Théïa (she/her) is a dance artist and improviser. Currently, she is interested in asking; What does it mean to be a dancer? What is improvisation? Gravitating towards multidisciplinary practices that center the body with a sensitivity to the senses, imagination, memory and desire. Important threads in Théïa's thinking are; care, collectivity and expansive understanding of who we are and can be. Théïa is British Armenian and lives in London. She started dancing young and then studied at The BRIT School and graduated from London Contemporary Dance School in 2020. Website: www.theiamaldoom.co.uk

Eleanor (she/her) (b. London 1988) is a dancer, choreographer and filmmaker based in Leeds, UK. Her choreographic work explores

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Seke (he/him) is a choreographer, performer, movement director and teacher. He is currently working as a performer with Forced Entertainment and teaching improvisation and choreography at London Contemporary Dance School. His recent group choreography It begins in darkness exploring haunting

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The Interviews with Improvisers audio cast series is where I have conversations with improvisers working across performing and interdisciplinary arts. You’ll hear me talking to dance and theatre artists as well as those arts practitioners who are working with improvisation more broadly.

The first series stems from my interest in the relationship between voicing and dancing. My research to date has explored that dynamic in the context of dance or movement-based improvisation. Rather than refusing the voice in dance, I like to think of ‘re-fusing’ voicing and dancing so that they mesh together as part of a tightly knit endeavour.

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