Conversations on Dance

Today we are joined by  choreographer Claudia Schreier here at the Vail Dance Festival.  Claudia was Born in New York and  trained at the Ballet School of Stamford and received a B.A. in Sociology and Secondary Degree in Dramatic Arts from Harvard University in 2008.  Ms. Schreier has been commissioned by companies and organizations including the New York Choreographic Institute, Vail International Dance Festival, Ballet Academy East, The Ailey School, and many others.  Ms. Schreier is the recipient of the second annual Virginia B. Toulmin Fellowship for Women Choreographers at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, where she is currently in residence.  Claudia will be presenting a world premier tonight here in Vail and today we talk a little about her career, and what audiences can expect to see from her choreography here in Vail.

For our first live event at the Vail Dance Festival on Saturday night, we sat down with NYCB’s Tiler Peck & ABT’s James Whiteside for an informal chat about their careers and their past experiences at the festival. For more from Vail, visit conversationsondancepod.com/listen-now.

For our first live event at the Vail Dance Festival on Saturday night, we sat down with NYCB’s Tiler Peck & ABT’s James Whiteside for an informal chat about their careers and their past experiences at the festival. For more from Vail, visit conversationsondancepod.com/listen-now.

Welcome to the Conversations on Dance Festival Forum Bonus Content.  All this week we are publishing bonus mini-pods from Vail, Colorado where we are here covering the Vail Dance Festival.  We are joined today by the New York Times Chief Dance Critic, Alastair Macaulay, to discuss the festival so far.

Welcome to the Conversations on Dance Festival Forum Bonus Content.  All this week we are publishing bonus mini-pods from Vail, Colorado where we are here covering the Vail Dance Festival.  We are joined today by the New York Times Chief Dance Critic, Alastair Macaulay, to discuss the festival so far.

Welcome to Conversations on Dance’s Festival Forum Bonus Content.  All this week we are publishing bonus mini-pods from Vail, Colorado where we are here covering the Vail Dance Festival.  We have been talking with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lauren Lovette on her career and her expansion into the world of choreography.  Stay tuned to Conversations on Dance for the full interview in the coming weeks, but for now we want to quickly talk with Lauren about women in choreography and her ballet she created for the festival.

Welcome to Conversations on Dance’s Festival Forum Bonus Content.  All this week we are publishing bonus mini-pods from Vail, Colorado where we are here covering the Vail Dance Festival.  We have been talking with New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Lauren Lovette on her career and her expansion into the world of choreography.  Stay tuned to Conversations on Dance for the full interview in the coming weeks, but for now we want to quickly talk with Lauren about women in choreography and her ballet she created for the festival.

Our Conversations on Dance summer break is over, and we are back with lots of exciting news and new episodes coming soon.  On August 4th, we are headed to the Vail Dance Festival in Colorado, for live events, master classes, and to record podcast episodes.  We will be bringing our listeners behind the scenes with tons of bonus content that you will not want to miss.  Then, on August 12th and 13th we will be in Orlando teaching master classes at DanceWear Corner, our sponsor’s superstore.  Hear what else is new with COD, as we get back into the swing of things for August.

Our Conversations on Dance summer break is over, and we are back with lots of exciting news and new episodes coming soon.  On August 4th, we are headed to the Vail Dance Festival in Colorado, for live events, master classes, and to record podcast episodes.  We will be bringing our listeners behind the scenes with tons of bonus content that you will not want to miss.  Then, on August 12th and 13th we will be in Orlando teaching master classes at DanceWear Corner, our sponsor’s superstore.  Hear what else is new with COD, as we get back into the swing of things for August.

As part of our New York Tour, we went to the apartment of Georgina Pazcoguin, Soloist with the New York City Ballet.  Georgina grew up in a large family in Pennsylvania.  In 2001 she attended the School of American Ballet for the year, became an Apprentice in 2002, and a corps member the following year.  In 2013 she was promoted to soloist.  Georgina has spent time performing on Broadway while continuing her ballet career: appearing in the 2016 “Cats” revival, “On the Town,” “A Chorus Line,” among others.  This extra-curricular element to her career isn’t the only thing that sets her apart.  She has said that though she loves being called a ballerina, she sees herself as the complete antithesis of the stereotypical ballerina.  So she says, “think of me as the rogue ballerina.” As we sat with Gina in her apartment, we created a video of our interview.  She sits across from us doing exercises for her knee that she recently dislocated, with her crutches in the background.  To watch our interview, visit Conversations on Dance’s YouTube Channel.  Today we talk with the Rogue Ballerina about what it was like to dance in New York in the aftermath of 911, what challenges she came up against in her first years in the company, how she created a niche for herself, and how she works to break out of it.