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Disruptive Stages
Disruptive Stages episodes
- Manual Cinema: Chicago’s Emmy-Winning Collective on Pioneering a New Art FormAn interview with interdisciplinary artist Sarah Fornace and composer Ben Kauffman of Manual Cinema, Chicago’s Emmy Award-winning performance collective. We discuss the essential role of collaboration in their work, the genesis of a new form of multimedia immersive storytelling, and how they uniquely fuse technology and live performance.32 min
- Alberto Varon: Contemporary Latinx OperaA conversation with Alberto Varon, Associate Professor of English and Latino Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. We discuss the disruption of genre, gender and the idea of borders in contemporary Latinx opera.35 min
- Ben Barson & Gizelxanath Rodriguez: Mirror Butterfly, The Migrant Liberation Movement SuiteComposer Ben Barson and vocalist Gizelxanath Rodriguez, co-creators of the global jazz opera, Mirror Butterfly: The Migrant Liberation Movement Suite, discuss the role of artists as activists and the possibility of an intersectional conversation about colonialism’s lasting impact on the environment.53 min
- Kirsten Paige: Wagner and EnvironmentalismAn interview with Dr. Kirsten Paige, musicologist and THINK Fellow at Stanford University, on how Wagner assimilated 19th-century climate theory into his music dramas, stage technology at Bayreuth, and concept of "the total work of art."39 min
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About Disruptive Stages
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Conversations about the ideas that disrupt and transform the performing arts. Each episode features an interview with an artist or performing arts scholar that delves into how innovators challenge the boundaries of their art forms. Interdisciplinary artists and work, such as opera, music theater, multimedia performance art, and dance theater; cross-cultural perspectives and historically marginalized voices are in focus. Hosted by Jennifer Williams.
Original photo credit: Fay Fox