer. She explores the intersection of performance, theater, philosophy, literature, do-­it-­yourself practices and post-­punk influences. Her work reveals existential examinations reflecting upon the female body, desire, cultural conducts, behavior and symbols, biography and fiction. She is a 2012 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a 2012-2013 Performa Magazine Writer-in-Residence.
    Learn more on InfiniteBody blog (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    (c)2013, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody
    16 min
  • Listen.: Cristiane Bouger
    Cristiane Bouger muses on time.
    Cristiane Bouger is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer. She explores the intersection of performance, theater, philosophy, literature, do-­it-­yourself practices and post-­punk influences. Her work reveals existential examinations reflecting upon the female body, desire, cultural conducts, behavior and symbols, biography and fiction. She is a 2012 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a 2012-2013 Performa Magazine Writer-in-Residence.
    Learn more on InfiniteBody blog (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    (c)2013, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody
    16 min
  • Listen.: Jennifer Monson
    Dancer Jennifer Monson, artistic director of iLAND (Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Art, Nature and Dance), talks about her new project, "Live Dancing Archive" which will be presented in New York City at The Kitchen, February 14-16, 21-23. For more information, see http://www.ilandart.org/ or my InfiniteBody blog at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com.
    (c)Eva Yaa Asantewaa
    InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com
    18 min
  • Listen.: JoAnna Mendl Shaw
    Listen to JoAnna Mendl Shaw, choreographer and artistic director of The Equus Projects, as she talks about how an Arabian stallion named Hamlet influenced her creative process.
    Visit The Equus Projects site: http://www.dancingwithhorses.org/
    (c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    7 min
  • Listen.: Camille A. Brown
    Dance artists who happen to be both female and Black often find it tough to forge a viable, sustainable career, says Camille A. Brown, the well-regarded choreographer and Artistic Director of Camille A. Brown & Dancers. They need role models. Listen as this inspiring artist shares her experience of taking nourishment from talking with young dance students of color.
    Camille A. Brown & Dancers
    http://camilleabrown.org
    (c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    15 min
  • Listen.: Steven Reker
    Listen to the multitalented Steven Reker (dancer, choreographer, musician, songwriter) talk about "creating sonic landscapes" with his band of musicians and dancers, People Get Ready.
    People Get Ready/Steven Reker will present the world premiere of Specific Ocean at New York Live Arts (October 18-20). Prior to the October 18th show, there will be a conversation about 'Where Contemporary Dance and Pop Music Intersect in NYC Today" at 6:30pm, moderated by Michael Azerrad. More information here: http://www.newyorklivearts.org/event/specific_ocean
    (c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    6 min
  • Listen.: Todd Shalom
    Listen as Elastic City's director/founder Todd Shalom takes us on an improvised walk to his local post office.
    For information on Catastrophe!, the final "way" of the Elastic City season, with Spanish artist Xavier Acarin--tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2, 7pm, on the Lower East Side--visit the Elastic City site at http://www.elastic-city.org/.
    (c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    12 min
  • Listen.: Dan Safer
    Listen to my guest Dan Safer (Artistic Director of the great dance/theater hybrid troupe, Witness Relocation) talking about the importance of listening.
    (c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody (http://infinitebody.blogspot.com)
    8 min

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Interviews with dance artists and experts plus occasional reviews and commentary by veteran New York City-based dance critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa