Let's talk Dance!

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  • Episode:11 LAST EPISODE

    Thank you to all of my listeners who have tuned in to this series, I hope you enjoyed! here is the info for the reading and a fun little BONUS video for YOU! 

    “C’mon to My House: Underground House Dancing” from Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SZc3C9FH5g


    12 min
  • EPISODE 9 LETS TALK KRUMPING

    Thank you, listeners! I hope you enjoyed this weeks' episode :) Below I have listed the sources of the readings I got my info from!


    Zanfagna, Christina. “The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping:  Hip-Hop Dance at the Intersections of Battle, Media, and Spirit.” 

    Planet Funk” and “Urban Legend”

    15 min
  • EPISODE 7 LETS TALK AMERICAN BALLET

    Thank you to everyone who listened, below I have listed the citations of the reading we did so if you would like to take a look I would recommend it! :)


    “The Rise of American Ballet” –Ballet and Modern Dance (p. 152-180)

    “Dancing in the Margins: The Experience of African American Ballerinas”

    “Queer Swans: Those fabulous Aviansin the Swan Lakes of Les Ballets Trockadero and Matthew Bourne”

    https://www.dancemagazine.com/why-are-so-many-people-cringing-over-hiplet-2383346949.html


    20 min
  • EPISODE 6: LET'S TALK DANCE Firebird

    Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed this week's episode, below I have listed the reading about Early Modern Ballet and The Firebird if you would like to look at all the details of this ballet! 


    “Early Modern Ballet: Firebird, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces” Dancing Women: Female Bodies on Stage

    20 min
  • EPISODE 4 Broke Dance and Ballet

    Thank you everyone for listening! I hope you enjoyed this week's episode of Let's Talk Dance. Below I have listed a citation to the reading for this week. I'll see everyone next Friday!


    “Ballet a History in Broad Brushstrokes” from The Dance Experience 

    20 min
  • EPISODE 3 LET'S TALK DANCE! Court Dances and Ballet

    Thank you to everyone who tuned into this weeks episode of Let's Talk Dance 

    This week we had a special guest, my best friend, and fellow dance major Holden Craig who had some great insight into this week's topic. 

    I hope everyone enjoyed this episode and I'll be back next Friday!

    22 min
  • EPISODE 2: Folk Dance and Japanese dance culture

    Hey all! I hope you enjoyed what was covered in today's episode. Below I have cited the readings if you would like to take a look at that, I have also linked a video of the Butoh Dance. 

    “Folk Dance: Father Music, Mother Dance” from The Dance Experience

    “Piercing the Mask of Japanese Dance Theatre” from The Dance Experience


    Butoh Dance: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaIxyU_8RE


    22 min
  • WEEK 2: AN INTRODUCTION TO RITUAL DANCES

    I hope you guys enjoyed this week's episode! I'm listing my sources from this week's readings below and a video of the Egungun mascarade, take a look at that if you are interested! 


    Thanks yall! 

    Caulker, Y Ferne.“African Dance: Divine Motion,” The Dance Experience 

    Ojo, Olatunji. "Performing Trauma: The Ghosts of Slavery in Yoruba Music and Ritual Dance," Journal of West African History


    Egungun Mascarade: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGviQVU9dTM



    21 min

About Let's talk Dance!

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a podcast where I talk about dance history and the many questions that arise in my brain, I may have fellow dancers as guests, or just talk about the history of different styles of dance!