This week on the podcast I talk to dance artist, co-founder of ReRooted Dance Collective and  Company Concentric, Shivaangee Agrawal. We discuss her choreographic dialogue with Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical dance, and Contemporary dance.  We ponder the challenges of working with dance as diaspora, the relationship between mastering our craft and exploring it, our artistic “guilty pleasures”, and challenging bequeathed definitions of success and artistry.    

To find out more:

Instagram: @shivaangee

Website: shivaangee.com

Connect: linktr.ee/shivaangee

This week on the podcast, I talk to Belgian dance artist and co-founder of Company Concentric, Yanaëlle Thiran. We discuss why we dance, exploring dance as a lifelong journey through Thiran's work Halprin’s Imprint, dance as an opportunity for personal development, finding long-term collaborators that inspire you and having a conversation with your audience. 

To find out more:
-Instagram: @yanaelledanse @company.concentric

-Website: https://yanaellethiran.wordpress.com/

-Online company classes (Mondays and Fridays at 9 am): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/company-classes-tickets-123103119745

- Roundtable discussion for artists (Wed 2nd December, 6 pm): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-conversation-with-company-concentric-tickets-116240262755

This podcast I speak with dancer and Coordinator for the Centre for Advanced Training at Laban, Mary Kinsella. We discuss overcoming the “it’s too late for me” thinking, how to make a start at choreography, overcoming her injury and embracing limitations, and the importance of Centres for Advanced Training as a way to offer an education for young people considering a career in dance.

To find out more about:
Mary Kinsella: Instagram @mary.kinsella
Mary's online ballet classes: https://dancebuzz.co.uk/adult-ballet-classes/ 
National Centres for Advanced Training: www.nationaldancecats.co.uk/
Laban CAT: www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/course/centre-for-advanced-training/

This week I talk to choreographer and performer Greta Gauhe about differences between British and German dance education, finding her choreographic focus at the Place and Laban, moving towards a more consensual and inclusive version of audience participation, and the role of empathy in her new work Memories of Skin.
To find out more about Gauhe’s work and future tours you can follow her:
Instagram: @gretagauhe and her collective: @follow_through_collective
Website: https://www.gretagauhe.com/
To find out more about me:
Instagram: @ dance_across_mediums

This week I talk to choreographer and diaspora dance theatre maker Ella Mesma about following your intuition, her journey from Latin styles to Contemporary and Breakin’, her experience of dance training at Laban and the Place, finding your artistic voice, and empowering creatives through her coaching.

If you are a creative and want to find out more about Ella’s coaching visit: https://www.mayagandaia.com/ 

For more information on Ella Mesma Company: http://ellamesma.co.uk/ 

“What I learnt from this five-year process was to stop being the victim and start being the hero… and to start creating the life I wanted to create.” – Ella Mesma

This week I talk about my unconventional journey into dance, Ah hah moments at the Royal Opera House, working with Ella Mesma, and creating dance work for the gallery!