Interviews with Improvisers

Interviews with Improvisers

By Robert VestyArtsPerforming Arts
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Interviews with Improvisers episodes

  • Théïa Maldoom

    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

    40 min
  • Eleanor Sikorski

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

    moving bodies in relation to objects, language and sound. With her
    partner, dancer Lewys Holt, she co-hosts Roadhouse, a bi-monthly evening of improvised dance in Leeds, cultivating the local improvisation scene with regular performances and open practice sessions. They also tour nationwide, combining dance and voice in unique, improvised performances. Eleanor has worked as a dancer for artists including Eva Recacha, Seke Chimutengwende and Igor & Moreno, and since 2015 she has been part of the dancer-led project Nora, inviting choreographers to make new work for them to perform, most recently Eleanor Bauer and Deborah Hay. As a filmmaker she has worked with artists Frances Morgan, Kyra Norman and Sue MacLaine. Other activities include working as rehearsal director for dance company perfectly serviceable, lecturing part time at Northern School of Contemporary Dance and self-publishing mini comics. Website: www.eleanorsikorski.com

    Hosted and Produced by Robert Vesty

    Music by Astro Jose

    Supported by Middlesex University

    51 min
  • Seke Chimutengwende

    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

    and colonial legacies premiered in 2022 and will be touring again in 2023/24. Seke has been practicing completely improvised performance, using movement and text, since 2006. He has performed over 70 solo improvisations internationally and has performed ensemble improvisation with numerous dancers, actors and musicians. He is currently exploring long solo improvisation performances of 50 to 60 minutes. Website: www.sekechimutengwende.com

    Hosted and Produced by Robert Vesty

    Music by Astro Jose

    Supported by Middlesex University

    53 min
  • Series 1 Trailer

    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.


    If you wish to view a transcript please contact Robert: [email protected]


    Hosted and Produced by Robert Vesty

    Music by Astro Jose

    Supported by Middlesex University


    3 min

About Interviews with Improvisers

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