"Contemporary Circus... is the most exciting experimental art form right now"

- Ruth Wikler

Ruth Wikler discusses Circus Arts before and after Covid-19. She is the Deputy Director of Programming, Circus Arts at TOHU, the North American centre for performance, creativity, experimentation, and convergence of culture, the environment and community involvement and also organizer of the MICC (International Market of Contemporary Circus) an annual event that brings together companies and industry presenters from all continents.

For more about TOHU visit tohu.ca/en/

Learn about MICC International Market of Contemporary Circus montrealcompletementcirque.com/en/professionals/

PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.

Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University

Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer and Editor, Natalie Marx

More episode of The Talking Cure: www.peakperfs.org/podcasts/

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Recorded remotely on May 5, 2020 via Zoom.

In this episode of The Talking Cure: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler, theatre artist, and visionary Stacy Klein talk about Double Edge theatre's living culture, moving from Boston to a farm in rural Massachusetts, and how she and her ensemble are imagining new ways to stay connected with the community in times of social distancing.

Learn more about Stacy Klein and Double Edge Theatre at https://doubleedgetheatre.org.

PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.

Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programming at Montclair State University

Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

More episode of The Talking Cure: https://www.peakperfs.org/podcasts/

Support us! https://www.peakperfs.org/donate/

Recorded remotely on April 23, via Zoom.

In this episode of The Talking Cure: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler, British choreographer Richard Alston talks about his final American engagement in the Alexander Kasser Theater, his knighthood and what inspired him to make dances during this 5O years of career.

For more about Richard Alston visit:

https://www.peakperfs.org/event/richard-alston-dance-company/2020-02-20/

PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.

Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Content Creator, Natalie Marx

Recorded on Feb 19, 2020 at WMSC Radio

In this episode of The Talking Cure: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler, the avant-garde virtuosos of Gandini Juggling talks about his juggling career and the upcoming American premiere of SPRING, a collaboration with British choreographer Alexander Whitley

For more information visit: https://www.peakperfs.org/event/spring/2019-12-12/

PODCAST: THE TALKING CURE, conversations with Jedediah Wheeler.

Produced by Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Executive Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

Recorded on December 10, 2019 at WMSC Radio

Podcast THE TALKING CURE: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler

Augusta Read Thomas, composer of The Auditions, commissioned by Montclair State University and Peak Performances talks about her collaboration with choreographer, Troy Schumacher for the Martha Graham Dance Company.

This new work has been designed to resonate with Graham’s classic, Appalachian Spring, which turns 75 this year. “America’s foremost new-music group” (Alex Ross), the International Contemporary Ensemble joins the Graham Company for these world-class renditions of new music by Thomas and the original Pulitzer Prize–winning score for Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland.

More: https://www.peakperfs.org/event/the-auditions/2019-11-14/

Produced Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Artistic Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

Recorded on July 31, 2019 at WMSC Radio

Podcast THE TALKING CURE: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler

Janet Eilber, Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company and choreographer Troy Schumacher speak about the legendary Appalachian Spring in its 75th year anniversary and the new piece commissioned by Peak Performances, The Auditions, with music composed by Augusta Read Thomas.

https://www.peakperfs.org/event/the-auditions/2019-11-14/

Produced by Peak Performances and The Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Artistic Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

Recorded on July 31, 2019 at WMSC Radio

Podcast THE TALKING CURE: Conversation with Jed Wheeler.

Peak Performances' Executive Director Jed Wheeler, filmmaker Lena Herzog’s and members of the audience share their first impressions after Herzog's immersive oratorio, Last Whispers, presented at the Alexander Kasser Theatre in Montclair State University.

Trained in linguistics and philosophy, Lena Herzog is a multimedia artist whose work has been exhibited around the world. Last Whispers, an immersive cinematic experience dedicated to vanishing languages, is the result of Herzog’s ongoing interest in indigenous dialects, which are disappearing at an astonishing rate. By 2050, half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken around the world will fall silent. In Herzog’s oratorio, the historical recordings of more than 40 endangered or lost languages come alive among the echoes of collapsing stars in a work The New Yorker critic Alex Ross calls “haunting and singular.”

More: https://www.peakperfs.org/event/last-whispers/2019-10-17/

Produced by Peak Performances and The Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Artistic Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

Recorded on October 17, 2019 at WMSC Radio

Photo of Lena Herzog: Chantal Anderson for The New York Times

Still of map from Last Whispers

Ep1: THE TALKING CURE: Conversations with Jedediah Wheeler

Anne Bogart, Elizabeth Streb and Charles Mee speak to Peak Performances' Executive DirectorJed Wheeler about their collaboration for the upcoming world premier of "Falling & Loving" at the Alexander Kasser Theatre.

More: https://www.peakperfs.org/event/falling-loving/2019-10-12/

https://streb.org

http://siti.org

Produced Peak Performances and the Office of Arts and Cultural Programing at Montclair State University

Artistic Director, Jedediah Wheeler

Producer, Natalie Marx

Recorded on Sept 17, 2019 at WMSC Radio