"why am i still here (dancing school) but it's not interesting?" DS

"flow as opposed to routine" DS

"what i live becomes my art and what i make become my life" DS

"my resolve may be made of iron but i am not a machine" DS

-"the societal question comes after, and the physical investigation comes first" DS

-"theatre is always words, and words are often questions" DS

Ep 47:

Daisy Sanders is dance artist, performer and writer.

We talk about:

-undertaking surgery and understanding illness

-chronic fatigue syndrome

-life through a lense of corporeality

-the show Status Room with Shuling Wong

-prepared flow

-"realising that my body is way ahead of me"

-the evolution of collaborative process

-her development showing at Northcote Town Hall - "The Human Race is a non-stop Race"

-having the sound designer in the studio

-BPM of dance music increasing over time

-grind on me - youtube link

-"a self soothing mechanism of adulthood" MC

-"the treadmill of life" DS

-"physicality as a communication is so powerful if you can listen to it and do it successfully" DS

-"i make work about societal questions" DS

-"my question is, as people, are we progressing or are we going around in circles?" DS

-"a strong need to physically connect" DS

-a backlash to the distance of ourselves from our bodies

-what does the vocabulary of dance have the potential to say?

-"everybody, every body" DS

-early creative development stage and what they look like

-physical exploration as a foundation that leads to a societal question

-"i figure if i don't have it, i won't need it" DS

-struggling with what is private and what is not

-a hunger for information

-"i couldn't make somebody else do it the way that i do it so i learned a lot" DS

-the importance of specificity when making work

-'always in development' - PACT picnic podcast link

-not knowing where and how

-"where is this performance manifest? what kind of audience might come?" DS

-taking time off post work

-being careful of things that bring happiness or inspiration

-learning ways to meet inspiration before it hurts

songs mentioned:

All the Time (feat. Lil Wayne, N.Mosley) - Jeremih

people mentioned:

-Alex Harrison

-Kate Denborough

-Gerard Van Dyke

-Byron Scullin (sound)

-Julie Renton (costume)

-Shuling Wong

-Rhiannon Newton - previous podcast link

-Eric Harrison of Perth Meditation Centre

-Jo Pollitt

books mentioned:

A Field Guide to Getting Lost - Rebecca Solnit

Wanderlust - Rebecca Solnit

Living Across and Through Skins - Shannon Sullivan

blog:

Melting Asphalt

more info:

Interview about The Human Race Is A Non-Stop Race residency

Interview about Status Room

Review of Status Room